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Search | 38 Articles

Ogonyok

Azerbaijanis trying to flee Russia forced to wait at closed border

Labor migrants are attempting to leave Russia as their jobs have been hit by sanctions. But they can’t cross the border into Azerbaijan, which has remained closed since the beginning of the pandemic.
Heydar Isayev Mar 22, 2022
Ordway Nazarbayev

Memoir | Thirty years of Kazakhstan: A prelude to an epilogue

A former American ambassador to Kazakhstan examines lessons learned since first visiting the country weeks after independence.
John Ordway Mar 11, 2022
Niyazov dancing

Memoir | Diplomacy in Ashgabat in the 1990s

The former U.S. ambassador to Turkmenistan discusses lessons learned and missed opportunities in the early years of independence.
Michael Cotter Feb 11, 2022
Toasting the initialing of the Karshi-Khanabad agreement in Tashkent (Courtesy photo)

Memoir | 9/11 shifted the world. In Central Asia, diplomatic frenzy ensued

Behind the scenes with an American negotiator who helped forge a radical new level of U.S. engagement in Central Asia after 9/11.
Richard E. Hoagland Sep 10, 2021
woman carrying water

Turkmenistan: Water mess

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 7, 2021
Turkmenistan ambulances

Turkmenistan: Sins of commission

The government signals it is taking COVID a bit more seriously, without admitting the virus is running rampant. And Ashgabat gets down to business with the Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 31, 2021
Rumsfeld and Rahmonov

Memoir | 9/11: The American discovery of Tajikistan

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe became a frenetic staging post for the Afghan war in late 2001.
Franklin P. Huddle, Jr. Aug 27, 2021
Sputnik V

Uzbeks weigh vaccines: Russian vs. Chinese

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.
Ezoza Yakvalkhodjieva Jun 2, 2021
Despite the online registration and appointment system, patients had to fill out application forms at check-in. (Almaz Kumenov)

Kazakhstan: A diary from a vaccination

Our Kazakhstan correspondent describes the waiting, the bureaucracy, and the anticlimax of getting his Sputnik V jab in Almaty.
Almaz Kumenov Apr 22, 2021
Serdar Berdymukhamedov visiting St Petersburg last year. (Russian government handout)

Turkmenistan: Master Berdymukhamedov goes to Moscow

Although Turkmenistan is rarely mentioned as a prospective member of the Moscow-led EAEU trading bloc, that notion is quite obviously on the Kremlin’s mind. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 6, 2021
Flying on a jet plane: Somon Air planes may soon be making their way to Russia. (Photo: Andrew W. Sieber / Creative Commons)

Flights from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan to Russia set to resume

The number of flights is still highly limited for the time being, however.
Mar 27, 2021
Raring to go: The Sino-Uzbek vaccine is said to be easy to store. (Photo: Pharmaceutical Industry Development Agency)

Uzbekistan embarks on mass vaccination, but where will doses come from?

Hopes are being pinned on the Sino-Uzbek vaccine ZF-UZ-VAC 2001.
Mar 3, 2021
Tajik PM Kohir Rasulzoda and Russian deputy PM Alexei Overchuk at a signing ceremony in Moscow this week. (Photo: Tajik Foreign Ministry)

Russia using crisis in Tajikistan to advance EAEU agenda?

Dushanbe is desperate to resume flights to Russian cities.
Feb 12, 2021
Afghan-Turkmen border

Turkmenistan: Power to the Afghan people

Spraying chlorine, new infrastructure on the Afghan border, and claims of a naturally occurring COVID vaccine. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jan 19, 2021
Kazakhstan is developing its own QazCovid-in vaccine. (Photo: Kazakhstan government website)

Central Asia vaccination plans underwhelm, but governments look unruffled

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan are taking triumphalist stances on coronavirus.
Jan 14, 2021

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