In this issue:

- Caucasus

Armenian Leaders Bang Heads at Deep Purple Concert

GAYANE ABRAHAMYAN

It’s not a widely known fact, but metalheads rule in Armenia. Top government officials displayed their true colors during a May 25 concert in Yerevan by the legendary British hard rock band Deep Purple.

- Central Asia

Citizens in Kazakhstan are High on Nazarbayev, Tepid on Democratization

BY JOANNA LILLIS

- Central Asia

Provisional Government Grappling with Simmering Ethnic Tension in Kyrgyzstan

BY ALISHER KHAMIDOV

- Central Asia

Manas Fuel Contracting: Is the Pentagon Responding to Congressional Pressure?

BY DEIRDRE TYNAN

- Caucasus

Severe Flooding Creating New IDPs in Azerbaijan

BY MINA MURADOVA

- Caucasus

Victims Complain about Two-Year Prison Term for Confessed Armenian Pedophile

BY GAYANE ABRAHAMYAN

- Central Asia

Kyrgyz Youth Activists Struggle to Find Place in Bishkek’s New Order

BY DALTON BENNETT

- Caspian Basin

IMF: The Party’s Over for Azerbaijan’s Oil Sector

BY SHAHIN ABBASOV

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