Iran's investment in Tajikistan will fail expectations

Last year, Babak Sanjani, an Iranian billionaire and one of the largest foreign investors in...

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Kiev plays losing hand as civil war risk escalates

The deadline of the ultimatum given by acting President Aleksandr Turchinov to pro-Russian...

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Domestic economic slowdown is a source of concern for the incumbent elite. The government's...

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Young people vote at lower rates than older people. This is a widely understood, cross-culturally...

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Russian grain prices continued to rise over the past week, driven by strong demand and farmers'...

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In a speech today, the ousted Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovich, called on each region to...

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Crimea's authorities today declared the peninsula's independence from Ukraine. This follows last...

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In Russia, the Ukrainian crisis has consolidated the population around President Vladimir Putin,...

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Rising real wages and increased direct social payments for certain disadvantaged categories have...

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Unemployment is undermining Spain's economic recovery and blighting the lives of one quarter of...

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