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Laborers in Tajikistan’s northern Sughd Province

Tajikistan: Even Russia feels pain as pandemic wreaks havoc on migration lifeline

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.
Dec 17, 2020
Creators of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine claim it is 95 percent efficient in providing immunity. (Photo: Russian government website)

Kazakhstan to start Sputnik V vaccinations early next year

Trials for a domestically developed QazCovid-in vaccine are not expected to be completed until March.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 4, 2020
Kazakhstan's parliament in Nur-Sultan. (Photo: Parliament website)

Kazakhstan to borrow $1.8Bln for COVID fight

The government is eager to stress that the loan is all but interest free.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 24, 2020
Kazakhstan's defenses against COVID-19 looking shaky. (Photo: Government graphic)

Kazakhstan: Nearly half of ventilators bought for COVID-19 defective

Numbers of coronavirus cases has seen a sharp surge recently.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 19, 2020
Happier times: Tengri Bank, which had its license stripped earlier this month, offered quick and cheap credit. (Photo: Tengri Bank)

Kazakhstan: Ever more borrowers unable to repay loans

Overdue loans have increased by 10 percent since January.
Almaz Kumenov Sep 25, 2020
Wang Yi poses for a photo with Kyrgyz president Sooronbai Jeenbekov. (Photo: Kyrgyz presidential administration)

Central Asia: Belt and Road takes back seat in Chinese envoy’s tour

Beijing is eager to show solidarity as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on.
Chris Rickleton Sep 16, 2020
Only a limited number of children will be returning to the classroom. (Photo: Nur-Sultan city government)

Kazakhstan: Classes continue in remote format

Parents are pleading for relief from their kids learning from home, however.
Almaz Kumenov Sep 10, 2020
Fake news inspectors (MVD Kazakhstan)

Kazakhstan’s war on coronavirus fake news underwhelms

Confusion and contradiction are at the heart of the government’s counter-disinformation strategy.
Almaz Kumenov Aug 28, 2020
Not sick? Cool: A view of Issyk-Kul that Kazahk tourists are being denied, for now. (Photo: Matthias Buehler/Flickr)

Kyrgyzstan opens up to Kazakhstan’s tourists. In theory

Kyrgyz officials have drawn up a list of 31 countries from which people can visit.
Almaz Kumenov Aug 24, 2020
“Maintain your distance!”

Kazakhstan: Too close for comfort in the age of coronavirus

Officials concede their exhortations to maintain social distance have had little impact.
Joanna Lillis Aug 17, 2020
Pair of melons: Rustam Emomali, left, and President Emomali Rahmon. (Photo: Presidential administration)

Tajikistan brings presidential election forward, to Oct. 11

Votes are usually held in November.
Aug 6, 2020
Keeping an eye on things: Lockdown has been extended until mid-August. (Photo: Government handout)

Kazakhstan: Authorities see COVID-19 improvement, but tighten restrictions

The lockdown regime was rolled over until mid-August.
Almaz Kumenov Aug 4, 2020
An article in Chinese news outlets last month claiming Tajikistan’s Pamir mountains reopened a festering wound in Dushanbe. (photo: David Trilling)

China business briefing: Unclear borders, uneasy neighbors

Our monthly briefing on China in Central Asia.
Niva Yau Aug 3, 2020
Asking for bread: Rahmon at a recent visit to a bakery. (Photo: Presidential administration)

Tajikistan: Coronavirus brings bonanza of aid, but zero accountability

$300 million has been given and another $70 million may be on the way
Jul 29, 2020
Testing times: The ability to detect coronavirus cases seems to have been heavily compromised. (Photo: Kazakhstan government handout)

Kazakhstan to merge pneumonia and coronavirus cases, but only from Aug. 1

234,000 pneumonia cases from earlier this year will not be included in the tally.
Almaz Kumenov Jul 23, 2020

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