Armenia and Azerbaijan clash again as foreign peace efforts intensify
Tbilisi, GeorgiaReuters New clashes erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Wednesday as international peace efforts intensified a day after the former Soviet republics saw their deadliest violence since 2020 in which hundreds have died. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told parliament that his small, landlocked country had appealled to the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization […]
Fresh violence in Kazakhstan after Russia sends troops to put down uprising
Almaty, KazakhstanReuters Fresh violence erupted in Kazakhstan’s main city on Thursday after Russia rushed in paratroopers to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow’s closest former Soviet allies. Police in the main city Almaty said they had killed dozens of rioters overnight into the early hours of Thursday morning. The authorities said at […]
Kazakh President fails to quell protests, eight deaths reported
Almaty, KazakhstanReuters The President of ex-Soviet republic Kazakhstan appealed to a Russian-led security bloc for help on Thursday after failing to quell days of protests that have seen state buildings torched and eight security personnel reported dead. Initially angered by a fuel price rise, protesters have been storming buildings and chanting against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s […]