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Review | A State in a State — sabotage and comradeship on the South Caucasus railway
This ambitious documentary uses the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway to delve into political schemes and cross-border solidarity in the South Caucasus.
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Analysis | Questions remain over the success of Baku–Tbilisi–Kars
The shortest rail connection between Europe and Asia has now began operating. But questions remain over whether the project will bring together East and West, be competitive, and bring economic success? [Read in Azerbaijani — Azərbaycan dilində oxuyun] The Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway, commonly known as the Iron Silk Road, has finally been put into operation. The opening ceremony on 30 October in Baku was attended by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
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Ukraine to send agricultural products to Iran via Georgia and Azerbaijan
Ukraine is to begin transporting agricultural products to Iran by railway, passing through Georgia and Azerbaijan, according to Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure, Volodymyr Omelyan. Omelyan, met with a delegation from Iran in Kiev on 19 April, where they reached the agreement. ‘This is a very promising area of cooperation for both countries. Ukraine is developing new international transport corridors in order to become a reliable transit bridge between Europe, Asia and the East’, he re
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A house on the brink of collapse on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway
Boris Karslyan The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway is being built 32 metres away from Harutyun Kazaryan’s house. It causes a lot of inconvenience to the residents of the house, which is now in danger of collapsing. Kazaryan’s house lies on the edge of in the village of Kulalis, in Southern Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti Region. Since the railway embankment was constructed alongside the house, it now stands below the railway. Water from the village collects in the yard of the house. ‘In summ
