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

The hardest thing to change may be patriarchal stereotypes.

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

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

As the Russian government discourages independent thinking, student debate clubs are being squeezed.

The former president ended 2022 in the spotlight: He got a new city named in his honor, his poem set to music by his grandson on state television, and compliments from Russia. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Azerbaijanis promise that Armenians can pass along the road. But for Armenians, the conditions are politically unacceptable.

Anomalously cold temperatures that are exacerbating the shortages will continue into next week.

The return of many male migrant laborers from Russia during the pandemic seems to have compounded the crisis.

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It is not the energy sector that employs most foreign specialists but construction.

Part of the mission is to ensure that Russians engage constructively with people in their new home.

The work will cost $289 million to complete.

Russia’s war is the backdrop for many personal life decisions these days.

The legendary semi-sweet Khvanchkara is an international brand – and used to be an easy target for counterfeiters. Now the police are stepping in.