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Even though there is no danger of independent parties getting into parliament, authorities fear renewed protests.

The country has one of the highest debt-to-GDP ratios in Europe, a situation exacerbated by the pandemic.

Even in a political scene as personality-driven as Kyrgyzstan’s, the cult of Japarov, who is standing for president this weekend, is striking.

What ordinary Turkmens have long understood is that in times of trouble, they are by and large on their own.

Our regional editors offer their informed predictions for the year ahead.

As the president celebrates, the economic crisis deepened by a coronavirus outbreak he has refused to acknowledge has left his people in a state of Dickensian misery.

To each their own annus horribilis.

The war lasted 44 days. Cleaning up the explosives it left behind will take years.

Electricity exports; crowd control outside food shops; and despite denials, COVID strikes. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The mood in Baku is triumphal but it’s heavy and vengeful rather than joyous.