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Sanctions on Russia have stopped deliveries from the factories that traditionally supplied Kazakhstan.

An energy watcher recalls how Europe’s fixation with market powers drove it into the arms of a Russian monopolist.

Rodney Dixon, lawyer for victims of Chinese repression in Xinjiang, speaks with Eurasianet about seeking justice at the International Criminal Court and how Central Asian countries are vulnerable.

China wants Russia to stop interfering with Kazakh oil exports.

Few defendants appear able to get legal representation.

Obsessing about sports, building bridges, and speaking up for China. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The 20-year-old informant for Russia’s security services was sent to Tbilisi to report on the many exiles here. Now, he says, he’s come clean.

Both have long-duration electricity supply agreements signed before the Taliban returned to power.

Ashgabat wants Afghanistan to become part of the global economy. It’s not so keen to bankroll integration, however.

Central Asia sees its economic future in China, not Russia.

The Taliban have begun a PR blitz against the Islamic State, which has challenged the new Afghan government’s promise to bring peace to the country and its borders.

The cause of the problem may lie in Russians hoovering up all the available greenbacks.

The pressure comes months after a crackdown in the Pamirs against followers of the Europe-based religious leader.

Greenpeace found radiation levels three times higher than earlier reported by the IAEA.

Far from Turkmen people acquiring new rights, there is every reason to believe things are poised to get worse on at least one front, if that is even possible. Our weekly briefing.