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Salaries were always horribly low but living costs have soared since the pandemic began.

That sets them apart from Afghanistan’s other post-Soviet neighbor, Tajikistan.

Two new papers find that Georgia and Azerbaijan would gain more from improving trade with their neighbors than pursing a place on the Belt and Road.

In recent years the Caucasus country has become a magnet for Iranian students, business owners, and dissidents. But now many report they’re not being allowed to enter.

With an art school and international animation festival, a Georgian Orthodox bishop is trying to revive a village on the de facto border with South Ossetia.

Iran and Georgia considered as alternatives.

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Despite ambitions for Karabakh reconstruction, the government's overall construction budget has barely budged.

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.

Ashgabat has great confidence these days in its Europe-bound exports. Plus, a mysterious tragedy on the Afghan border. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Iranians have been flooding into Armenia to get COVID vaccines, causing Tehran to complain and Yerevan to tighten the rules.

Tajik officials no longer speak about the militants with complete disdain.

Baku, a frequent borrower, says it didn’t like the terms.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

Cases are rising rapidly and vaccines – for those who want them – are hard to find.