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Moscow curries favor, neighbors seek more gas, and Turkmenistan’s colossal methane pollution could power Afghanistan at little cost many times over. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

This latest winter energy crisis is undermining public confidence in the administration of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Chinese buses have survived corruption scandals to become the most obvious alternative to ubiquitous but problematic minibuses.

It is so cold that Turkmenistan has suspending gas exports to Uzbekistan, Iran and even its most important customer, China. Our weekly briefing.

Glaciers are disappearing around the world. Here’s how it happens in Central Asia.

Kazakhstan was caught off guard by Beijing’s decision to relax coronavirus controls at a trade hub on the border.

In a visit full of symbolism, Turkmenistan’s president won a lucrative promise from Xi Jinping. Our weekly briefing.

Central Asia’s most populous country is suffering serious energy shortages. Chinese companies will be part of the solution.

The region is newly strategic as Russia’s war shifts attention to the so-called Middle Corridor.

Astana accepts that it cannot force China to use less water upstream. But the BRI may help it reduce its own water waste, a new paper argues.

A joint venture with China has edged Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer of uranium, into the nuclear fuel production cycle.

Russia is proposing a major reconfiguration of the Central Asian gas market. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The Middle Corridor – an alternative route from China to Europe that skirts Russia – has seen a massive increase in freight this year.

President Tokayev had ordered exports be slashed to meet domestic demand.

The ruling tandem is evidently frustrated it cannot will a functioning economy into existence by diktat.