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The demonstration, which city hall allowed, passed peacefully.

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.

All the defendants are strident government critics, but their dissidence was confined to online attacks and tiny street protests.

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.

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.

Kazakhs unable to travel abroad are discovering their country is full of nice places to vacation. But what’s good for the local economy is not always good for nature.

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

What makes Rahmon’s disappearance all very odd is that he is a particular devotee of the Nowruz spring equinox feast.

Restrictions on movement do not appear intended to stem the spread of COVID-19.

Mayor Emomali says city hall spent $1.14 million on bus stops.

Analysts believe the country may be benefiting from herd immunity after devastation last year.

Predictions of an imminent revolt may be wishful thinking.

The COVID-19 vaccination experiences of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia show that if you’re a small and poor country, you need to rely on powerful friends.

No real opposition parties were permitted to run.