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The new launchpad is designed to accommodate more environmentally safe craft.

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.

There was much to discuss just over a year after the end of the war, including ongoing border tensions, plans to reopen borders and transportation, and the fate of Armenian prisoners.

The country no longer has a choice, the president says.

The question of whether Uzbekistan should join the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union, with its single market of 184 million people, has provoked fierce debates.

In our weekly briefing: doing business with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, it’s reprimand season.

Chupik is being held at Sheremetyevo airport pending expulsion.

The 30th anniversary of independence was evidently not deemed an appropriate time for future planning. All the focus was instead on the past.

Unlike the last time the two sides explored restoring ties, Azerbaijan doesn’t seem to be trying to play the spoiler. But questions remain about Russia’s involvement in the process.

The exercises took place at a time of heightened Baku-Moscow tension.

Narmatova had been a supporter of President Japarov until October.

Behind the scenes with an American negotiator who helped forge a radical new level of U.S. engagement in Central Asia after 9/11.

Baku has been increasingly airing public criticisms of Moscow over the post-war order, which have been exacerbated by the lack of a formal mandate for the Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh.

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe became a frenetic staging post for the Afghan war in late 2001.

Georgia’s huge contributions to the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan were a key part of its strategy to join the West. Now there are fears about an isolationist turn from Washington.