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Sadikov with President Ilham Aliyev last June. (president.az)

The mystery of Azerbaijan’s missing army chief

Ulkar Natiqqizi Mar 3, 2021
In the middle of the country’s victorious war against Armenia, the chief of staff of the armed forces – long the subject of public rumors of “treason” – disappeared. He hasn’t been seen since.

Devil in the details of Kyrgyzstan’s new-look constitution

Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Mar 1, 2021
The referendum next month is expected to be approved easily.

Post-war report: Pashinyan misfired with insult of Russian missiles

Joshua Kucera Feb 26, 2021
The missiles didn’t explode and were out of date, Armenia’s prime minister complained. Some Russians saw those as fighting words. But Russia is still looking to expand its military activities in Armenia. Our weekly column.
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Tajikistan: Facebook bends to tax demands

Mar 3, 2021
The Silicon Valley company will have to report quarterly and pay an 18 percent sales tax.

Uzbekistan embarks on mass vaccination, but where will doses come from?

Mar 3, 2021
Hopes are being pinned on the Sino-Uzbek vaccine ZF-UZ-VAC 2001.

Armenian president bucks PM amid accelerating crisis

Ani Mejlumyan Mar 1, 2021
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called another rally in which he accused the army chief of staff of working on the orders of the former regime.

Kazakhstan: Authorities use pandemic to quash protests

Almaz Kumenov Mar 1, 2021
Restrictions on movement do not appear intended to stem the spread of COVID-19.

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Sanoat Qurilish Bank

Analysis | Central Asia bond review

Maximilian Hess Mar 3, 2021
Despite the COVID crunch, Uzbekistan’s borrowing has blossomed. Tajikistan appears headed for trouble.
Limited train service has resumed after a year-long wait. (photo: ADB)

Turkmenistan: The long arm of the police state

Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Mar 2, 2021
Turkmen authorities go to great lengths to persecute wayward citizens abroad.

Armenia & Azerbaijan at war

Kelbajar

In Karabakh deal, as many questions as answers

Aliyev and Aliyeva

Azerbaijan seizing salaries to pay for post-war reconstruction

Gold mine

Following war with Armenia, Azerbaijan gains control of lucrative gold mines

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China in Eurasia

Radishes Tashkent

China gradually opens its markets to Central Asia

Chinese troops patrol the border with Kyrgyzstan this month (PLA)

China’s trade data confirm 2020 was a bleak year in Eurasia

Rosy picture: Kyrgyz state media are hailing the state of relations with China. (Photo: KTRK screengrab)

Kyrgyzstan pleads for more Chinese help in building key infrastructure

read more about China's heft in Eurasia

Georgia

Davit Gareja (Kris Duda/Flickr)

Georgian cartographers accused of “selling” a slice of the homeland

Bank of Georgia

Modern-day “Robin Hood” inspires Georgians drowning in debt

Torosyan vaccine

Caucasus vaccine effort infected with geopolitics

news from Georgia

Visual Stories

Nurulla, 16

In limbo for a generation: Photos of Azerbaijan’s displaced

Bir Bol

Kyrgyzstan: Where electioneering fantasies and harsh reality meet

Yerablur Cemetery

Photo essay | Armenia rallies

men digging in Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Film | Bukhara: People Live Here

The Aral Sea photographed by a U.S. government satellite on August 21, 1964 (public domain)

Northern Aral's promise stunted by dam height, international disputes

A Bishkek cemetery with a dedicated area for those who died of COVID-19 (All photos by Danil Usmanov)

Watching Kyrgyzstan’s coronavirus crisis: A photographer’s journal

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