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Employers are now effectively required to demand proof of vaccinations from their workers. But the country’s health care system is now being pushed to the limit.

The government hopes to boost vaccination rates, but a new anti-vaccine campaign is on the rise.

The new rules come as the country is trying to stave off a third wave of the virus and vaccination numbers remain in the low single digits.

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

Iranians have been flooding into Armenia to get COVID vaccines, causing Tehran to complain and Yerevan to tighten the rules.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

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

Reform of the judiciary seen as a top priority.

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

Putin has thrown his weight behind the mine. Will he regret it?  

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

Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point.

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.