Fazil Iskander, a powerful and prolific Soviet-era writer who made his native Abkhazia region of Georgia a frequent subject, has died at the age of 87. "Through the tiny mirror of Abkhazia, he managed to reflect an entire epoch of the Soviet Union," fellow writer Andrei Bitov said.
The failure earlier this month of a bid by opposition parties to mobilize the population of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia to participate in a referendum on holding an early presidential election has not defused political tensions.
Three Russian Olympic medalists are among 11 weightlifters, mostly from ex-Soviet states, who tested positive for banned drugs in retests of samples from the 2012 London Games.
As Turkey cracks down hard on perceived enemies like the Gulen movement at home, it also looks set to escalate the controversy over the global Islamic education movement by pressing other countries to follow suit.
When the Summer Games open in August, Georgia's shooting team will make Olympic history as the first team with a mother and son competing together. Medalist Nino Salukvadze is taking part in her eighth Olympics, while her son, Tsotne Machavariani, is aiming for gold for the first time.
The EU official responsible for the bloc's enlargement says that Georgian citizens should be able to travel to Europe without a visa by October.
Hopes for an end to the protracted standoff between pro-government and opposition forces in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia have proven premature.
Global celebrity philosopher Slavoj Zizek says that the left has failed to address recent crises in the West with valid alternatives. In an interview with RFE/RL in Ljubljana, the radical left-wing Slovenian said that democratic capitalism is being overtaken by a more authoritarian version.
The NATO-Russia Council began as a promising effort to bury the Cold War past, but it has been on a downhill slide for the better part of a decade.
Pope Francis will meet with Christian, Muslim, and Jewish leaders during a trip to the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Azerbaijan from September 30 to October 2.
Despite Brexit and despite lingering divisions over whether to confront or engage Russia, the transatlantic alliance took some big steps forward at a landmark summit this week in Warsaw.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili told RFE/RL that decisions made at the NATO summit in Warsaw had enhanced security for his country, the wider Caucasus region, and the world.
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