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

Mikheil Saakashvili has lost more than 40 kilograms in the last several months and the country’s public defender says the situation is “severe.”

Georgian imports from Russia are up 74 percent this year, as commodity traders take advantage of cut-rate prices. But could these ties make Georgia once again too dependent on an adversary?

The train arrived with 40 carriages loaded with household appliances.

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

Nearly 10,000 Russian businesses have been registered in Georgia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Many of them are in places you wouldn’t expect.

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

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Temirov's supporters say the deportation is tantamount to state-sponsored abduction.

But a contentious procurement law in the works has fueled skepticism about government claims to be fighting corruption.

Turkmenistan is risking a reputation as a sanctions-buster. Our weekly briefing.

Moscow’s mobilization order exposed the absence of safety nets for students and other renters in Central Asia.

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

Economists say the arrival of close to 100,000 Russians has spurred economic growth, but polls show things are not getting better for most Georgians.

The vote took place against the backdrop of worsening repression of the opposition and activists.