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While the new de facto president praised ties with Russia, he did not mention the referendum that his predecessor called on his way out of office.

Taking part in foreign conflicts can be punished by up to eight years in prison.

The territory’s outgoing leader says the vote will take place in July. But he’ll be out of office by then and neither his successor, nor Russia itself, appear as interested in it as he is.

Many outsiders have been calling on Georgia to take advantage of Russian weakness to reclaim its lost territories. But Georgians themselves aren’t having it.

Georgians make up the most prominent contingent of foreign fighters in Ukraine. At least nine have been killed.

While Anatoliy Bibilov tried to boost his electoral chances by tying himself more tightly to Russia, analysts say his defeat will still not likely result in any substantial change in relations with Moscow.

The incumbent has come under fire for a controversial military deployment to Ukraine, and it’s not clear that a proposal to annex the territory to Russia will help him.

Amriddin Alovatshoyev’s trial lasted only two hours.

The 2020 war, and now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have significantly shifted the landscape for the negotiations.

As the Armenian government moves toward significant concessions, some in Karabakh are exploring a radical solution: joining Russia.

The president has reaffirmed the special place that the Russian language has in Azerbaijan even as a backlash against Russian culture has swept the rest of the world.

Serdar Berdymukhamedov has made his first consequential moves as Turkmenistan's president, offering hints of how he intends to rule.

Yerevan in the post-Soviet era has had no viable alternative to a reliance on Moscow.

If Armenians stay in Karabakh under the Azerbaijani flag, it would represent an exception to the otherwise zero-sum game of territorial control in the region.

It’s not the first time the breakaway Georgian territory’s de facto authorities have signaled the intention. In the past Russia has blown the calls off, but its calculations may be different now.