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An opaque and massive transfer of wealth appears to be ongoing.

Aliyev kvetches about a “policy of hostility.”

Officials show no tolerance for environmental protests.

Tashkent shrugs off Russian criticism, tells Moscow to mind its own business.

Putting a new spin on penitentiary living.

Police detain anti-nuclear activists, prevent protests during run-up to the vote.

With battle lines drawn in Georgia’s pivotal parliamentary vote, it is time to meet the challengers.

Legislative changes would promote separation of church and state, yet enable strict government oversight of spiritual matters.

Dushanbe has done nothing to promote healing of wounds left by civil war.

Opposition to war is akin to treason.

Officials don’t clarify reasons for turning journalists away at border.

Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process hits another snag.

Tbilisi’s streets are now quiet. But scratch the surface and the protest mood that prevailed in the spring still runs strong among many Georgians.

Kazakh authorities say they are following Western precedents.

Eyewitness accounts lend credence to allegations of extrajudicial killings.

Events enable Central Asians to reconnect with their roots.

Advisories issued in response to tightening of migration rules by Moscow.

A Kazakh court convicts an already imprisoned relative.

Portraying the trauma experienced by a child who “has become a stranger to his own parents.”

Ruling party leaders see upcoming parliamentary vote as the “Nuremburg Trials” of Georgia’s democratic system.

A good idea with little chance of adoption over the medium-term.

Part of a new round of arrests in Baku.

Detainee reportedly facing treason charge.

Truth becomes stranger than fiction when Georgia’s billionaire boss goes tree hunting for his private garden.

Russia stands to lose some leverage in the South Caucasus.