It’s complicated: Ukraine, like Azerbaijan, was once part of the Soviet Union, and the two countries have had a complicated ... functioning as a gateway between Europe and Asia. This week, a group of ...

With the nuclear disposal work entering its final stages, Min-Kush, a town in central Kyrgyzstan, hopes to move on soon from ...

Abkhazia and its de facto government are becoming aware that Russian economic, political, and military support was never unconditional.

The power grab over rare-earth minerals in Central Asia could be among the issues that will work to Donald Trump's advantage.

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A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th ...

In a mask and a hazmat suit, Ermek Murataliyev drives a truck filled with Soviet-era radioactive waste along the winding ...