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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan opposed discussion of Xinjiang at the UN Human Rights Council.

A draft constitution is causing anger in the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan, whose rights have been diminished by the changes.

Out-of-touch elites, poor planning, and some signs of progress in regional trade. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

While the country continues easing other COVID-19 restrictions, why has it not begun to allow travelers to cross the border by land?

The billionaire had bought his stake only months ago from the president’s son-in-law.

The president-in-waiting plans to change nothing. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Sanctions on Russia quickly impact its allies in Central Asia.

The government said the system was useless against the Omicron variant, but critics accused them of pandering to anti-vaxxer sentiment.

None could miss Beijing’s big moment.

Xi Jinping said trade has grown 25-fold over the last two decades.

As the president readies the public for yet another year of shortages, he has taken money from an economic stabilization fund to breed more horses. This and more in our weekly briefing.

In our weekly briefing: The Taliban visit Ashgabat, the dauphin is received by Uzbekistan’s president, and authorities tighten control after unrest in neighboring Kazakhstan.

Tbilisi’s world-famous nightclubs were the country’s last businesses to reopen following the COVID lockdown. But it took a confrontation with the authorities to make it happen.

The Uzbek blogger who first raised these concerns was smeared, beaten, and now faces trial.

Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.