Armenia
Pashinyan refuses to sign CSTO declaration after bloc's failure to help Armenia
Getting the CSTO to send military assistance to Armenia and to condemn Azerbaijan's attacks were two of Yerevan's fundamental demands going into the summit.
EBRD warns of risk of 'zombification'
Development bank recommends countries should now gradually dial down help to vulnerable companies, so they can either learn to adapt to the new climate of higher interest rates or exit the market by going into insolvency.
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TEHRAN BLOG: Iran takes aim at ‘gambler’ and ‘political dwarf’ Aliyev as Azerbaijan tensions simmer
Amid rows over Baku’s designs on Armenian territory, Iranian establishment figure claims Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev has been “taunting” Iran and implicitly threatening its neighbour with a military attack.
Eurasian central bank governors battling inflation with mixed success
Inflation appears to be under control in Uzbekistan and to have peaked in Georgia and Armenia, but with prices still rising in Kazakhstan the regulator is ready to raise rates “as much as necessary,” the countries' central bank governors said.
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IMF reaches agreement with Armenia on $165mn stand-by loan
IMF said the three-year deal would support the Armenian government's economic programme to preserve macroeconomic, fiscal, and financial stability
Putin's negotiations with Armenia and Azerbaijan don't bring any concrete results
The Sochi summit underscored Russian efforts to regain the initiative in the Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiating process from the EU and US.
Too early to call time on the CSTO
More than a military alliance analogous to Nato, the bloc is a political entity. But analysts have never agreed on its exact purpose.
Putin’s dwindling circle of friends in Emerging Europe
The number of European countries friendly towards Moscow has dwindled to just a handful since Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in February.
Kyrgyzstan scraps military drills in latest sign of Russia’s waning influence in Central Asia
Move to cancel CSTO exercises made following border fighting with Tajikistan and with Armenia already angry that military bloc has been ‘missing in action’.
VISEGRAD BLOG: European family gathering mostly avoids fights
European Political Community isolates Russia, welcomes back UK and reassures EU candidate countries.
Ukraine war leads to traffic jams in Georgia
International transport routes through Ukraine and Russia have been disrupted, and Georgia has become a popular alternative.
Turkish, Armenian leaders go ahead with first-ever face-to-face meeting
Little evidence of progress in normalising Yerevan-Ankara relations or resolving conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan following Prague encounter.
Displaced from Karabakh watch reconstruction process with hope, concern
Azerbaijani IDPs are eager to return home. But they are uncertain about how their new lives are going to look.
Armenia’s Pashinyan, Turkey’s Erdogan set for unprecedented face-to-face Prague meeting
Encounter is “huge” says analyst. However, hopes for a breakthrough in resolving Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict are low.
Armenia reacts with outrage to another video of apparent Azerbaijani war crimes
In the video Azerbaijani soldiers are apparently executing six Armenian POWs during its invasion on September 13-14.
More pain stored up for Emerging Europe in 2023
Government efforts to shield populations from the energy crisis and rampant inflation have shifted the economic impact to next year, says the EBRD as it downgrades GDP growth forecasts for 2023.
Azerbaijani offensive leaves Armenia shaken
The attacks marked the first time in the three-decade conflict that such heavy fighting has taken place on the territory of Armenia itself.
Russian media airing increasingly Armenia-sceptic narrative
Armenians could usually rely on favourable coverage from the media of its strategic ally. Following another escalation, that no longer seems to be the case.
Baku angered by Pelosi's comments about its 'illegal and deadly' invasion of Armenia
"Pelosi's baseless and unfair accusations against Azerbaijan are unacceptable," says Azerbaijani foreign ministry.
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PANNIER: Putin arrived with little to offer an SCO summit that showed no real clout
Disparate interests of organisation’s member nations meant many major issues of the day could not even be discussed. But there was only one dominant member: China.
