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Beg Sabur has been dispatched to the Pamirs to start work on overhauling the nation's internet.

Moscow curries favor, neighbors seek more gas, and Turkmenistan’s colossal methane pollution could power Afghanistan at little cost many times over. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Polygamous marriages can grant women some financial stability, but no legal protection if they are abandoned.

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Video footage shows Abdukakhkhor Rozikov's body covered in bruising.

Tajikistan has struggled for over a decade to raise funds for the world's tallest dam, leaving its population freezing each winter and skimping on basic social services.

Mamadshoeva is just one among a countless number of Pamiris subjected to arbitrary trials in recent months.

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

Nuraliyev's time at the National Bank was dominated by a series of restrictions.

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

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

Pirmukhammadzoda says he has no hope in the justice system and expects to receive a lengthy sentence.

Regional officials have been coming under growing scrutiny from the national leadership.

Rahmon indicates that he wants more money and attention from Moscow.

More than a military alliance analogous to NATO, the bloc is a political entity. But analysts have never agreed on its exact purpose.