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Officials have tried to ignore the situation for years, but appear to have been spurred into action by the president.

Expanding aviation capacities is part of the country's bigger ambitions of boosting its international transit role.

Waste, climactic conditions, overpopulation and underinvestment are creating the perfect storm.

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.

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.

The question of the exclaves is one of the thorniest facing Armenia and Azerbaijan as they work to delineate their border.

President Japarov appears most nervous of alleged plots that mirror how he himself came to power.

Local media and the diplomatic community took little to no interest in the case.

Ashgabat wants Americans to fix the leaks, Iranians to buy fuel, and China to pay for pipelines. This and more in the latest edition of the Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

The arrest of protesters for holding placards, including blank ones, struck many as eerily reminiscent of similar practices in Russia.

Cynicism abounds in this edition, from elections to visits by EU dignitaries, but then there's some upbeat talk on trains.

Supporters of the most high-profile defendant, Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, say the appeal was rushed and marred by violations.

The figurehead president warned that denying EU membership candidate status would embolden Russia and empower the already-ascendant forces of illiberalism in Georgia.

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