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Almaty mayor protest

Kazakhstan: Almaty protest calling for mayoral elections draws small crowd

The demonstration, which city hall allowed, passed peacefully.
Joanna Lillis Feb 5, 2022
Georgia vaccination

Georgia introduces COVID passports amid record high numbers

Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.
Tornike Mandaria Nov 30, 2021
Askhat Zheksebaev, Abai Begimbetov, and Diana Baimagambetova

Kazakhstan jails political dissidents in fresh crackdown

All the defendants are strident government critics, but their dissidence was confined to online attacks and tiny street protests.
Joanna Lillis Oct 11, 2021
Gene Bunin. (Courtesy photo)

Kazakhstan bars entry to Xinjiang repression researcher

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.
Sep 6, 2021
Garibashvili

Coronavirus in Georgia ‘five times worse than India’

Georgia’s mortality rate is among the world’s highest, and just under 6 percent of the population is fully vaccinated.
Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 13, 2021
vaccination Iranians

Armenia changes vaccination policy as Iranian vaccine tourists flock

Iranians have been flooding into Armenia to get COVID vaccines, causing Tehran to complain and Yerevan to tighten the rules.
Karine Ghazaryan Jul 12, 2021
Boiling point: Almaty demonstrators trapped in a kettle. (Photo: Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights)

Kazakhstan: Authorities use pandemic to quash protests

Restrictions on movement do not appear intended to stem the spread of COVID-19.
Almaz Kumenov Mar 1, 2021
As prime minister, Gakharia was dogged by accusations he responded too violently to protests in June 2019. (government handout)

Georgia’s prime minister steps down ahead of looming clashes

The surprise resignation has delayed the crisis, but there is still no end in sight to the country’s political impasse.
Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 18, 2021
Torosyan vaccine

Caucasus vaccine effort infected with geopolitics

The COVID-19 vaccination experiences of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia show that if you’re a small and poor country, you need to rely on powerful friends.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 12, 2021
Nur Otan

Kazakhstan: With elections chore out of the way, it is time for politics

No real opposition parties were permitted to run.
Almaz Kumenov Jan 11, 2021
Nur Otan candidates

Kazakhstan sleepwalks toward choice-free parliamentary election

But there is no papering over the festering disillusionment.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 2, 2020
parliament

Election clashes, COVID deepen crisis in Georgia

Rights activists blasted the authorities' use of force.
Giorgi Lomsadze Nov 9, 2020
Monastery of Saint Thaddeus in West Azerbaijan

Perspectives | How U.S. hawks’ fixation on Iran endangers Middle East Christians

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.
Eldar Mamedov Oct 31, 2020
Protest Almaty 2019

Perspectives | Why Kazakhstan’s leaders fear regional unrest

Rigged elections have created political crises in two other post-Soviet countries this year, leaving Nur-Sultan edgy ahead of a parliamentary vote.
Aruzhan Meirkhanova Oct 27, 2020
Kazakhstan's parliament: Where the rubber stamping happens. (Photo: Mazhilis website)

Kazakhstan: Parliamentary elections scheduled for January 10

The president says the vote will marking a turning point. Skeptics yawn.
Almaz Kumenov Oct 21, 2020

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