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Turkmenistan: How the Grinch stole New Year

As the president celebrates, the economic crisis deepened by a coronavirus outbreak he has refused to acknowledge has left his people in a state of Dickensian misery.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Dec 29, 2020
Chubak ajy Jalilov, Kyrgyzstan’s former chief mufti

2020: Eurasianet’s year in review

To each their own annus horribilis.
David Trilling Dec 28, 2020
Gas turbine Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan: The deadly price of lies

Electricity exports; crowd control outside food shops; and despite denials, COVID strikes. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Dec 22, 2020
A view of Bishkek last week (Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan’s Silent Hill: How smog is killing a city

It is a particularly sad legacy for a city once celebrated for its many tree-lined streets.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Dec 21, 2020
Mikhail An, center, in a screenshot from Brian Song’s new film Misha.

Uzbekistan: The Koryo Saram’s tragic Soviet soccer superstar

A new documentary on a Soviet soccer star also tells the story of Central Asia’s ethnic Korean community, which was deported en masse to the region by Stalin.
Chris Rickleton Dec 18, 2020
A coal-fired heating and power plant in Angren (Eurasianet)

Uzbekistan’s heating calamity revives the art of burning dung

The public is livid that the government has been so hapless in prepping for the heating season. The response from officials has been to dissemble or threaten those who try to report on the situation.
Dec 11, 2020
Chinese vaccine

Uzbekistan poised to start trials on Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

5,000 people are taking part in the trials.
Dec 10, 2020
boys computers

Turkmenistan: The drugs don’t work

Digital import substitution, currency restrictions, and a cemetery looted for scrap: This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Dec 8, 2020
Akmatova, left, speaking at the December 8 briefing. (Photo: Government handout)

Kyrgyzstan: Only 15 percent of infected healthcare workers compensated

Medics say they are actively discouraged from seeking the compensation.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Dec 8, 2020
Creators of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine claim it is 95 percent efficient in providing immunity. (Photo: Russian government website)

Kazakhstan to start Sputnik V vaccinations early next year

Trials for a domestically developed QazCovid-in vaccine are not expected to be completed until March.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 4, 2020
Tashkent bus passengers watch a solar eclipse

Uzbekistan: The red pilgrimage to Mecca

At the height of Stalin’s power, he let a handful of Soviet Muslims visit Mecca. Why?
Dec 4, 2020
The GZhK building where Asia-Plus premises are located. (Photo: Asia-Plus)

Tajikistan: Independent media outlet evicted from premises

Asia-Plus says it has rejected requests from government agencies to place content.
Dec 2, 2020
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Turkmenistan: The Germans are coming!

Only the best medicine for the leader. For everyone else, bread shortages.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Dec 1, 2020
AIMK head Asadjon Khodjayev. (Photo: AIMK website)

Uzbekistan: Pressure on media sparks international response

Officials were irked by coverage about haphazard preparations for the heating season.
Nov 30, 2020
A still from Zere Asylbek's new video, Apam Aitkan.

Kyrgyzstan: Zere returns with new plea for action on women’s rights

The artist expects to face more harassment for her song.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Nov 27, 2020

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