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The move is supposed to help implement Western sanctions against Russia, but gaping loopholes will likely remain.

Internet blockages not about censorship but money, regional trade dialogue, and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Tajiks are favored for their ability to help translate communication with Iranian engineers.

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

Russia's new Azerbaijan-friendly stance comes just as Baku was seeming to prefer the EU-mediated talks over those brokered by Moscow.

Europe's elusive pipeline, Gulf investment, Korean lobbying and a new ghost town.

Azerbaijan seems happy with the EU-mediated track of negotiations with Armenia while seeing Russia as a barrier on the path to integrating Nagorno-Karabakh.

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

Leps claims he has paid out bounties to Russian troops for destroying Ukrainian tanks

A less than convincing show of unity at the summit.

Russia has greatly improved surveillance capabilities since the 2018 Telegram debacle.

While coordination will help reduce delivery times from goods coming from China, investment is also needed in new infrastructure.

A senior official said items like microchips are being subjected to particularly rigorous scrutiny.

The latest Uzbek-assembled vehicle to grace Russian showrooms is the Damas minivan.

The ex-leader’s return would mark his definitive rehabilitation following almost 20 years in exile.

The same companies have been targeted by U.S. sanctions.

Officials in the region have refrained from commenting publicly on the unfolding instability in Russia.

Wagner group chief channeling spirit of Pugachev, starting a rebellion in the regions.

Georgia has become a place where exiled Russian celebrities meet exiled Russian audiences.

The 2.8 billion cubic meters of gas delivered over the coming year should help avoid the chronic shortages experienced last winter.

Promoters of the Morgenshtern concert say they received death threats.

There is a monument on Georgia's Black Sea coast honoring the indigenous Caucasians who were displaced or lost their lives at the hands of the Russian Empire in the 19th century.

Legal options for getting to Europe, United States and South Korea are limited, not that that stops many from making the trip.

Hundreds of thousands of Russians have opened Kazakh bank accounts to get around Western sanctions.

Nationalist calls for migrants in Russia to "pay their dues" are starting to be heard against a mounting backdrop of xenophobic sentiment.