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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.

It is a particularly sad legacy for a city once celebrated for its many tree-lined streets.

A new documentary on a Soviet soccer star also tells the story of Central Asia’s ethnic Korean community, which was deported en masse to the region by Stalin.

Food prices have jumped this year and there are few jobs, but out-of-work migrants can’t get to where they are desperately needed.

Don’t judge the Belt and Road Initiative by its bottom line. Beijing wants to make the rules.

Following Ankara’s strong backing of Azerbaijan in the recent war, Yerevan is banning many Turkish goods.

An unacknowledged second wave, secret police at funerals, and congratulations from the Taliban. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The new fighting was an early test for the Russian peacekeeping mission as it tries to manage a new, ambiguous de facto border that passes through populated areas.