Armenia
Did sanctions evading Iran put together fake Armenian airline to buy planes?
Islamic Republic’s Caspian Airlines purchases Boeing 737 said to have arrived in Tehran in an emergency landing. Observers smell a rat.
CAUCASUS BLOG: Armenia’s day of crisis delivers anticlimax
Rally of PM Pashinian, who took to the streets warning a military coup was under way, fails to reach critical mass. Opposition’s rival effort, meanwhile, was a flop.
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Armenian PM takes to streets claiming military coup under way
Move comes after open letter demanding he quit was published by head of general staff of the armed forces.
Following war with Armenia, Azerbaijan gains control of lucrative gold mines
The losses to tax revenues will hit the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh government even harder than Yerevan.
CAUCASUS BLOG : What can Biden offer the Caucasus and Stans, all but forgotten about by Trump?
Unlike his predecessor, the new US president will at least take an interest in issues such as Georgia's deep divisions, organised crime in the Kyrgyz government and Nagorno-Karabakh. But his in-tray is rather full with other pressing matters.