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For all the government's boasts of transparency, critics of the trial say rigorous scrutiny has been sorely lacking.

Is Ruben Vardanyan the savior of a nation, a Russian agent, or a billionaire with delusions of grandeur who is now in over his head?

As the government rewrites history to avoid mentioning a Russian atrocity, Turkmen are taking their reminiscences online.

They are supporting Tofig Yagublu, already in frail health from previous stints in prison, who has vowed to go hungry “till the end."

In his first remarks about the monthlong blockade, Aliyev denied there was a blockade, pointing to Russian peacekeeping vehicles’ use of the road.

Advocates say they’re emulating the best Western practices. Critics fear the inspiration comes from Russia.

The move comes as Yerevan-Moscow relations have been heading south quickly.

Azerbaijan has long opposed reestablishing air transit to and from Karabakh, though, and argues that it is Armenians who are refusing its offers to allow traffic on the road to resume.

The government narrative is vague and full of holes.

In the wake of the reported diplomatic breakdown, accounts have varied over how much credit – or blame – to assign to Azerbaijan, Russia, and France.

Video footage shows Abdukakhkhor Rozikov's body covered in bruising.

The former president ended 2022 in the spotlight: He got a new city named in his honor, his poem set to music by his grandson on state television, and compliments from Russia. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

With Azerbaijani demonstrators settling in for the long haul on the Lachin Corridor, Armenia is questioning whether Moscow is willing or able to end the standoff.

Making an example of this group looks like an attempt to put an indefinite end to Kyrgyzstan’s periodic cycle of extra-parliamentary regime changes.

Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, one of the government’s most vocal critics, was charged with hooliganism in a case many believe is connected to his activism. Now he’s on a hunger strike.

Disappointed with stagnation at home, Georgians are increasingly forging an illegal path to the United States.

An earlier mooted vote was derailed by political unrest.

The former president has been hospitalized for months.

The official investigation into bloody chaos this summer has yet to deliver. Even the names of the dead remain a secret.

Vasif Talibov, “khan” of “Azerbaijan’s North Korea,” has long been accused of exercising his totalitarian impulses.

Mirziyoyev's pledges come amid a torrid time of power shortages and a slowdown in economic growth.

The most prominent defendant had previously accused the judge of embezzlement.

Kozachkov's supporters say he has been targeted in reprisal for his reports.

The closure of the Lachin Corridor a week ago has left the region struggling to secure enough food, medicine and fuel.

The territory has imposed price controls and rationing, and Azerbaijan has demanded that it be allowed to set up border and customs checkpoints on the road connecting it to Armenia.