Uzbekistan: Civil society hindered in ability to contain COVID-19 corruption The chair of the Senate says $171,000 have gone missing. Aug 10, 2020
Turkmenistan: Hiding from satellites With hospitals full, things are taking a firmly Darwinian turn. Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 4, 2020
Uzbekistan: Journalists detained for sharing link to news article The website that posted the item claims it was hacked. Jul 27, 2020
Obese politicians signal corruption, study finds Post-Soviet nations with the biggest corruption problem have the biggest politicians. Jul 27, 2020
Uzbekistan: After a positive start, coronavirus driving health system to precipice “They don’t have enough drugs. Don’t believe the statistics.” Jul 24, 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan see mirror images in conflict In the worst fighting between the two sides in years, the two countries’ media have been reporting opposing, but parallel, stories. Jul 22, 2020
Women are being forced to give birth ‘alone’, in post-lockdown Armenia and Ukraine Across Eurasia, women have reported mistreatment that defies World Health Organization guidelines – and national policies. Ani Hovhannisyan, Tetiana Kozak Jul 18, 2020
Turkmenistan: Schrodinger’s coronavirus Turkmenistan is finally going into lockdown – without admitting it has any cases of coronavirus. Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jul 14, 2020
Uzbekistan: Return of Soviet hero’s monument revives history debates As in other parts of the former Soviet Union, Uzbekistan has a complicated relationship with the legacy of the war against Nazi Germany. Jul 10, 2020
Huge match-fixing scheme uncovered in Armenian soccer The conspiracy involved many players from around the former Soviet Union who have previous records of match fixing. Ani Mejlumyan Jul 8, 2020
Turkmenistan: Guess WHO’s coming to dinner Precautions against the spread of COVID-19 may only have been adopted on the eve of the WHO team’s deployment as a piece of theater. Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jul 7, 2020
Turkmenistan: It’s my party, and I’ll go if I want to Micromanagement, avoidance, and the regime’s helpless fig-leaf – this and more in our weekly Turkmenistan bulletin. Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jun 30, 2020
Uzbekistan: Police to fit interrogation rooms with recording equipment The death in custody of Alijon Abdukarimov has triggered calls for urgent police reforms. Jun 26, 2020
The modern-day struggle sessions of Central Asia The apology or recantation is uploaded to social media. Often, there is a pretense of the repentance being voluntary. But that is not always the case. Jun 25, 2020
Perspectives | Lift the national security waiver on Turkmenistan Two top officials at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom say Washington must stop giving Turkmenistan’s dictator a free pass. Gayle Manchin and Gary Bauer Jun 24, 2020