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Tbilisi says the war will not derail plans to buy subway cars from Russia with European money.

The Armenian banking sector is booming thanks to the influx of Russian capital due to the war in Ukraine. But only a paltry amount is entering the Armenian economy.

The airline cancelled flights to the country last year, fearing its leased aircraft could be seized.

This time, the two countries are rowing over the provision of arms and the possible resumption of air travel between Russia and Georgia.

Kyiv has long taken a pro-Azerbaijan position vis-a-vis the conflict with Armenia. Now officials say that Armenia and Russia are using the blockade to try to steal attention from Ukraine.

Three years ago, Moscow's unilateral flight ban was intended to shock Georgia. Now many Georgians dread the resumption of air connections.

The country’s revenues from oil and gas, on which its economy depends, grew significantly in 2022, a benefit of the sanctions on fellow hydrocarbon producer Russia.

McDonald’s exit offers the Kazakh beef industry food for thought.

Inflation has continued to rise despite six interest rate hikes over the last year.

As Georgia sees a surge in demand for cargo transit amid the Ukraine war, the government hopes to resume construction of a controversial deep sea port.

Nearly 10,000 Russian businesses have been registered in Georgia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Many of them are in places you wouldn’t expect.

An influx of Russians has pushed up the value of the dram, undercutting Armenia’s exporters and the celebrated IT industry.

Moscow’s mobilization order exposed the absence of safety nets for students and other renters in Central Asia.

Part of the mission is to ensure that Russians engage constructively with people in their new home.

Economists say the arrival of close to 100,000 Russians has spurred economic growth, but polls show things are not getting better for most Georgians.