Recent street violence has dealt another blow to its image. Longtime allies in the EU are dismayed and the USA is considering sanctions against those promoting violence against perceived foes

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has instructed the government to expand the provision of electronic services.

The 57-year-old former banker was arrested in June 2020, as was his 31-year-old son who was rounded up on tax evasion charges.

Baku said Shusha, Azerbaijan's "cultural capital" and a historic mountainside city known for producing writers and scholars, and the crown jewel recovered by Azerbaijan after the years of Armenian occupation, came under attack.

The yield for the dollar bonds were 3.9 percent and 14 percent for the national currency bonds.

Russia's Eximbank provided 24.4 million euros at an annual rate of 0.51 percent, while VEB.RF, one of Russia's largest investment companies, loaned 30.4 million euros at an annual 1.85 percent.