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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.

Vagif Khachatryan, a 68-year-old veteran of the First Karabakh War in the early 1990s, pleaded not guilty but was convicted of crimes including "genocide."

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.

Armenia's prime minister says there's broad agreement on mutual recognition of territorial integrity, border demarcation, and the opening of transport links.

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.

Karabakh Armenians have long held passports of the Republic of Armenia, but it turns out they're not Armenian citizens. Now they must choose between citizenship and a newly created special status.

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