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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
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
Bromide bros (Tajikistan presidential administration)

Turkmenistan: Trading places

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 10, 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
Tajik authorities have said members of the public failing to wear a mask has been a likely driver of the new outbreak. (Photo: Presidential administration)

Tajikistan: COVID-19 crisis escalates, forcing government to drop denials

China has delivered 300,000 doses of vaccine, but will the public want them?
Kamila Ibragimova Jun 21, 2021
No patient, no problem: President Rahmon, left, has declared victory over COVID-19. (Photo: Presidential administration)

Tajikistan: COVID strikes again, despite official denials

The government appears to be taking active measures to cover up the new outbreak.
Kamila Ibragimova May 26, 2021
Dushanbe

Tajikistan’s excess mortality data belie COVID-19 denialism

Authorities have not made any attempt to explain the abnormally high number of deaths last year.
Feb 23, 2021
Tajik PM Kohir Rasulzoda and Russian deputy PM Alexei Overchuk at a signing ceremony in Moscow this week. (Photo: Tajik Foreign Ministry)

Russia using crisis in Tajikistan to advance EAEU agenda?

Dushanbe is desperate to resume flights to Russian cities.
Feb 12, 2021
Azerbaijan vaccination

Azerbaijan starts mass COVID-19 vaccinations

The coronavirus inoculation program is the first in the Caucasus and Central Asia, starting out with Chinese vaccines but incorporating Russian and Western ones at later stages.
Ulkar Natiqqizi Feb 9, 2021
Afghan-Turkmen border

Turkmenistan: Power to the Afghan people

Spraying chlorine, new infrastructure on the Afghan border, and claims of a naturally occurring COVID vaccine. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jan 19, 2021
Kazakhstan is developing its own QazCovid-in vaccine. (Photo: Kazakhstan government website)

Central Asia vaccination plans underwhelm, but governments look unruffled

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan are taking triumphalist stances on coronavirus.
Jan 14, 2021
Torosyan vaccine

Caucasus vaccine effort infected with geopolitics

The COVID-19 vaccination experiences of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia show that if you’re a small and poor country, you need to rely on powerful friends.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 12, 2021
Laborers in Tajikistan’s northern Sughd Province

Tajikistan: Even Russia feels pain as pandemic wreaks havoc on migration lifeline

Food prices have jumped this year and there are few jobs, but out-of-work migrants can’t get to where they are desperately needed.
Dec 17, 2020
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
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

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