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In a candid interview, former U.S. diplomat Daniel Fried talks about what the United States got wrong (and right) about the 2008 Georgia-Russia war and why, with an unprecedented and ferocious Russian war on Ukraine, it now matters more than ever.

Russians are racing to secure Schengen visas amid calls for a ban on travel to Europe, the daily Kommersant has reported, citing executives at tour agencies.

The Har Ghar Tiranga campaign under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to encourage people to bring the Tiranga home and to hoist it to mark the 75th year of Indias independence kicked off today.

Heviz has long been a popular destination for Russians but the coronavirus pandemic and now Russia's war on Ukraine have ended the stream of Russian tourists seeking rest, relaxation, and restorative waters. Locals fear that Heviz might never recover.

At the age of 76, Elene Chantladze is just beginning her career as an internationally celebrated painter. After many years spent in a loveless marriage in rural Georgia, Chantladze has finally found freedom in her art.

At the beginning of August, a program in Georgia offering free housing to Ukrainian refugees ended. Many of its grateful beneficiaries, their savings already drained, are now scraping around for a new place to stay.

Ukraine's president has renewed calls for European Union members to ban visas for Russian citizens, and a Russian diplomat warned that any U.S. move to declare Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism" could result in a complete break in ties.

Belarusian blogger and critic Syarhey Tsikhanouski was the first person arrested in Alyaksandr Lukashenka's heavy-handed crackdown leading up to his internationally contested presidential win in August 2020, and he's spent much of the time since in solitary confinement.

As Moscow’s use of unprovoked force grinds on 24 weeks after the invasion turned a simmering conflict in the Donbas into a full-scale war that has killed tens of thousands of people, another of Putin’s go-to foreign and domestic policy tools came into the spotlight this month: the trial.

A leading Russian hospital has said it would provide treatment to former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev, whose health is reportedly deteriorating as he serves an 11-year prison sentence in Bishkek.