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5,000 people are taking part in the trials.

Unemployment, post-COVID hopes, and moving gas: This and more in our monthly briefing on the Eurasian Economic Union.

In the early days of the pandemic, Georgia enjoyed one of the most enviable rates in the world. Things began to fall apart in late summer.

Officials were irked by coverage about haphazard preparations for the heating season.

The population has not been counted in over 30 years.

5,000 volunteers have been mobilized for the phase-three trial.

Rights activists blasted the authorities' use of force.

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

One hundred years after the Red Army established the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic, residents are ambivalent about its meaning.

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

Officials say Uzbekistan plans to produce its own vaccine when tests are done.

People will be able to report motorists using mobile phone footage.

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

The country became the world's biggest seller of gold in July.

With their borders still largely closed, Georgians hit the beach and let their guard down. The epidemiological result was inevitable.