Eurasianet

Trials for a domestically developed QazCovid-in vaccine are not expected to be completed until March.

But there is no papering over the festering disillusionment.

The government is eager to stress that the loan is all but interest free.

Numbers of coronavirus cases has seen a sharp surge recently.

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

The president says the vote will marking a turning point. Skeptics yawn.

Overdue loans have increased by 10 percent since January.

Beijing is eager to show solidarity as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on.

Parents are pleading for relief from their kids learning from home, however.

Confusion and contradiction are at the heart of the government’s counter-disinformation strategy.

Kyrgyz officials have drawn up a list of 31 countries from which people can visit.

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.

Officials concede their exhortations to maintain social distance have had little impact.

The territory's public health officials have warned against opening up to tourism, and the arrival of tourists has coincided with a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.

Kazakh activists are outraged at how their government kowtows to Beijing.