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The government has ordered the fiscal inspection service to withdraw letters accusing businesses of evading taxes.

Kazakhstan is moving through the production cycle, powered by Chinese demand.

Salaries were always horribly low but living costs have soared since the pandemic began.

Kazakh exporters say China is pushing them aside, interested in a transit corridor but not a supplier.

City governments have money to burn and little accountability.

Government agencies and Kazakh-Chinese companies are using the pandemic to shield themselves from scrutiny.

That sets them apart from Afghanistan’s other post-Soviet neighbor, Tajikistan.

With an art school and international animation festival, a Georgian Orthodox bishop is trying to revive a village on the de facto border with South Ossetia.

Iran and Georgia considered as alternatives.

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The measure may help herders suffering a massive die-off, but will disrupt supply chains that local farmers have been building for years.

Kazakhs unable to travel abroad are discovering their country is full of nice places to vacation. But what’s good for the local economy is not always good for nature.

Tajik officials no longer speak about the militants with complete disdain.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

Cases are rising rapidly and vaccines – for those who want them – are hard to find.