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No crowds, except when he comes out. (state media)

Turkmenistan: The dammed united

Travel bans, dams and Russian fans. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 24, 2020
parliament

Election clashes, COVID deepen crisis in Georgia

Rights activists blasted the authorities' use of force.
Giorgi Lomsadze Nov 9, 2020
Participants of the Dordoi rally attempt to barge into the Government House. (Photo: YouTube screenshot)

Kyrgyzstan: Protests flourish as crises mount on all sides

Acting President Japarov came to power on the crest of rallies, but will he know how to deal with them as leader?
Nov 2, 2020
Monastery of Saint Thaddeus in West Azerbaijan

Perspectives | How U.S. hawks’ fixation on Iran endangers Middle East Christians

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.
Eldar Mamedov Oct 31, 2020
prayer

War in the Caucasus hits close to home for Turkey’s Armenians

Some are speaking out against the conflict despite fears the government’s strong support for Azerbaijan could fuel nationalist reprisals.
Ayla Jean Yackley Oct 21, 2020
Giorgi Gakharia

New wave of COVID complicates Georgian ruling party’s election strategy

The Georgian government’s strict, successful early response earned it political dividends. But with a new outbreak, that success is coming under question.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 25, 2020
Wang Yi poses for a photo with Kyrgyz president Sooronbai Jeenbekov. (Photo: Kyrgyz presidential administration)

Central Asia: Belt and Road takes back seat in Chinese envoy’s tour

Beijing is eager to show solidarity as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on.
Chris Rickleton Sep 16, 2020
Yagublu support

Leading Azerbaijani opposition figure enters second week of hunger strike

Tofig Yagublu was detained shortly after the president warned that the opposition was using the coronavirus to destabilize Azerbaijan. Now even pro-government MPs are calling for his release.
Sep 15, 2020
President Ilham Aliyev still towers over Azerbaijan's political scene even as his underlings -- like former top adviser Ramiz Mehdiyev -- engage in bitter infighting. (photo: president.az)

Azerbaijani power struggle intensifies

The under-the-surface schism within the government has dominated public discourse in Azerbaijan in recent weeks.
Sep 9, 2020
Ramiz Mehdiyev

High-profile COVID wedding highlights Azerbaijani political schism

A longtime gray cardinal is in trouble after violating social-distancing laws. But breaking rules is what bigwigs do in Azerbaijan.
Aug 26, 2020
all photos by Giorgi Lomsadze

Georgia’s park of runaway trees

Crowds are flocking to visit a new botanical wonderland that stands as testimony to the sway the billionaire chairman of the country’s ruling party holds over the nation.
Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 19, 2020
USAID/EU aid to Abkhazia

Abkhazia calls for volunteers to help with COVID outbreak

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.
Joshua Kucera Aug 19, 2020
Masked intentions: Kazakh First Deputy Foreign Minister Shahrat Nuryshev meets Ambassador Zhang Xiao in April (photo: Kazakh Foreign Ministry)

Kazakhstan squeezes China critics as Xinjiang anxieties spread

Kazakh activists are outraged at how their government kowtows to Beijing.
Chris Rickleton Aug 10, 2020
Testing times: The ability to detect coronavirus cases seems to have been heavily compromised. (Photo: Kazakhstan government handout)

Kazakhstan to merge pneumonia and coronavirus cases, but only from Aug. 1

234,000 pneumonia cases from earlier this year will not be included in the tally.
Almaz Kumenov Jul 23, 2020
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s approval rating has tripled over the last year (gov.ge)

Georgia’s epidemiological elections

If Georgian Dream wins a third consecutive term as Georgia’s governing party – a feat no party has achieved before – it will largely have COVID-19 to thank.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jul 23, 2020

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