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Ashgabat talks the talk on corruption, but evidence suggests this is all hot air. Details on this and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

A court in Qarshi ruled to commute the sentence and ordered that Otabek Sattoriy instead perform correctional labor over the coming three years.

The southern city of Osh is also experiencing a heating crisis following a fall in gas imports from Uzbekistan.

Figures don’t align with Central Asian official data.

There is a scenario – admittedly highly remote – in which the two nations meet in the final.

Publication of the offending video sparked widespread condemnation. The clamor was so great that its producers were compelled to issue an apology.

Uzbek president Mirziyoyev hopes that a new BYD plant in his country will before long be able to produce 300,000 cars per year.

According to government statistics, Tashkent has 193 cars per 1,000 people, which is more than double the national average.

The move to hold drug companies to higher standards comes in the wake of a national scandal over the death of dozens of children administered tainted cough syrup

Bilateral trade in 2023 hit the $14 billion mark.

Fully half of Uzbekistan’s exports go to just four markets: Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Turkey.

Emil Zhamgyrchiyev is accused of conniving with a criminal kingpin in neighboring Uzbekistan.

Imports from Uzbekistan over that period reached $239 million, while $27 million of goods went in the other direction.

Also in this edition of our podcast, Uzbekistan rues poor education results, and Turkmenistan's ex-president basks in football glory (for now).

An update on cultural developments in Central Asia.

Officials say the relief has cost the government up to $100 million in revenues.

An update on infrastructure development and investment in Central Asia.

An update on trade-related developments in Central Asia.

An update on energy-related developments in Central Asia.

The arrest offers fresh hints of apparent infighting within the political elite.

An update of educational developments in Central Asia.

An update of educational developments in Central Asia.

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

Defenders of Olimjon Haydarov have condemned the trial and conviction, arguing that it constitutes a warning shot for civil society.

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