In Armenia, Brutal Killing Tests Renewed Loyalty To Moscow Protesters in Armenia are calling for the Russian military to turn over a soldier suspected of murdering in cold blood six members of a single family. The demonstrations are the most serious test yet of Yerevan's renewed ties to Moscow. More
Georgian Ex-President Says 'Hundreds Of Georgians Fighting With IS In Syria' In a politically-charged statement, the former President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili has blamed the Georgian government for what he says are "hundreds" of Georgian nationals fighting in Syria with the Islamic State (IS) militant group. More
Interethnic Tensions On Rise in Daghestan In Run-Up To Jubilee Among the numerous seemingly intractable problems facing the Republic of Daghestan leadership, that of relations between the region’s numerous ethnic groups is frequently eclipsed by the Islamic insurgency, endemic corruption, and the pressing need to attract investment with a view to galvanizing the stagnating economy. More
Azerbaijan Concerned About Human Rights -- In The United States. Azerbaijan's parliament has decided that human rights are an important issue. Just not human rights in Azerbaijan. More
Russian Official: 'Chechen' IS Warlords Are U.S.-Trained Georgians Ilya Rogachev, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for New Challenges and Threats, has said that Chechen militants fighting with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria are not Russian citizens but Kists from Georgia's Pankisi Gorge.More
For Armenia, Is Turkey's Gallipoli Invite Good-Hearted Or Backhanded? Turkey has included Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian among a list of world leaders it hopes will attend a special World War I commemoration in the spring. There's just one problem -- the date. More
