West Asia
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Nothing but revolution can change Azerbaijan for the better: Interview with the Azerbaijani left
Murad Gattal spoke to Azerbaijani trade unionists and left-wing activists about the state of society following Ilham Aliyev’s election for the fifth presidential term and the Third Karabakh War.
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Economy, politics and geopolitics behind Georgia’s ‘foreign agents law’
Giorgi Kartvelishvili outlines the background that put Georgia’s rulers in a position to pursue such assertive and aggressive steps as its ‘foreign agents law’, despite immense domestic and international pressure.