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5,000 people are taking part in the trials.

Medics say they are actively discouraged from seeking the compensation.

Officials were irked by coverage about haphazard preparations for the heating season.

The population has not been counted in over 30 years.

Acting President Japarov came to power on the crest of rallies, but will he know how to deal with them as leader?

One hundred years after the Red Army established the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic, residents are ambivalent about its meaning.

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

The appearance of the self-defense units is the second time this year that civil society has been forced to hold the line. Where the state repeatedly fails to live up to its obligations, volunteers step in.

Severe economic and epidemiological challenges now lie ahead.

Any political turmoil was bound to worsen Kyrgyzstan's eviscerated economy, but what has happened over the past week has been especially destructive.

The election did not feel very competitive in the president's hometown.

Officials say Uzbekistan plans to produce its own vaccine when tests are done.

Batken has already reimposed restrictions.

People will be able to report motorists using mobile phone footage.

Such scandals are likely to raise few eyebrows, however.