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Also, the state of morality in Uzbekistan as the state seeks to curb excess piety and unlawful immorality.

And U.S. officials have been touring the region chiding countries for failing to prevent Russian sanctions-busting.

And can Central Asia’s poorest countries benefit from their new importance to Russia without suffering secondary sanctions?

And even a strongman needs friends.

Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

Plus: The geopolitical rivalry over Central Asia heats back up.

Plus: Rising gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan

Plus: Valentine’s Day is just one challenge to dating in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

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Russia and Kazakhstan are doing the dirty work for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, Ukraine war brings Central Asia and Turkey closer together.

Kazakhstan reacts to fleeing Russians; worry at deescalation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border; and Xinjiang protestors in Almaty. Subscribe to EurasiaChat.

In the first episode of our new podcast, we discuss a watershed moment in Central Asia's independent history, as Putin's war pushed the countries into China's arms. Plus, the worst violence yet between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. And more.

Can Western investment pressure help turn the Kremlin green?

The Maqom Art International Forum was a Disneyland of Uzbek culture with something for everyone.

Aksana Ismailbekova's book is a close and empathetic reading of kinship and patron-client relationships in Kyrgyzstan.

In this episode, Masha Undensiva-Brenner speaks to the New Yorker’s Adam Davidson about his investigations into Trump's Baku and Batumi deals.

The second in a three-part series that examines real estate and offshore financial activities connected with the post-Soviet region.