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As the government rewrites history to avoid mentioning a Russian atrocity, Turkmen are taking their reminiscences online.

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

The legendary semi-sweet Khvanchkara is an international brand – and used to be an easy target for counterfeiters. Now the police are stepping in.

Dushanbe’s Latin dancers find meaning in something new.

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

Journalists from Tajikistan played vital roles for many foreign news agencies.

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.

The project is intended to partially bridge the language knowledge gap with Russian.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

But Russians are more ambivalent about having a Tajik-born singer represent them at the song contest.

Manizha Sangin emigrated to Russia with her family at age three, during the Tajik civil war.

Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point.

The president seems troubled by the well-documented shortage of hard currency. This and more in our weekly briefing.

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.

Reliving ancient glory, exaggerating modern accomplishments, and introducing ATMs that demand to see birth certificates: This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.