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The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.

The president bets on a big infrastructure program to reinvigorate his political fortunes.

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

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.

In an unprecedented speech, Ilham Aliyev blasted the “socialist economic model” behind his country’s largest companies.

The government’s lack of capacity helps explain the about-face.

The labor migrants are trying to return home after losing their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic. Tensions are rising, and a protest on the border has been violently broken up by Russian police.

“The police say you can't go out the door, but no one says your husband can't beat you.” 


The currency’s hard peg to the dollar could compound the economic cost of the crisis in Baku.

Karabagh is much smaller than Azerbaijan’s flagship developments.

The region is tightening belts and preparing for pain. But there are reasons to hope the trickledown from Russia won’t be as bad as last time, in 2014.

Their numbers were growing fast, but Chinese tourists were a tiny fraction of the total.