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Plans to increase trade depend on new transport routes skirting Russia.

A highly touted deal between Baku and Brussels was meant to wean Europe off Russian gas. But is Azerbaijan now importing Russian gas itself in order to meet its obligations to Europe?

Moscow’s mobilization order exposed the absence of safety nets for students and other renters in Central Asia.

The EU’s foreign policy chief is the latest high-level Western official to visit Central Asia.

Part of the mission is to ensure that Russians engage constructively with people in their new home.

The steel giant is on the hook for a multi-million dollar fine as officials ramp up grumbling about the company.

Economists say the arrival of close to 100,000 Russians has spurred economic growth, but polls show things are not getting better for most Georgians.

Russia’s labor market is experiencing its worst shortages since 1993.

Reforms have helped the Uzbek economy weather the regional economic fallout from Russia’s war.

Russian exporters have the lucrative Chinese market in their sights.

1.5 million tons of oil, a relatively modest amount, will be sent through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in 2023.

Brussels says the Russian billionaire has supported people behind Putin’s war in Ukraine.

Turkmenistan’s new leader receives an American official while his father visits Putin. And Ashgabat doubles the number of blocked websites. Our weekly briefing.

Armenia gets the bulk of its natural gas from Russia. But ties with Moscow are fraying and Yerevan will soon have more alternatives.