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Tashkent is eager not to be seen as endorsing anti-war positions.

Many see the adoption of Georgia's "foreign agent" legislation as a definitive geopolitical turn away from the West.

Georgia's ruling party cites the U.S. in defense of its controversial bills on foreign agents, but critics argue the nation is learning from the worst.

While the government insists it is trying to stop the spread of disinformation, press freedom advocates see a familiar attempt to control the message.

Plus: Rising gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan

Our chief Caucasus correspondent reflects on the life and radically changing times of his father, who passed away last month.

Local media have ignored a report by RFE/RL's Uzbek service about shady goings-on in the oil and gas sector.

174,000 Tajiks became citizens of Russia in 2022, up from 104,000 the year before.

The son tries to escape his father’s shadow, costly breakdowns in gas exports, and Russia has been playing Turkmenistan for a fool. Our weekly briefing.

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The hardest thing to change may be patriarchal stereotypes.

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

As the Russian government discourages independent thinking, student debate clubs are being squeezed.

The former president ended 2022 in the spotlight: He got a new city named in his honor, his poem set to music by his grandson on state television, and compliments from Russia. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Azerbaijanis promise that Armenians can pass along the road. But for Armenians, the conditions are politically unacceptable.