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Almaty mayor protest

Kazakhstan: Almaty protest calling for mayoral elections draws small crowd

The demonstration, which city hall allowed, passed peacefully.
Joanna Lillis Feb 5, 2022
Uzbekistan jab

Uzbekistan: Get a jab, win a car

Tashkent’s vaccination campaign is getting a shot in the arm.
Feb 2, 2022
And have you paid your taxes?: Data on the Ashyq app is not as secure as was promised. (Photo: Kazakhstan government website)

Kazakhstan: Taxmen slammed for unlawfully using COVID app data

The government has ordered the fiscal inspection service to withdraw letters accusing businesses of evading taxes.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 24, 2021
Askhat Zheksebaev, Abai Begimbetov, and Diana Baimagambetova

Kazakhstan jails political dissidents in fresh crackdown

All the defendants are strident government critics, but their dissidence was confined to online attacks and tiny street protests.
Joanna Lillis Oct 11, 2021
Gene Bunin. (Courtesy photo)

Kazakhstan bars entry to Xinjiang repression researcher

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.
Sep 6, 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
Critical condition: Doctors in Kazakhstan work in high-stress, low-pay conditions. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan suffers from acute shortage of doctors

The COVID-19 outbreak has compounded a problem caused by low salaries.
Almaz Kumenov Aug 9, 2021
The Huns ethnographic recreation park

Kazakhstan: COVID gives domestic tourism a fillip

Kazakhs unable to travel abroad are discovering their country is full of nice places to vacation. But what’s good for the local economy is not always good for nature.
Almaz Kumenov Jul 19, 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
Development of the local QazVac vaccine has not precipitated a patriotic rush for jabs. (Photo: Kazakhstan government)

Kazakhstan: Black market in fake coronavirus passports booms

Conspiracy theories have fueled the low update for vaccination.
Joanna Lillis Jul 2, 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
The Ashyq app allows users to enter bars and fitness clubs unhindered if they've been vaccinated.

Kazakhstan: Vaccine app offers hope of reopening, but there are hiccups

Critics are concerned over potential privacy issues.
Almaz Kumenov May 13, 2021
Despite the online registration and appointment system, patients had to fill out application forms at check-in. (Almaz Kumenov)

Kazakhstan: A diary from a vaccination

Our Kazakhstan correspondent describes the waiting, the bureaucracy, and the anticlimax of getting his Sputnik V jab in Almaty.
Almaz Kumenov Apr 22, 2021
Keeping the lights on: Kazakhstan's energy sector is having to spend more on its workers because of COVID-19. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan: Oil workers resistance to jabs complicates output plans

Laborers in the extractive industries are proving more adept at fighting their corner.
Chris Rickleton Apr 14, 2021
Alexei Tsoi

Kazakhstan: Officials under fire over vaccination failures

Only a tiny fraction of the population has got the jab so far.
Almaz Kumenov Apr 1, 2021

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