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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.

Tokayev says he is going to make it easier for more political parties to get registered.

Pursuing reforms while keeping skittish investors on side: Can Tokayev do both?

The state of emergency has been lifted in most of the country.

It was fuel price hikes in neighboring Kazakhstan that ignited nationwide protests last week.

Masimov faces charges of treason.

China sources about 20 percent of its natural gas from or via Kazakhstan.

The president has doubled down on his claims that terrorists with foreign backing are behind the protests, which began this week over fuel prices then snowballed.

Thousands have been detained in Kazakhstan as Russia blames the unrest on an assortment of foreign actors.

The Russia-led security bloc will be sending peacekeeping forces, the first time in its history that its collective security provision has been exercised.

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.

The government signals it is taking COVID a bit more seriously, without admitting the virus is running rampant. And Ashgabat gets down to business with the Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.

Central Asia’s largest nations are using unique coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been carefully studied. Do they have a choice?

A few months ago, the thought of taking a Chinese COVID vaccine was unthinkable to Georgians. Now it’s the norm.

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.