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South Ossetia has opened up a bit. Residents on the de facto boundary with Georgia hope it lasts.

Low-key coverage of Xi’s Central Asian tour highlights China’s Russia dilemma.

Turkmenistan has traditionally fostered its closest security relationship with Russia. But it has found room to develop military ties with the U.S. and China. Our weekly briefing.

Kazakhstan's president pledged unspecified assistance for Russians fleeing a "hopeless situation."

Georgians want to help Ukrainians fleeing the war, but there are political and economic hurdles in the way.

Russia’s war is coming to Kazakhstan in droves, again.

Kazakhstan’s largest bank has also suspended use of a popular Russian payment card.

The multimodal network will shave weeks off a typical journey.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand has illustrated Moscow’s shrinking regional role.

More than a fifth of Georgians have emigrated to seek work, a new study finds. That is furthering a labor shortage at home.

Days before Azerbaijan launched an assault against Armenia, Armenians began using a new, Azerbaijan-constructed road to travel between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.

Moscow’s war on Ukraine has resuscitated plans for new regional transportation links bypassing Russia.

Tension between the two sides has been exacerbated by continuing disagreement of the nature of a road that would connect the two parts of Azerbaijan through Armenian territory.

Relations with Russia and Uzbekistan. A new city rises in the desert. And the state struggles to measure its farmland. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Islamic State in Afghanistan is increasing its focus on China.