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In the course of just one week in late September, the entire population of ethnic Armenians fled Nagorno-Karabakh. Leo Earle looks behind this mass exodus.

Karl Lebt - How has the Russian invasion of Ukraine affected the dynamics of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan? What choice did the Armenian leadership face? On the prospects for a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.

Russia was initially interested in allied relations with the new Europe, but in the years since the onset of Putin's rule, it has made a dramatic shift — Ukrinform.

No one is fooled when authoritarian leaders carry out fake elections. So why do they bother?

This article has been updated to reflect news developments. For the first time in close to a decade, the rule of President Vladimir Putin of Russia may be facing a sustained challenge. Over the past two weekends, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of cities and towns across the country to voice their disapproval of the arrest of the anti-corruption campaigner Aleksei Navalny. This impressive display of dissent has been met, increasingly, with force. On Sunday, over 5,000 people were detained — the most ever on a single day in Russia — including 1,600 in Moscow alone. ...