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As the government rewrites history to avoid mentioning a Russian atrocity, Turkmen are taking their reminiscences online.

Dushanbe’s Latin dancers find meaning in something new.

Journalists from Tajikistan played vital roles for many foreign news agencies.

The Ministry of Culture issued a new statement responding to international criticism of an earlier announcement that it intended to “remove” Armenian “forgeries” from churches on its territory.

The minister of culture said that a working group will be set up to identify what he called “Armenian forgery” from churches, putting into practice a pseudoscientific theory that denies the churches’ Armenian origin.

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.

The unfinished structure was the result of a brief period of direct Roman control over Armenia in the second century CE.

Geneticists say the popular vegetable was first domesticated in the region.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

But Russians are more ambivalent about having a Tajik-born singer represent them at the song contest.

Manizha Sangin emigrated to Russia with her family at age three, during the Tajik civil war.

The president seems troubled by the well-documented shortage of hard currency. This and more in our weekly briefing.

Fears are growing in particular for Armenian monuments being handed over.

Reliving ancient glory, exaggerating modern accomplishments, and introducing ATMs that demand to see birth certificates: This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The conspiracy involved many players from around the former Soviet Union who have previous records of match fixing.