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The last two meetings between the two countries’ leaders have been in Brussels. Moscow has noticed.

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

An Afghan official blames the Ukraine war for choking the banking system in Central Asia, but the fact remains the Taliban regime is broke.

Misogyny as government policy, neighborly outreach, and Russia tries hard to make Turkmenistan feel appreciated. Our weekly briefing.

Uzbekistan is eager for a success story on its southern border that could facilitate new trade routes.

A proposed gas pipeline to South Asia dominates the government’s agenda. This and more in our weekly briefing.

But Kazakhstan has more to lose.

Their economies are exposed, but political concerns remain paramount.

The dauphin becomes president. This and more in our weekly briefing.

Both are seeking to get ambitious transportation projects off the ground.

The idea that the Eurasian Economic Union can help Moscow violate sanctions is exaggerated.

The president-in-waiting plans to change nothing. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Every country in the region has its own relationship with self-proclaimed breakaway republics, forcing them to reckon in their own ways with Russia’s moves in Ukraine.

Dushanbe says the volume of illegal narcotics it interdicted in 2021 increased by 69 percent year-on-year.

Kabul still owes Dushanbe $27 million in unpaid bills.