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Kazakh companies are treading carefully doing business with Russia.

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

Kazakh officials know they cannot be seen siding with a Chinese company.

The billionaire had bought his stake only months ago from the president’s son-in-law.

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

Businesspeople worry that Kazakh reliance on Russian export routes is going to harm the economy.

Sanctions on Russia quickly impact its allies in Central Asia.

The government said the system was useless against the Omicron variant, but critics accused them of pandering to anti-vaxxer sentiment.

The demonstration, which city hall allowed, passed peacefully.

None could miss Beijing’s big moment.

Tashkent’s vaccination campaign is getting a shot in the arm.

Xi Jinping said trade has grown 25-fold over the last two decades.

Tbilisi’s world-famous nightclubs were the country’s last businesses to reopen following the COVID lockdown. But it took a confrontation with the authorities to make it happen.

The government has ordered the fiscal inspection service to withdraw letters accusing businesses of evading taxes.

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.