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Catch up on the biggest events we covered this year.

Moscow is working to stop the West engaging in security dialogue with Central Asian states.

The embassy says it refuses to give back the cash.

The end of the harvest is a time for ritual partying in southern Kyrgyzstan. The festivities can last for days.

Changing tastes threaten askiya, a centuries-old Uzbek tradition that prizes wit, improvisation, and mastery of language.

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.

State TV has smeared the victim of a police shooting as a hotheaded vigilante.

Efforts to stop border trade are causing ethnic Kyrgyz to abandon a remote southern region.

The Islamic State in Afghanistan is using the Taliban’s cozy relations with Uzbekistan as propaganda fodder.

Tashkent is regretting its early embrace of the Chinese app.

The world’s most popular TikTok house is in Almaty. Not all locals are happy about it.

The conscripts, generally Tajikistan’s poorest young men, are brutalized into service. And they are the country’s first line of defense.

Both sides have agreed to initiate a joint investigation into a recent police shooting.

At least three people have reportedly been killed by government forces to date.

There was much to discuss just over a year after the end of the war, including ongoing border tensions, plans to reopen borders and transportation, and the fate of Armenian prisoners.