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Elections that don’t matter, Russia sows paranoia, and trouble upstream for Turkmen farmers: Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

The canal across northern Afghanistan will divert water from the dying Amu Darya river.

Afghanistan receives about half its imports on a single track from Uzbekistan.

Dependent on outside aid and braced for renewed clashes with Azerbaijan, there are fears Karabakh Armenians might soon be forced out of the breakaway region for good.

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.

Many Armenians are wary of restoring ties with a traditional archrival.

Vasif Talibov, “khan” of “Azerbaijan’s North Korea,” has long been accused of exercising his totalitarian impulses.

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

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.

The organization has been facing accusations of political bias in its investigations (or lack thereof) into cultural heritage in Karabakh.

A new $100 million project run by members of both presidents’ families highlights the tight relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan.

Turkmenistan has traditionally fostered its closest security relationship with Russia. But it has found room to develop military ties with the U.S. and China. Our weekly briefing.

Kazakhstan’s largest bank has also suspended use of a popular Russian payment card.