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Russian and Chinese tourists discovering Central Asia

Apr 24, 2025

Sanctions and less stringent visa rules spurring visits.

Cup of coffee stirs Russian-language debate in Uzbekistan

Alexander Thompson Apr 21, 2025

Tashkent tries to avoid antagonizing Kremlin.

Kazakhstan plans to send delegation to United States for trade talks

Apr 18, 2025

Tariffs and critical minerals likely on agenda.

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Russian soft-power entities embroiled in controversy in Central Asia

Apr 24, 2025

Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan investigating Russian activities.

America angling for power deal in Armenia

Apr 23, 2025

Race appears to be on to build Armenia’s next nuclear plant.

Russia tells Armenia to make geopolitical choice

Apr 22, 2025

A tweak too far by Yerevan?

Internet life in Turkmenistan detected!

Apr 21, 2025

Central Asia’s most-closed society boasts handful of influencers.

President Emomali Rahmon speaks at a meeting with top Interior Ministry officers on April 22, announcing sweeping personnel changes. (Photo: president.tj)

Tajikistan: Big purge at Interior Ministry

Apr 23, 2025

Personnel moves seen as part of effort to ensure dynastic transfer of power.

From 2017 to 2024, more than a million Georgians have traveled to the Schengen Area without needing a visa. Any tightening of the existing travel rules would be sure to cause a spike in dissatisfaction with the Georgian Dream government. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgian government preparing for EU move to suspend visa-free travel

Irakli Machaidze Apr 22, 2025

Georgian Dream downplays consequences.

Central Asia

An aerial view of construction works at Rogun. (Photo: president.tj)

Tajikistan: Rogun Dam project going under microscope

US strikes mineral deals with Uzbekistan – Tashkent report

President Trump holds a chart as he announces new tariffs on April 2. (Photo: The White House)

Measuring impact of US tariffs on Central Asia and South Caucasus

Recently published data raises doubts about whether Azerbaijan can meet its commitment of exporting 20 bcm of gas annually to the EU by 2027. (Photo: BP)

Azerbaijan’s energy relations with EU experiencing bout of uncertainty

Left to right: Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgian Dream Honorary Chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili, and President Mikheil Kavelashvili. Georgia’s authoritarian leadership is taking new steps to cut off revenue streams to the country’s non-profit and independent media sectors. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgia: Government seeks control over foreign assistance to non-governmental sector

(Photo: Kazimierz Popławski, kazimierzpoplawski.pl, CC BY-NC 2.0)

South Caucasus deemed “low exposure” zone in terms of vulnerability to climate change – UN study

China spikes Gazprom gas export plan in Central Asia

A Chinese-made electric bus in Baku. (Photo: gov.az)

Commentary: Addressing China’s growing electric vehicle footprint in Azerbaijan

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (left) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at an SCO event in Kazakhstan on July 3, 2024. The Uzbek government wants to maintain a sense of strong domestic support for its “all-weather strategic partnership“ with China, but the initial effort to reassure Uzbeks did not appear to stem the social media-driven discontent. (Photo: president.uz)

Social networks in Uzbekistan buzzing with criticism of Chinese economic practices

By some estimates, Rosatom has captured half of the global nuclear energy market. (Photo: gov.ru)

Commentary: Russia winning contest over nuclear energy sector and supply chains

Vladimir Kara-Murza makes the sign of the cross at the place of Boris Nemtsov’s death in Moscow. (Photo: Michał Siergiejevicz via Wikipedia, Feb. 27, 2021, CC BY 2.0)

History will not absolve Putin, prominent Russian dissident asserts

Timur Suleimenov, the head of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, stated in his letter to Kazakh PMs that the regulator is not inclined to pressure commercial bankers to loosen up their rules. (Photo: gov.kz)

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