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Russian markets set for spell of poor performance

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RUSSIA

Russia's exclusion from international financial markets presents high risks to macroeconomic stability in the short and longer term. Sovereign rating downgrades to 'junk' indicate…

Azerbaijan policies may lack agility needed for crises

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AZERBAIJAN

Oil and COVID-19 shocks in Azerbaijan.

Sports ban may provoke Russian cyber response

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RUSSIA

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) excluded Russia from international sporting events for four years in December on the grounds that officials manipulated anti-doping data before…

Azerbaijan ignores foreign and arrests local critics

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AZERBAIJAN

Efforts to silence reporting on official wrongdoing in Azerbaijan.

Russia wins most from Caspian deal despite concessions

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CIS

Unpicking the Caspian Sea convention.

Twin Kyrgyz votes will bring less, not more democracy

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KYRGYZSTAN

The changes will tilt the balance of power in the direction of more authoritarian rule, with Japarov in charge. Parliament and the Supreme Court have signally failed to perform…

Kyrgyz president may be weaker after defeating rival

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KYRGYZSTAN

Jeenbekov seems to be gaining confidence as he defeats his predecessor Almazbek Atambayev's attempts to retain political influence. In what he casts as an impartial campaign…

Russian truckers' protest portends social angst

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RUSSIA

While Putin may have succeeded in saving Syria's president and continues to destabilise Ukraine, he is facing a domestic challenge from Russia's truck drivers. They have rallied…