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The government is trying to lure investors as it moves to revitalize a sluggish privatization drive.

Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

The canal across northern Afghanistan will divert water from the dying Amu Darya river.

To many Uzbeks, China is not only an industrial behemoth with neocolonial intentions. It is also a source of scarce jobs.

No progress appears to have been made pursuing prosecutions of law enforcement personnel.

Tashkent is eager not to be seen as endorsing anti-war positions.

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

Lawmakers say that 65 percent of the current constitution has been rewritten.

Mirziyoyev has himself said he wants a free press, although his remarks are greeted coolly by skeptics.

Farmland and pastures across Central Asia are far less productive after decades of monocropping.

News reported last week about Uzbekistan preparing to accommodate Russian gas in its pipelines may not have been true, despite officials initially stating otherwise.

Fully 39 people are on trial. Prosecutors are asking for prison sentences of up to 12 years.

Deliveries had reportedly been expected to start March 1, but that deadline has come and gone.

The teen creators of the video have got the backing of at least one senior official though.

Washington provided $25 million over the fiscal year 2022 to help Central Asia diversify trade routes and expand investment.

Beijing is leaning toward buying additional Central Asian gas, despite reliability concerns.

Mirziyoyev says he wants a more person-centered constitution, but critics wonder who that person is.

Plus: Rising gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan

Production is falling as demand increases, forcing Uzbekistan to look to Russia for energy supplies.

The activist ended up being hoist by his own petard when he was fined for disseminating religious material without permission.

Turkmenistan is looking to Gazprom to deliver new customers, at the risk of further eroding its independence. Our weekly briefing.

Police routinely catch people trying to sell mercury on the black market.

Afghanistan receives about half its imports on a single track from Uzbekistan.

Young people are falling prey to new scams that their parents’ generation could never have imagined.

Local media have ignored a report by RFE/RL's Uzbek service about shady goings-on in the oil and gas sector.