Rift between US and once-close ally Georgia deepens

The rift between Georgia, once the closest partner of the United States in the Caucasus region, is deepening amid concerns about anti-democratic tendencies under the government of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Speaking in the capital Tbilisi on Fri…

Russia Tries Independent Election Monitor Co-Chair

The co-chair of an independent Russian election monitoring watchdog, Grigory Melkonyants, went on trial Friday accused of cooperation with an “undesirable” organization. The trial of the co-leader of Golos, one of Russia’s most prominent rights movemen…