Post-Soviet Governments Weaponize Transparency: Report
By JOSHUA KUCERA EurasiaNet Authoritatian governments have cleverly used the liberal norm of transparency in order to shut down liberal groups in their countries, a [more >>>]
Ukrainian Security Service Detains Mikheil Saakashvili. Freed from Custody, Saakashvili Pledges ‘to Put an End’ to Georgian, Ukrainian Oligarchs
CIVIL GEORGIA Ukrainian Security Service Detains Mikheil Saakashvili Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was detained by the Ukrainian Security Service. Saakashvili, who leads the Movement [more >>>]
Turkey jails activist couple of Armenian origin for social media posts
By UZAY BULUT* Providence Two political activists of Armenian origin have recently been arrested by Turkish police due to social media posts that were critical [more >>>]
Gold dealer implicates Turkey’s president in corruption scheme
By DEVLIN BARRETT and ERIN CUNNINGHAM* The Washington Post A Turkish gold trader testified Thursday that he was told his scheme to move billions of [more >>>]
Scottish Scientist Stephen Sim Describing His Trip to Nakhichevan
By VIGEN AVETISYAN Art-A-Tsolum Scottish scientist Stephen Sim described the unpleasant experience of his visit to Nakhichevan, the historical Armenian territory now occupied by Azerbaijan. [more >>>]
Georgia’s Zig-Zag Progress
CIVIL GEORGIA Civil Georgia interviewed Thomas de Waal, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe, Brussels-based think tank on European foreign policy analysis. In your mind what [more >>>]
Politics, corruption, and abuse in Armenia’s supermarket cartels
By DAVID STEPANYAN OC Media With murky boundaries between the authorities and big supermarket chains in Armenia, their government linked owners enjoy a degree of [more >>>]
Europe’s murky Eastern energy deals
By MARIANA KOCHLADZE, CEE BANKWATCH Euractiv Millions of euros in public money are being invested in large infrastructure projects in the EU’s eastern neighbours in [more >>>]
A village divided by the Kars Treaty
By NATIA TAVDIRIDZE JAMnews Signed nearly 100 years ago, the Treaty of Kars separated brothers, sisters, parents and children, as they found themselves on different [more >>>]
Lavrov Not ‘Too Optimistic’ Over Settlement Of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
RFE/RL Armenian Service During a visit to Armenia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said there is no cause for “too much optimism” over a [more >>>]