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Chinese vaccine

Uzbekistan poised to start trials on Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

5,000 people are taking part in the trials.
Dec 10, 2020
Labeled with COVID-19. (Photo: Russian Health Ministry)

Uzbekistan to take part in COVID-19 vaccine trials

Officials say Uzbekistan plans to produce its own vaccine when tests are done.
Sep 30, 2020
No matter how you slice it, Ukraine’s population remains a mystery. (president.gov.ua)

Ukraine’s census attempt crashes and burns yet again

Independent Ukraine has held only one census, almost 20 years ago.
Mariya Chukhnova Aug 12, 2020
Only dummies don’t wear masks: President Ilham Aliyev at a new museum last month. (president.az)

COVID-19 reality starts to hit home for Azerbaijanis

Denialism and conspiracy theories about the disease appear to be in retreat as more and more people are infected.
Jul 8, 2020
Giyas Ibrahimov

Azerbaijan imposes second weekend lockdown amid anti-police outrage

The authorities have indicated some sensitivity to the public mood, announcing that they are investigating evidence of excessive use of force.
Jun 12, 2020
Yerevan city gov

Armenia: US government funding COVID disinformation

Articles on the U.S. Embassy-sponsored website call COVID-19 a "fake pandemic" and oppose vaccines. Health experts warn it could make the crisis worse.
Tatev Hovhannisyan May 28, 2020
Screenshot from the video for Azerbaijan's entry for Eurovision 2020, Cleopatra.

Eurovision shines a light into Caucasus identity politics

This year, Azerbaijan embraces both the Orient and bisexuality, while Georgia complains about the West.
Joshua Kucera May 14, 2020
The China-Russia border at Manzhouli/Zabaykalsk. (Jason_She/Wikimedia)

Infodemic infects Chinese-Russian relations

The pandemic is undermining official efforts in China and Russia to foster mutual amity.
Xiaofei Xu Apr 12, 2020
Nail Yagubov

Azerbaijanis adjust to strict stay-at-home regime

An SMS system to regulate residents’ trips outside the home seems to be working smoothly, but there are still thousands of violations of the regime every day.
Joshua Kucera Apr 9, 2020
Karabakh coronavirus

Elections in Karabakh to go ahead in spite of coronavirus

There are worries that election observers from Armenia – which has been relatively hard-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak – could bring the virus into Karabakh.
Joshua Kucera Mar 26, 2020
At-Bashi

Chinese business briefing: Corona cursed

Central Asia claims zero cases of coronavirus, but the economic symptoms are everywhere. This and more in our monthly briefing on Chinese business in the region.
Niva Yau Mar 4, 2020
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili campaigning for clean hands. (Instagram)

Caucasus shuts doors after coronavirus hits

All three countries have now seen cases of the disease, most of which have come from Iran.
Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 2, 2020
Coronavirus Armenia

Following coronavirus outbreak in Iran, Armenia closes border and Azerbaijan keeps it open

Armenia went farther than most of Iran’s neighbors, closing its border for two weeks. Azerbaijan, meanwhile, was the only country to have not closed its border with Iran at all.
Joshua Kucera, Ani Mejlumyan Feb 24, 2020
Man being checked for possible indications of infection on arrival at Dushanbe airport. (Photo: Screengrab from state TV)

Tajikistan: Chinese diplomats snarled in anti-coronavirus measures

The Foreign Ministry and Chinese Embassy intervened to resolve the impasse.
Feb 11, 2020
China is pulling out all the stops to deal with its coronavirus outbreak. (Photo: World Health Organization)

China’s virus storm over Central Asia

Panic is being sown by trouble-making social media users.
Chris Rickleton Jan 28, 2020
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