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Whether the Armenian diamond-cutting industry is hurt or helped by the likely sanctions will depend on the EU's ability to trace the gems' origin to Russia.

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

Armenia has broken a major taboo by forging defense ties with France and the U.S.

Iraq gas deal, talking to Washington on TAPI, old hands possibly on the way out. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Russian officials unprepared to hear Kazakh.

Prices for basic staples have risen sharply, depressing the value of the remittances being sent home from Russia.

The victim, a veteran of the 2008 Georgia-Russia war, was reportedly visiting a church on the borderline.

As political relations deteriorate, Armenia's economy is more closely linked to Russia than ever.

Russian state TV aired an hour-long falsehood-laden program attacking the Armenian prime minister.

Angered Russian patriots suggested northern regions of Kazakhstan should be "liberated."

A Q&A with Georgian author Tinatin Japaridze on history, trauma and collective guilt.

Armenia is increasingly keen on Western mediation while Azerbaijan prefers to see the issue settled with the participation of regional powers like Russia and Turkey.

Azerbaijan's state oil company, SOCAR, will receive a $1.5 billion loan from Russia's Lukoil as part of a deal to supply crude oil to SOCAR's oil refinery in Turkey.