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Unemployment, post-COVID hopes, and moving gas: This and more in our monthly briefing on the Eurasian Economic Union.

While it would be wrong to start pointing fingers and formulating conspiracy theories, clearly the risks are many and real.

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

The territory's public health officials have warned against opening up to tourism, and the arrival of tourists has coincided with a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.

There is no setback in the EAEU, it would appear, that cannot be fixed with a roadmap.

“It was the pandemic that hit the economy hard, not the lockdown itself.”

In several cases, the employers themselves have been the ones thwarting their workers from getting stimulus money.

Articles on the U.S. Embassy-sponsored website call COVID-19 a "fake pandemic" and oppose vaccines. Health experts warn it could make the crisis worse.

Protestors violated the state of emergency to say Pashinyan broke his promise.

Businesses complain the plans do not address the scope of coronavirus-related economic damage.

Armenia’s success with distance learning is overwhelming parents and teachers, and illuminating socio-economic divides.

Watchdogs fear the change would allow the government to limit the release of mining-related information.

Russia’s shipment of PPE to New York violated Moscow’s pledge to its closest allies.

There are worries that election observers from Armenia – which has been relatively hard-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak – could bring the virus into Karabakh.