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Daniel Azhiyev came to prominence during the COVID-19 crisis, when his philanthropy made him something of a minor folk hero.

Officials suspect a newly published paper on the 14th century plague is a plot to kill the country's tourism industry.

Religious mores, politics and the coronavirus have cast a shadow over one of the few Kyrgyz products China buys.

The criminal underworld reaches across generations.

Beishenaliyev enjoys a close relationship with the president.

Victims of crime say they are not properly treated by police.

There has been a surge in the number of Pakistanis visiting for tourism.

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

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

The health minister then drank the concoction at a press conference.

The region appears wholly unprepared for the latest rise in cases.

The government has limited fuel exports, citing the need to stabilize prices.

It can take four days to get to the front of the line at this bitterly cold pass almost two miles high.

The mufti is accused of misusing funds. He says this is all a plot to remove him.

Surabaldiyeva says "several thousand" people may have died.