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Hero of the People

Perspectives | Turkmenistan forgets Memory Day

As the government rewrites history to avoid mentioning a Russian atrocity, Turkmen are taking their reminiscences online.
Oguljamal Yazliyeva Jan 12, 2023
Red Roof Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan: The exiled Russians offering a Red Roof haven

Part of the mission is to ensure that Russians engage constructively with people in their new home.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Nov 18, 2022
Volunteers from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine participate in the harvest (photos by Giorgi Lomsadze)

Georgia’s most heavily guarded wine

The legendary semi-sweet Khvanchkara is an international brand – and used to be an easy target for counterfeiters. Now the police are stepping in.
Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 27, 2022
SpongeBob SharshyShalbar (Loren Javier/Flickr/CC)

Kazakh-language film content makes progress against Russian headwinds

One explanation for the continued dominance of Russian lies in Kazakhstan’s rural-urban divide.
Almaz Kumenov Jun 23, 2022
Ogonyok

Azerbaijanis trying to flee Russia forced to wait at closed border

Labor migrants are attempting to leave Russia as their jobs have been hit by sanctions. But they can’t cross the border into Azerbaijan, which has remained closed since the beginning of the pandemic.
Heydar Isayev Mar 22, 2022
Abdurozik appearing in Morgenshtern’s music video

Tajikistan: Little person’s bigtime courts controversy

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.
Dec 13, 2021
Kazakh textbooks as seen on the open university portal.

Kazakhstan: 100 famed textbooks translated into Kazakh

The project is intended to partially bridge the language knowledge gap with Russian.
Almaz Kumenov Sep 23, 2021
Kazakh lab

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan experiment with vaccines amid lack of public confidence

Central Asia’s largest nations are using unique coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been carefully studied. Do they have a choice?
Aug 16, 2021
A vial of Sinopharm (photos by the Georgian Health Ministry)

Georgia: The discreet inevitability of Chinese vaccines

A few months ago, the thought of taking a Chinese COVID vaccine was unthinkable to Georgians. Now it’s the norm.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jul 8, 2021
Sputnik V

Uzbeks weigh vaccines: Russian vs. Chinese

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.
Ezoza Yakvalkhodjieva Jun 2, 2021
Manizha (Instagram)

Tajikistan: Eurovision act strikes a chord in her native land

But Russians are more ambivalent about having a Tajik-born singer represent them at the song contest.
Kamila Ibragimova May 13, 2021
Despite the online registration and appointment system, patients had to fill out application forms at check-in. (Almaz Kumenov)

Kazakhstan: A diary from a vaccination

Our Kazakhstan correspondent describes the waiting, the bureaucracy, and the anticlimax of getting his Sputnik V jab in Almaty.
Almaz Kumenov Apr 22, 2021
Serdar Berdymukhamedov visiting St Petersburg last year. (Russian government handout)

Turkmenistan: Master Berdymukhamedov goes to Moscow

Although Turkmenistan is rarely mentioned as a prospective member of the Moscow-led EAEU trading bloc, that notion is quite obviously on the Kremlin’s mind. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 6, 2021
China loves us this much (Kyrgyz state media)

Perspectives | Beijing’s “Health Silk Road” abandons Central Asia

Yet another fashionable slogan means nothing when it’s needed most.
Aruzhan Meirkhanova Mar 30, 2021
Flying on a jet plane: Somon Air planes may soon be making their way to Russia. (Photo: Andrew W. Sieber / Creative Commons)

Flights from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan to Russia set to resume

The number of flights is still highly limited for the time being, however.
Mar 27, 2021

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