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Despite ambitions for Karabakh reconstruction, the government's overall construction budget has barely budged.

For decades Azerbaijan denounced Armenian irredentism. Now it is advancing expansionary territorial claims of its own as it seeks to impose peace on its terms.

Many have seen it as a rare case in which the police were the recipients, rather than perpetrators, of abuse.

Moscow appears cool to the proposal. Meanwhile, Armenia to lead the CSTO while Azerbaijan drills with NATO, and more Armenian soldiers are convicted in Baku. This week’s Post-War Report.

Many Azerbaijanis still harbor hopes of returning to their homes, now completely surrounded by Armenian territory. Armenians aren’t so sure.

The country already leads in vaccination rates in the South Caucasus. Many expect the new rules to drive a black market for fake vaccination passports.

The remarks earned the country’s senior Islamic official a rebuke from a senior adviser to Turkey’s president and a smear campaign in Azerbaijani pro-government media.

Fighting surges in a new area, Aliyev meets Putin in Moscow, Azerbaijan again steps up the info war against Armenia, and the EU throws its hat into the conflict resolution ring. This week’s Post-War Report.

The list of journalists and activists reportedly spied on using the Israeli-made Pegasus software continues to grow. But Baku is keeping quiet.

First COVID then war drastically reduced the numbers of foreign tourists to the territory.

Ashgabat has great confidence these days in its Europe-bound exports. Plus, a mysterious tragedy on the Afghan border. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The country has developed rapidly based on oil and gas revenues. But a new report says Azerbaijan risks potential shocks if it continues to depend so heavily on hydrocarbons.

Ilham Aliyev is playing both good cop and bad cop with Armenia, offering to formally recognize their territorial integrity while also suggesting that he has the right not to. Post-war report.

The country will get a billion more euros than Brussels originally promised. Yerevan is connecting the windfall to the successful conduct of last month’s elections.

Russia is back to dominating the diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But would a final peace deal get Moscow out of the way? Post-war report.

The election of a hardliner could augur a more security-oriented approach by Tehran toward Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The country follows Georgia and Turkey in banning most disposable plastic products.

In Armenia’s southern Syunik region, Azerbaijanis have quickly staked their claim on the territory they retook in last year’s war. Now Armenians wonder what will be next.

Some of the soldiers have been used as bargaining chips, and more deals appear to be in the works.

Baku, a frequent borrower, says it didn’t like the terms.

Azerbaijanis, the largest ethnic minority in Georgia, say that Tbilisi neglects their culture while Baku tries to co-opt it. Now they are claiming it for themselves.

The government has cracked down on “fake” disability claims, but many legitimately disabled people – including soldiers injured in last year’s war – are suffering.

Robert Kocharyan is trying for a unique feat in the post-Soviet space: a return to power. And he’s risen to the top of the heap of the many opposition contenders vying in the June 20 elections.

The Armenian prime minister has celebrated the return of the prisoners at campaign rallies, and opposition figures have accused him of giving up too much in return.