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The way the filmmakers and authorities are working so closely has given rise to questions about who exactly is backing this movie, and why.

As the Georgian government entertains the idea of allowing Russia to resume direct flights, Washington and Brussels have issued warnings about complying with international sanctions.

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

Officials in Moscow and their allies in Abkhazia and South Ossetia all canceled meetings with international diplomats brokering the discussions, casting the future of the talks into question.

Dependent on outside aid and braced for renewed clashes with Azerbaijan, there are fears Karabakh Armenians might soon be forced out of the breakaway region for good.

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.

A statement by the Foreign Ministry alluded to a potential confrontation with Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh and Russian border guards in Armenia.

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.

Armenia sees the new EU mission as a force for peace and security, but there is no buy-in from Azerbaijan or Russia.

The hardest thing to change may be patriarchal stereotypes.

Azerbaijan's blockade of the Lachin Corridor comes as it accuses Armenia of dragging its feet over the fate of another critical route, the would-be Zangezur Corridor.

Activists say prosecutors need to do more to prove the government is serious about stamping out police abuse.

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