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Travel bans, dams and Russian fans. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.

Georgians go to the polls for legislative elections on October 31 after an unexpectedly eventful campaign season.

While it would be wrong to start pointing fingers and formulating conspiracy theories, clearly the risks are many and real.

A new program is an attempt to maintain the country's enviable epidemiological situation and still attract some visitors to its tourism-dependent economy.

The territory's public health officials have warned against opening up to tourism, and the arrival of tourists has coincided with a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.

In an unprecedented speech, Ilham Aliyev blasted the “socialist economic model” behind his country’s largest companies.

The labor migrants are trying to return home after losing their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic. Tensions are rising, and a protest on the border has been violently broken up by Russian police.

Georgia is getting ready to host tourists, but would-be backpackers should not get their hopes up.

Georgia is cautiously returning to normal life, but wondering if opening up will threaten its hard-won success in stemming the spread of coronavirus.

The nation is working on a coronavirus-conscious tourism plan.

“The police say you can't go out the door, but no one says your husband can't beat you.” 


The currency’s hard peg to the dollar could compound the economic cost of the crisis in Baku.

One Georgian bazaar has avoided the government’s order to close by adopting a novel way to clean its money.

The coronavirus pandemic has paralyzed Georgia’s booming tourism and hospitality industry.