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All the defendants are strident government critics, but their dissidence was confined to online attacks and tiny street protests.

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

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.

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.

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.

What makes Rahmon’s disappearance all very odd is that he is a particular devotee of the Nowruz spring equinox feast.

Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point.

Restrictions on movement do not appear intended to stem the spread of COVID-19.

Mayor Emomali says city hall spent $1.14 million on bus stops.

Predictions of an imminent revolt may be wishful thinking.

No real opposition parties were permitted to run.