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Turkmenistan sees Japan as an important source of technical know-how and investment, and the enthusiasm is mutual. Our weekly briefing.

Ashgabat has great confidence these days in its Europe-bound exports. Plus, a mysterious tragedy on the Afghan border. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Turkmenistan is showing itself happy to work with the Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.

The president hints at a suicide problem. This and more in our weekly briefing.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

Abu Dhabi invests in green energy, China gets another drilling contract, and Ashgabat cuts funding to universities. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

But the end of onerous debt-servicing duties will not spell an imminent transformation in fortunes.

The dauphin does not cut an impressive figure, so his dad props him up on a horse. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Soil degradation, bread shortages and record-breaking temperatures: This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

All this Russo-Turkmen intimacy will only consolidate an existing state of affairs. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Living large, the Berdymukhamedov family plays host, and talking about market rules. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Drought, brawls over rations, and a curious way of turning cheap power into bananas: This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Succession, rampant inflation, and the dear leader gets some exotic new pets. This and more in our weekly briefing.

While the president and his son indulge their favorite pets, food for people is increasingly scarce. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Legacy and death must linger perennially even in the minds of the most megalomaniacal autocrats, and this is why preparations for Turkmenistan’s future are proceeding apace.

Economic maladministration is becoming harder to hide.

Although Turkmenistan is rarely mentioned as a prospective member of the Moscow-led EAEU trading bloc, that notion is quite obviously on the Kremlin’s mind. Our weekly briefing.

The president gets another title, ignores soaring food prices, starts a charity, and pens a ditty to his favorite city. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Authorities fail to issue alert ahead of another natural disaster while cracking down on censorship-busting VPN apps. This and more in our weekly bulletin.

The president makes an unprecedented admission: Turkmenistan is deep in the red.

Banned news channels, banned cartoons, and a food crisis on the horizon. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Turkmen authorities go to great lengths to persecute wayward citizens abroad.

The president's sudden buck-passing to specialists is a little anxiety-inducing, since it may indicate something is wrong.

The dauphin of Turkmenistan has valuable new purse-monitoring duties.

The president seems troubled by the well-documented shortage of hard currency. This and more in our weekly briefing.