Police in some parts of Turkmenistan punish residents who do not wear face masks, “Centralasia” writes. 

The events in Nagorno-Karabakh show that diplomatic capacity to resolve the conflict has diminished. Azerbaijani troops continue to attack. Baku's next goal is to block the Lachina corridor, but then the capture of Stepanakert, the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, will only be a matter of t...

In the administration of the President of Russia there is so-called Moldova Division, which monitors publications of Moldovan journalists, popular bloggers and the “Telegram” messaging app, as well as social network entries, writes the analytical journalism centre “RISE Moldova”, referring to docume...

The power party “Yedinaya Rossiya” no longer expects that the elections to the State Duma (SD) in 2021 will repeat the results of the 2016 elections, therefore the preservation of the constitutional majority in the lower house is a priority, referring to the party's pre-election campaign concept, in...

About 40 left-wing parties from different countries agreed in a joint statement against US military biological development laboratories in the CIS area, including Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, “Stanradar” writes.

The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, on October 20 announced that Azerbaijan had been waiting 27 years for a political solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and was using military force to restore the country's territorial integrity, pending the implementation of four UN Security Council re...

Ukraine's main priority is to resolve the Donbas conflict and reclaim the occupied territories, referring to the speech of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in the parliament on October 20 this year, “Kommersant” writes.

This year on October 20, the Russian Foreign Ministry (FM) announced that Moscow, together with Washington, was ready to “freeze” the nuclear arsenal (number of nuclear warheads) in order to extend the Strategic Assault Limitation Treaty (New START) for one year, informs edition “Kommersant”. ...

On October 19, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Chavushoglu had a telephone conversation with the newly appointed Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev, “Akipress” writes. 

In Georgia, parliamentary elections will take place this year on 31 October. Despite the explosive increase in the number of COVID-19 infected in the country, the authorities are reluctant to take strict measures to curb pre-election rallies. News publication “Kommersant” writes on October 19.

Moldovan President Igor Dodon cooperates with Russian special services, says “Dossier” centre funded by Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who lives in Britain.

Ministry of Finance (FM) this year in mid-October had sent proposals to the Russian Security Council to optimize the work of various force structures, which includes the Armed Forces (AF), informs edition “Izvestija”.

Uzbek court orders state to pay compensation (USD 5,800) to human rights activist Chuyan Mamatkulov for unlawful deprivation of liberty, “Fergana” writes.

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian informed that Yerevan will be ready to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh if it becomes clear that Baku is not ready for dialogue in solving this problem. News agency “Tass” writes on October 18.

Most of the pre-election promises of Moldovan presidential candidates are unfulfilled, according to a study conducted by the think tank “Expert-Grup”, writes the news agency “IPN”.