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Russian leader Vladimir Putin visits a factory producing surveillance and kamikaze drones. Russian-made UCAVs reportedly contain many parts illicitly imported via intermediaries. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

Japan joins US and EU in sanctioning Kazakh entity

Almaz Kumenov Jan 13, 2025

Tokyo striving to raise its profile in Central Asia.

Georgia’s two parallel realities

Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 8, 2025

No way of telling how the standoff ends.

China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway officially launched, but sidetracked at least until summer

Jan 7, 2025

Project moving forward under yellow signal.

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Uzbekistan launching effort to ban electronic cigarettes

Jan 13, 2025

Kyrgyz ban on e-cigarettes set to go into effect in July.

Central Asian leaders look to expand mutual trade

Jan 10, 2025

Settling borders opens way for “the well-being of nations.”

Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process hits a pothole

Jan 10, 2025

Baku saber-rattles, Yerevan responds.

Central Asian states contending with HMPV cases

Jan 8, 2025

The virus spreads beyond China’s borders.

Putin meets with Chechen siloviki during a visit to Chechnya in August 2024. Putin has little incentive to tangle with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, given the Kremlin’s strategic needs of keeping Chechnya calm. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

The Chechen factor complicates efforts to ease Azerbaijani-Russian tension

Jan 10, 2025

Putin must tread carefully in Chechnya.

Tajikistan’s macro outlook contrasts sharply with its micro reality. (Photo: USAID)

A tale of two Tajikistans: the macro and micro realities

Jan 9, 2025

Economic statistics do not accurately reflect on-the-ground reality for a large number of Tajiks.

Central Asia

(Photo: Neil Banas, CC BY-NC 2.0, tinyurl.com/23aab3my)

After COP29: What’s next for climate action?

Top Kazakh officials visit the site of the Azerbaijani jet’s crash on December 26. Despite their country’s central position in the investigation of the deadly incident, Kazakh officials have tried to remain aloof from the festering controversy. (Photo: gov.kz)

Kazakhstan caught in the middle of simmering Azerbaijani-Russian tension over jetliner crash

Construction works at the Rogun Dam site. (Photo: Tajik presidential press service)

Is crypto keeping Tajikistan’s Rogun Dam project afloat?

A protest in Batumi. (Photo: Katharine Khamhaengwong)

Georgia protests: The view from Adjara

The site of the jet’s crash. (Photo: gov.kz)

News analysis: Aliyev keeping pressure on Putin over airliner crash

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze meets with about 100 business leaders on December 23 to discuss the government’s “vision for the future.” (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgia: Government struggling to keep lid on business community discontent

The waste-to-energy plant is expected to become operational in 2025 or 2026. (Photo: Bishkek Mayor’s Office)

Kyrgyzstan: Chinese firm scores a sweetheart deal to turn Bishkek’s garbage into profits

The Bakurtsikhe-Tsnori road in Georgia was built in 2024 by China Communications Construction Company as part of efforts to boost and streamline traffic via the Middle Corridor. China and Georgia signed an MoU in September committing to jointly develop infrastructure, streamline customs procedures, and improve security and digitization of logistics. (Photo: gov.ge)

China expanding economic presence in South Caucasus

A rendering of the Ferghana Region BESS. (Image: CEEC)

Uzbekistan making progress on green-energy power plan

Putin apologizes to Aliyev without acknowledging Russian role in Azerbaijani jet crash

Russia has been Abkhazia’s primary financial benefactor since the territory broke away from Georgia in 1992, but recent protests against Russia’s encroaching influence have strained the relationship. (Photo: Telegram @respublicaabh)

Abkhazia sees the Kremlin’s dark side

The tenge’s loss of value is already exerting inflationary pressure on food items and consumer goods. (Photo: gov.kz)

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