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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.

Trials for a domestically developed QazCovid-in vaccine are not expected to be completed until March.

But there is no papering over the festering disillusionment.

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

The government will help outlets that publish its propaganda.

Numbers of coronavirus cases has seen a sharp surge recently.

Rights activists blasted the authorities' use of force.

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

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.

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

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

Beijing is eager to show solidarity as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on.

Parents are pleading for relief from their kids learning from home, however.