Publication

This issue contains articles on 1) the creation of an overland gas pipeline running through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI); 2) the implications of alleged Chechen involvement in the February 2015 murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov; 3) Russia's move to sign an agreement to eliminate border controls with South Ossetia and a similar agreement with Abkhazia; and 4) the consolidation of power by the ruling party in Armenia following the fragmentation of the opposition parties. It also contains field reports on 1) the February 18, 2015 murder of a Kyrgyz crime boss in Minsk; 2) the economic crisis facing Georgia; 3) the March 1, 2015 parliamentary elections in Tajikistan; and 4) Armenia's participation in the inaugural European Games that will be hosted by Azerbaijan in the summer of 2015.