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The number of floods has been increasing with every passing year.

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Moscow curries favor, neighbors seek more gas, and Turkmenistan’s colossal methane pollution could power Afghanistan at little cost many times over. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The authorities have sought to cast the trial as a model of transparency, but doubts linger as to its fairness.

Authorities say that Telegram channels are at the heart of an investigation into extortion, but have offered few details.

The problem is linked to the lack of systemic support for low-income families and the government’s refusal to ease hurdles to registering a non-profit.

The two countries hope improved ties will massively boost bilateral trade to $2 billion annually.

Already battling double-digit food inflation, a deep freeze threatens to destroy winter crops across Central Asia.

Moscow is driving forward its energy ambitions in Central Asia as it seeks new markets for gas that Europe now shuns.

Almost 17,500 government employees are being laid off.

This latest winter energy crisis is undermining public confidence in the administration of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Meteorologists say Tashkent has not seen such cold in 50 years.

The changes make living long-term in Kazakhstan unviable for tens of thousands of Russian citizens who have fled the war.

It is so cold that Turkmenistan has suspending gas exports to Uzbekistan, Iran and even its most important customer, China. Our weekly briefing.

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An energy crisis may have strengthened opinions that the capital’s business-focused mayor had outlived his usefulness.

Glaciers are disappearing around the world. Here’s how it happens in Central Asia.

For all the government's boasts of transparency, critics of the trial say rigorous scrutiny has been sorely lacking.

Temperatures in Kazakhstan are slipping to below -30 degrees Celsius.

The bank is a minnow, but its sale allows Tashkent finally to start slashing state ownership of banking sector assets.

Kazakhstan saw some of the priciest damage in the world.

Uzbekistan is the second-largest market for Indian pharmaceuticals in the former Soviet Union.

Making an example of this group looks like an attempt to put an indefinite end to Kyrgyzstan’s periodic cycle of extra-parliamentary regime changes.

The number of government employees will be cut by 30 percent.

An earlier mooted vote was derailed by political unrest.