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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan opposed discussion of Xinjiang at the UN Human Rights Council.

Most visitors to the Instagram account are aware it is not a news website.

It sounded like Xi Jinping was warning Putin against any adventures in Central Asia.

Out-of-touch elites, poor planning, and some signs of progress in regional trade. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The demonstration, which city hall allowed, passed peacefully.

All the defendants are strident government critics, but their dissidence was confined to online attacks and tiny street protests.

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.

Restrictions on movement do not appear intended to stem the spread of COVID-19.

No real opposition parties were permitted to run.

But there is no papering over the festering disillusionment.

Any breakthrough in improving the lot of labor migrants will be touted as sign of his political heft.

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

The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.

Rigged elections have created political crises in two other post-Soviet countries this year, leaving Nur-Sultan edgy ahead of a parliamentary vote.