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The Russian president and several other post-Soviet counterparts are in Yerevan for a CSTO summit, at a time when many Armenians think the organization hasn’t been doing its job.

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

The rule change has drawn praise from nationalist circles.

Questioning the territorial integrity of the neighboring country, once a taboo topic, is increasingly entering official discourse both in Baku and Tehran.

Brussels says the Russian billionaire has supported people behind Putin’s war in Ukraine.

Turkmenistan’s new leader receives an American official while his father visits Putin. And Ashgabat doubles the number of blocked websites. Our weekly briefing.

The arrests come as tension between Baku and Tehran has been reaching a peak.

Tens of thousands gathered the day before the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia were meeting to work on a peace agreement that many Armenians oppose.

Russia’s war is the backdrop for many personal life decisions these days.

The legendary semi-sweet Khvanchkara is an international brand – and used to be an easy target for counterfeiters. Now the police are stepping in.

He had been regularly critical of the government of Nikol Pashinyan. After news broke of his persona non grata status, another Russian critic, Margarita Simonyan, said she also had been banned.

Regional officials have been coming under growing scrutiny from the national leadership.

Before the war, many in Russia didn’t think much about who they were. Now they are asking more questions.

Tehran appears alarmed both by Azerbaijan’s saber-rattling against Armenia and by a new EU monitoring mission to Armenia’s border with Iran.