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Yerevan cut relations 10 years ago following Hungary’s extradition of an Azerbaijani soldier who murdered an Armenian counterpart. But the post-war reality has pushed Yerevan to reconsider.

The increases have reversed a demographic decline that the territory has seen since the pandemic and war with Azerbaijan.

Officials suspect a newly published paper on the 14th century plague is a plot to kill the country's tourism industry.

The drop is far greater than what the country saw at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beishenaliyev says he has been set up by vindictive prosecutors.

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

Religious mores, politics and the coronavirus have cast a shadow over one of the few Kyrgyz products China buys.

The criminal underworld reaches across generations.

Tashkent has also announced it will not return Afghan aircraft flown by pilots fleeing the Taliban last summer.

While the country continues easing other COVID-19 restrictions, why has it not begun to allow travelers to cross the border by land?

In our weekly briefing: Restrictions easing, COVID denialism persists, foreign suitors come visiting in hope of business, and the latest annual horse jamboree.

Turkmenistan's new president is continuing his father's traditions: Building white elephants, censoring the internet, and booting people out of their homes.

Beishenaliyev enjoys a close relationship with the president.

The news is welcome with the countries about the feel the full knock-on impact of sanctions against Russia.

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