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  1. Riga Baku SPb
    OpinionOpinion7 Jun

    Forum week: Baku signed, St. Petersburg celebrated, Riga quietly worked

    Three gatherings, one week, one pipeline. A tour of the parallel universes of Eurasian energy diplomacy.

  2. Washington Names Moscow's Play in Armenia
    PoliticsAnalysis6 Jun

    Four days out: Washington names Moscow's play in Armenia

    Secretary Rubio told the Senate on Tuesday that Russia wants Pashinyan to lose. The claim lands in the middle of the dirtiest election campaign Armenia has seen in years.

  3. EnergyAnalysis5 Jun

    Baku Energy Week: $7.5 billion in contracts, a green corridor pitch, and Central Asia in the room

    Azerbaijan's minister framed the Caspian region as a new energy space. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan were named as corridor partners. $7.5 billion in contracts signed at the forum.

  4. BTK goes full throttle: upgraded Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway enters operation
    EconomyBrief3 Jun

    BTK goes full throttle: the upgraded Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway enters operation

    Capacity jumped from 1 to 5 million tonnes a year. The Middle Corridor's western spine is no longer a bottleneck.

  5. Baku–Supsa Pipeline Returns
    EnergyBrief1 Jun

    Baku-Supsa pipeline returns: Kazakhstan oil joins the rerouting

    A deal signed during Kobakhidze’s Baku visit on 18 May restores a dormant Caspian export route, and Astana is already looking at it