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A Q&A with economist Christopher Hartwell on incentives to making energy use more efficient.

It has already started importing from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan this year.

Abdullo Shamsiddin’s supporters have said his apparent crime was to “like” a post on social media.

The petitions to the president arrive thick and fast. Children are often enlisted for maximum effect.

The embassy in Dushanbe, which is still run by the anti-Taliban opposition, is said to be considering its position.

Abirov's colleagues in parliament rallied to his support and were not eager to expel him.

Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

Every unhappy country is unhappy in its own way.

Kyrgyz authorities do not want pollsters or journalists to probe public opinion about the war.

Children's rights experts say a better approach would be to invest in social workers.

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

Media have been warned against giving anti-war Russians a platform.

Bazaars, where most rural Kyrgyz people meet their basic needs, are by and large an impenetrable black box for the taxman.

Seventy percent of girls aged 11 to 14 have been vaccinated against Human Papillomavirus.

Plus: Rising gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan