Under Stalin, thousands were executed. Now, victims’ families and experts are trying to heal a national trauma.
Robin Forestier-Walker
Robin has been reporting for Al Jazeera English from Europe and Central Asia since 2008. He was a Rory Peck Award News finalist for his coverage of th... e inter-ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan and has covered the country's political upheaval since the ousting of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in April 2010. Robin worked for BBC News for six years before going freelance in late 2006. Twitter Robin
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An icon featuring Joseph Stalin on display inside Georgia’s largest cathedral causes a furore.
Global web of ultraconservative groups is identified in EU and its fringe working to weaken democracy and human rights.
Baku and Yerevan again clashed over the control of frontiers defined by Soviet cartographers, raising fears of conflict.
From sophisticated drones to attacks shown on digital billboards, analysts say war has taken on a ‘sci-fi’ effect.
Nagorno-Karabakh: Information war and competing media narratives
Human suffering in the conflict is being obscured by Azerbaijani and Armenian officials monopolising the message.
Culture of harvesting honey from wild bees without use of modern box hives is returning to country’s west.
Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of shelling military positions and villages.
Why a doctor in Kyrgyzstan retracted his criticism of low-quality protective masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite fines for gatherings of more than three people in Georgia, churches have stayed open.