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

It sounded like Xi Jinping was warning Putin against any adventures in Central Asia.

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

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

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.

In our weekly briefing: doing business with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, it’s reprimand season.

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.

Georgia’s mortality rate is among the world’s highest, and just under 6 percent of the population is fully vaccinated.

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

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.

Yet another fashionable slogan means nothing when it’s needed most.

New pressure from Washington will make China look even closer at Central Asia.

The surprise resignation has delayed the crisis, but there is still no end in sight to the country’s political impasse.

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.