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Legal options for getting to Europe, United States and South Korea are limited, not that that stops many from making the trip.

Ashgabat wants Americans to fix the leaks, Iranians to buy fuel, and China to pay for pipelines. This and more in the latest edition of the Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

Hundreds of thousands of Russians have opened Kazakh bank accounts to get around Western sanctions.

The terminal may reportedly be completed in the coming five years.

The route has gained new importance as Russia seeks to replace its former trade routes that have been cut off by Western sanctions.

The government says the country will not be accepting operators and aircraft that have come under Western sanctions.

Loyalty to Moscow, U.S. umbrage at Iran's arms supplies, coronation and soccer. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

And U.S. officials have been touring the region chiding countries for failing to prevent Russian sanctions-busting.

Armenia's exports to Russia are booming – but the country's producers aren't benefiting.

At least one leading financial services company is cutting back its exposure to Russian nationals.

Turkmenistan is at last willing to discuss its full-blown water crisis. Our weekly briefing.

Russia is hurting close allies, fueling frustration with the Eurasian Economic Union, or EAEU trade bloc.

In the years before independence, Stepnogorsk had become a key node in Moscow’s biological weapons program and uranium industry. Now it is one of many Kazakh provincial towns framed by its Soviet legacy.

Death in the family, U.S. visitors come visiting, pointless election results, and the sad lot of Turkmen women. Our weekly briefing.