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A new documentary on a Soviet soccer star also tells the story of Central Asia’s ethnic Korean community, which was deported en masse to the region by Stalin.

The Foreign Ministry warns these remarks are straining relations.

Turkey helped Azerbaijan win on the battlefield, but what Ankara stands to gain geopolitically remains to be seen.

At the height of Stalin’s power, he let a handful of Soviet Muslims visit Mecca. Why?

Any breakthrough in improving the lot of labor migrants will be touted as sign of his political heft.

Travel bans, dams and Russian fans. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The statement comes as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is coming under increasing criticism for his handling of the war and ceasefire negotiations.

Moscow at first responded to the war cautiously, but was in the end forced to intervene decisively. Was this a geopolitical coup or was Moscow’s hand forced?

Getting a proficiency certificate could be required from 2023.

The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.

The deal left unmentioned critical issues like the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh and Turkey’s role in implementing the ceasefire.

To some, the victory was marred by the introduction of Russian peacekeepers, but the mood was otherwise celebratory.

Beijing keeps its cool when admonishing wayward satrapies. It has perfected the cold shoulder.

The book dispels a widely held misperception in the West that Putin is an omnipotent puppet-master, pulling all the strings in Russian disinformation operations. The reality is not so exotic.

One hundred years after the Red Army established the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic, residents are ambivalent about its meaning.