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And have you paid your taxes?: Data on the Ashyq app is not as secure as was promised. (Photo: Kazakhstan government website)

Kazakhstan: Taxmen slammed for unlawfully using COVID app data

The government has ordered the fiscal inspection service to withdraw letters accusing businesses of evading taxes.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 24, 2021
Miraziz Bazarov

Perspectives | How ADB’s pandemic aid to Uzbekistan was misused, whistleblower silenced

The Uzbek blogger who first raised these concerns was smeared, beaten, and now faces trial.
Nina Lesikhina Dec 6, 2021
Not much fun without a VPN (state media)

The great paywall of Turkmenistan

Letters from Washington, cybersecurity cooperation with China, and negotiating with a bankrupt Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 23, 2021
Serdar Berdymukhamedov

Turkmenistan: Good for some

Turkmenistan has a two-track plan to increase trade with the outside world. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Oct 19, 2021
Afghan Tajik border

Afghan refugees hope Tajikistan is just a pit stop

Middle-class Afghans with the means to navigate Tajikistan’s bureaucracy see the country as a springboard to the West.
Kamila Ibragimova Oct 15, 2021
Askhat Zheksebaev, Abai Begimbetov, and Diana Baimagambetova

Kazakhstan jails political dissidents in fresh crackdown

All the defendants are strident government critics, but their dissidence was confined to online attacks and tiny street protests.
Joanna Lillis Oct 11, 2021
Berdymukhamedov Mirziyoyev

Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan stand united on Afghanistan

That sets them apart from Afghanistan’s other post-Soviet neighbor, Tajikistan.
Oct 6, 2021
Turkmen ambassador to Kabul meets with acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi

Turkmenistan: Trading places

In our weekly briefing: doing business with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, it’s reprimand season.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Oct 5, 2021
woman carrying water

Turkmenistan: Water mess

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 7, 2021
Art school

Georgia: The bishop, the art school and the conflict zone

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.
Clément Girardot Sep 6, 2021
Gene Bunin. (Courtesy photo)

Kazakhstan bars entry to Xinjiang repression researcher

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.
Sep 6, 2021
Turkmenistan ambulances

Turkmenistan: Sins of commission

The government signals it is taking COVID a bit more seriously, without admitting the virus is running rampant. And Ashgabat gets down to business with the Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 31, 2021
Termez Cargo Center. (Photo: Company handout)

Uzbekistan offers to act as hub for Afghanistan aid

A severe food shortage crisis is looming in Afghanistan this winter.
Aug 27, 2021
Kazakhstan has grain to sell, but buyers are proving hard to find. (Photo: Kazakhstan government website)

Kazakhstan wheat redirected away from Afghanistan

Iran and Georgia considered as alternatives.
Almaz Kumenov Aug 26, 2021
Turkmen Navy

Turkmenistan: Out at sea

With the Taliban at the border, the president heads in the other direction to oversee defense operations on the Caspian Sea. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 17, 2021

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