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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 president’s authority now looks desperately weakened, which means that if anything should happen to his 65-year-old father, a crisis of legitimacy could ensue. Our weekly briefing.

Brussels notes some "progress" toward addressing its conditions for membership candidate status. But no one knows how much will be enough.

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.

Germany is deporting Azerbaijanis in large numbers, and the politically active ones are being imprisoned after they get home.

Vakhtang (Buba) Kikabidze, a Georgian singer and actor universally loved across the former Soviet Union, has died at the age of 84, drawing the curtain on an era.

The changes make living long-term in Kazakhstan unviable for tens of thousands of Russian citizens who have fled the war.

Armenia says the plan amounts to a territorial claim, while domestic critics say it is meant as a nationalist distraction to the country’s real problems.

Is Ruben Vardanyan the savior of a nation, a Russian agent, or a billionaire with delusions of grandeur who is now in over his head?

As the government rewrites history to avoid mentioning a Russian atrocity, Turkmen are taking their reminiscences online.

They are supporting Tofig Yagublu, already in frail health from previous stints in prison, who has vowed to go hungry “till the end."

In his first remarks about the monthlong blockade, Aliyev denied there was a blockade, pointing to Russian peacekeeping vehicles’ use of the road.

Advocates say they’re emulating the best Western practices. Critics fear the inspiration comes from Russia.

The move comes as Yerevan-Moscow relations have been heading south quickly.