Doubts Cloud Ukraine Cease-Fire, Azerbaijani Dissident Holed Up in Swiss Embassy.

The article presents news briefs from formerly communist countries of Europe and central Asia as of February 12, 2015. Topics discussed include a cease-fire agreement reached by officials from Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany; the Swiss Embassy in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, has been providing a secret sanctuary to dissident journalist Emin Huseynov for the past six months; and former minister in Romania Elena Udrea has been arrested on a spate of corruption charges.