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The surprise trip comes amid a period of geopolitical turmoil in the region, as Russia is getting set to annex several parts of Ukraine.

Because official statistics are nonsense, we look to personnel reshuffles to understand where the government recognizes it is underperforming. Our weekly briefing.

As anti-Russian sentiment rises in Georgia, the many Russians here share Georgians’ shock and disgust at what is happening in Ukraine.

Rigged elections have created political crises in two other post-Soviet countries this year, leaving Nur-Sultan edgy ahead of a parliamentary vote.

Astana Hub hoping political unrest could tempt some specialists into coming their way.

Hypocritical election congratulations underscore the cold strategic underpinnings of a bloc that is as much about politics as it is about trade.

The move disappointed many Armenians, who see the ongoing protests in Belarus as an echo of their own Velvet Revolution two years ago.

Usenov claims he died in 2013 and that he is really called Uritsky.

The comedian-turned-president finds that taming corruption is no joke. Part 6 in a series.

The candyman can’t confect a system to contain graft. Part 5 in a series.

A poor boy from Donbas breaks bad. Part 4 in a series.

The Orange Revolution fades to black. Part 3 in a series.

A red director prepares the ground for crony capitalism. Part 2 in a series.

Ukraine’s first president led the country away from communism, let the economy slip into the shadows. The first in a six-part series examining corruption in Ukraine under each post-Soviet president.