Eight Ukrainian reactors will now run with U.S. fuel instead of the Russian variant.

Realising that fossil fuels would not last forever, Kazakhstan took steps to diversify its economy. This included a new focus on its tourism industry. Though under-developed, officials knew it was an area that had much to offer.

The remaining issues are border demarcation between the two former Soviet countries. As well as the issue of re-establishing a trade and transit corridor via Armenia between the rest of Azerbaijan and its Nakhchivan exclave.

Barbare Eristavi-Jorjadze, a 19th century aristocrat, was one of Georgia’s earliest women's rights advocates. Her cookbook was revolutionary in catering to both rich and poor.

Ex-Soviet Ukraine and Georgia – both dealing with the occupation of large tracts of territory by Russia or its proxies – likely came away disappointed if they had expected the summit to bring clarity to their strategic issues.

Any resumption of hostilities would likely involve the few areas of internationally recognised Azerbaijan still under de facto Armenian control or border areas.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s strident warnings that Moscow would tolerate no talk of membership appears to have again deterred the alliance.

Zelensky raged against U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to abandon sanctions against the pipeline and begged the U.S. leader to meet him before a Russia-U.S summit in Geneva on June 16.

The implications go way beyond Armenian domestic squabbles. The election has the potential to make the country ungovernable.