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Search | 21 Articles

Miraziz Bazarov

Perspectives | How ADB’s pandemic aid to Uzbekistan was misused, whistleblower silenced

The Uzbek blogger who first raised these concerns was smeared, beaten, and now faces trial.
Nina Lesikhina Dec 6, 2021
Turkmen ambassador to Kabul meets with acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi

Turkmenistan: Trading places

In our weekly briefing: doing business with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, it’s reprimand season.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Oct 5, 2021
woman carrying water

Turkmenistan: Water mess

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 7, 2021
Gene Bunin. (Courtesy photo)

Kazakhstan bars entry to Xinjiang repression researcher

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.
Sep 6, 2021
Turkmenistan ambulances

Turkmenistan: Sins of commission

The government signals it is taking COVID a bit more seriously, without admitting the virus is running rampant. And Ashgabat gets down to business with the Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 31, 2021
Kazakh lab

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan experiment with vaccines amid lack of public confidence

Central Asia’s largest nations are using unique coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been carefully studied. Do they have a choice?
Aug 16, 2021
newlywed vaccination

COVID vaccination to become virtually compulsory in Azerbaijan

The country already leads in vaccination rates in the South Caucasus. Many expect the new rules to drive a black market for fake vaccination passports.
Ulkar Natiqqizi Jul 29, 2021
A vial of Sinopharm (photos by the Georgian Health Ministry)

Georgia: The discreet inevitability of Chinese vaccines

A few months ago, the thought of taking a Chinese COVID vaccine was unthinkable to Georgians. Now it’s the norm.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jul 8, 2021
Sputnik V

Uzbeks weigh vaccines: Russian vs. Chinese

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.
Ezoza Yakvalkhodjieva Jun 2, 2021
Implying that the president is telling an untruth can now land you in prison. (government handout)

Uzbekistan tightens rules for media as president braces for re-election

The timing of the new legislation recalls recent reporting that cast the president in an unfavorable light.
Mar 31, 2021
China loves us this much (Kyrgyz state media)

Perspectives | Beijing’s “Health Silk Road” abandons Central Asia

Yet another fashionable slogan means nothing when it’s needed most.
Aruzhan Meirkhanova Mar 30, 2021
Marching west (Xinhua)

Perspectives | China’s Central Asia strategy in the age of ‘extreme competition’

New pressure from Washington will make China look even closer at Central Asia.
Srdjan Uljevic Mar 29, 2021
Not modeling caution: A meeting of the Uzbek and Kyrgyz presidents on March 11 (Uzbek government handout)

As a possible new COVID-19 wave looms, Central Asia is napping

The region appears wholly unprepared for the latest rise in cases.
Mar 17, 2021
Chinese flag (all photos by Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan: Waiting and loathing on the Chinese border

It can take four days to get to the front of the line at this bitterly cold pass almost two miles high.
Danil Usmanov Mar 4, 2021
Cargo no-go: Trade with China is being adversely affected by COVID-19 controls. (Photo: Kazakhstan government website)

Kazakhstan: Exporters lose money to China anti-coronavirus regime

Kazakh officials say the Chinese are breaking their legal commitments.
Almaz Kumenov Mar 4, 2021

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