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The war lasted 44 days. Cleaning up the explosives it left behind will take years.

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.

Food prices have jumped this year and there are few jobs, but out-of-work migrants can’t get to where they are desperately needed.

The new fighting was an early test for the Russian peacekeeping mission as it tries to manage a new, ambiguous de facto border that passes through populated areas.

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

5,000 people are taking part in the trials.

Trials for a domestically developed QazCovid-in vaccine are not expected to be completed until March.

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?

Iran sees that to safeguard its own interests, it needs a more pro-active South Caucasus policy.

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.

Russian peacekeepers are on their way to the region, the Armenian leader announced.

The base is small, but would act as a tripwire deterring Azerbaijan from expanding its offensive into Armenian territory.