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Is Turkmenistan preparing a city to name after the former president? Keeping out information and keeping in people. Our weekly briefing.

Echoes of war drowned out talk of peace.

Closing an exit route. Plus: solicitous Russians and electricity exports. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The Ukraine war has upended the Russian-language dubbing of Western blockbusters. Kazakh cinemas are turning to domestic features.

Javakheti, a region once notorious for neglect and separatist tendencies, is steadily building ties with the rest of Georgia.

For some Afghans trying to make a new life abroad, Tajikistan feels like a step backwards.

The shortages have been fueled by a Russian export ban.

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.

The announcement seems to be tied to a deranged post on the former Russian president’s social media.

The country’s pro-Europe elite sees a millennia-old history of belonging to Europe. Will it matter for Georgia’s EU aspirations?

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.

Al-Azaim Tajiki has become one of the most vigorous Islamic State evangelists targeting Central Asia.

One explanation for the continued dominance of Russian lies in Kazakhstan’s rural-urban divide.

Armenia’s small Jewish community has been bolstered by about 200 recent arrivals fleeing Russia because of the war in Ukraine.