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Dashboard: Vaccinating Eurasia - August
Vaccine uptake, the latest case surges, and related news from Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Updated every weekday.
Border closure deepens isolation of Tajikistan’s Pamir highlands
The isolated region is struggling to secure food supplies.
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View MoreUnder pressure, Uzbek researchers flood academia with nonsense
Some 98 percent of the articles Uzbek academics publish abroad appear in discredited journals.
Kazakhstan: Dismissal of president’s security detail linked to Pegasus?
Kasymov has reached retirement age, but the timing of his departure has set tongues wagging.
Tajikistan: President’s home district to get a dramatic upgrade
Danghara used to be a rural backwater, but it has benefitted from a targeted building boom.
Kyrgyz parliament sneaks through “fake news” law with president’s blessing
A local watchdog says the bill “introduces censorship.”
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Turkmenistan: High as a kite
The president’s latest stunt highlights how Turkmenistan is increasingly devoted to military aviation acquisitions from Italy. Our weekly briefing.
Kyrgyzstan: As Akayev returns, government looks to keep control of Kumtor cash cow
Can the former president, in exile for 16 years, help the government's case that a major foreign investor has played dirty from the start?
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