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But there is no papering over the festering disillusionment.

The government is eager to stress that the loan is all but interest free.

Travel bans, dams and Russian fans. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The government will help outlets that publish its propaganda.

The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.

Rights activists blasted the authorities' use of force.

The healthcare sector has been embroiled in corruption scandals for years.

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.

Georgians go to the polls for legislative elections on October 31 after an unexpectedly eventful campaign season.

Rigged elections have created political crises in two other post-Soviet countries this year, leaving Nur-Sultan edgy ahead of a parliamentary vote.

The die-off has caused a shortage of meat and eggs in markets.

The president says the vote will marking a turning point. Skeptics yawn.

Kazakhstan’s food producers look primed to benefit from China’s increasingly tense relationship with traditional trading partners. This and more in our monthly Chinese business briefing.

The Georgian government’s strict, successful early response earned it political dividends. But with a new outbreak, that success is coming under question.

Overdue loans have increased by 10 percent since January.