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A new documentary on a Soviet soccer star also tells the story of Central Asia’s ethnic Korean community, which was deported en masse to the region by Stalin.

Food prices have jumped this year and there are few jobs, but out-of-work migrants can’t get to where they are desperately needed.

5,000 people are taking part in the trials.

Trials for a domestically developed QazCovid-in vaccine are not expected to be completed until March.

Travel bans, dams and Russian fans. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Officials say Uzbekistan plans to produce its own vaccine when tests are done.

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.

The territory's public health officials have warned against opening up to tourism, and the arrival of tourists has coincided with a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.

There is no setback in the EAEU, it would appear, that cannot be fixed with a roadmap.

Transfers have fallen by at least 15 percent so far this year.

As coronavirus cripples the territory’s tourism season and Russia has stopped sending aid, Abkhazia faces a 10 percent GDP decline this year.

Most foreign leaders stayed away, but Putin’s Central Asian crew is a dependable lot.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan cited the coronavirus for missing the big event, but the real reasons appear to be crises at home.

The two presidents spoke following the violent breakup of a protest by Azerbaijani labor migrants in Dagestan. Details of a possible diplomatic resolution of the situation have been scant, however.