Perhaps Turkmenistan too. A very very strange place. Look up the photographs of the capital city Ashgabat. It looks like something from outer space.
There is definitely something about Gannett that activates shills. Бажже is not a word. It does not exist either in Russian or in Georgian. It doesn't sound anything similar to walnuts or walnut sauce. If you don't believe me, check it out for yourselves. Cut and paste it into a translation program.
I know Ukrainian, as well. I can't think of a word that is close enough.