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Zarif Tbilisi

Iranians report arbitrary ban at Georgian border

In recent years the Caucasus country has become a magnet for Iranian students, business owners, and dissidents. But now many report they’re not being allowed to enter.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 24, 2021
Kazakhstan has grain to sell, but buyers are proving hard to find. (Photo: Kazakhstan government website)

Kazakhstan wheat redirected away from Afghanistan

Iran and Georgia considered as alternatives.
Almaz Kumenov Aug 26, 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
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
USAID/EU aid to Abkhazia

Abkhazia calls for volunteers to help with COVID outbreak

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.
Joshua Kucera Aug 19, 2020
Abkhazia booth

Russian tourists flood into newly reopened Abkhazia

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.
Joshua Kucera Aug 11, 2020
Putin and Bzhania

Abkhazia leader meets Putin hoping for Russian bailout

As coronavirus cripples the territory’s tourism season and Russia has stopped sending aid, Abkhazia faces a 10 percent GDP decline this year.
Joshua Kucera Jun 25, 2020
Senate Speaker Dariga Nazarbayeva addressing the upper chamber of parliament on April 9. (senate.parlam.kz)

Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev wealth ruling dismays transparency campaigners

A British court has unfrozen $99 million in property belonging to the former president’s daughter and grandson, only after they spoke more candidly about the sources and scope of their wealth than they have ever done at home.
Peter Leonard Apr 9, 2020
From a campaign video for Aslan Bzhania, who won the March 22 election for de facto president of Abkhazia. (photo: Facebook, Aslan Bzhania)

Abkhazia elects new leader

The vote went ahead in spite of the global coronavirus outbreak; although Abkhazia hasn’t recorded any cases, election officials took pains that the disease couldn’t be spread by voting.
Joshua Kucera Mar 23, 2020
A worker disinfects a city bus in Sukhumi, the de facto capital of Abkhazia. (sukhumcity.ru)

Caucasus unrecognized states remain coronavirus-free

The isolation of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh have served them well as the disease spreads all around them.
Joshua Kucera Mar 17, 2020
Coronavirus Armenia

Following coronavirus outbreak in Iran, Armenia closes border and Azerbaijan keeps it open

Armenia went farther than most of Iran’s neighbors, closing its border for two weeks. Azerbaijan, meanwhile, was the only country to have not closed its border with Iran at all.
Joshua Kucera, Ani Mejlumyan Feb 24, 2020
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