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The law is a toned-down version of the original bill, but it is already having a stifling effect on the opposition.

Bishkek is now suffering with some of the world’s worst air pollution.

Moscow is driving forward its energy ambitions in Central Asia as it seeks new markets for gas that Europe now shuns.

The president’s authority now looks desperately weakened, which means that if anything should happen to his 65-year-old father, a crisis of legitimacy could ensue. Our weekly briefing.

The hardest thing to change may be patriarchal stereotypes.

Polygamous marriages can grant women some financial stability, but no legal protection if they are abandoned.

What started off as a genuine and timely reform has been butchered by a lack of analysis and planning, leaving hundreds of schools without principals.

Vakhtang (Buba) Kikabidze, a Georgian singer and actor universally loved across the former Soviet Union, has died at the age of 84, drawing the curtain on an era.

It is so cold that Turkmenistan has suspending gas exports to Uzbekistan, Iran and even its most important customer, China. Our weekly briefing.

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