The skirmishes have stirred concern about the stability of a late 2020 Moscow-negotiated armistice.

The Belarusian tech industry employs some 70,000 people in the nation of 9.5 million, but this tiny proportion substantially bolsters Belarusian GDP.

National Bank of Ukraine Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko said oligarchs have a "destructive" influence over the county's central bank.

Skirmishes continued around the still undefined border, now more than eight months after Azerbaijan reversed three decades of humiliation by retaking long-occupied areas.

Uzbekistan and Pakistan vowed to increase the volume of bilateral trade by five times.

Kazakhstan’s focus on improving investor dispute resolution and prevention mechanisms has been an essential element of this success. A great deal has been done in recent years. Many countries around the world, especially those that have passed through similar transitions from other non-capitalist economic systems in their recent history, can draw useful lessons from Kazakhstan’s experience.

The unrest has obviously unnerved the EU so much that the President of the EU Council, Charles Michel, scheduled an unexpected visit to the region on July 17.