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Rahmon

Tajikistan pleads poverty, spends money on unneeded luxuries

A panhandling president is unaccountable to his Western benefactors.
Apr 26, 2023
China Kazakhstan

China gets Central Asia’s votes, Russia gets its silence

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan opposed discussion of Xinjiang at the UN Human Rights Council.
Artyem Sochnev Oct 14, 2022
Xi pays Tokayev a visit

China warns against meddling in Kazakhstan ahead of Putin meeting

It sounded like Xi Jinping was warning Putin against any adventures in Central Asia.
Joanna Lillis Sep 14, 2022
Horse

Turkmenistan: Where the streets have neigh name

Out-of-touch elites, poor planning, and some signs of progress in regional trade. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin May 31, 2022
Melebash, right, the palomino stallion that won this week's horse beauty contest, with his trainer, Begli Jurayev. To the left is the Lexus SUV that they won. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: No COVID, no worries

In our weekly briefing: Restrictions easing, COVID denialism persists, foreign suitors come visiting in hope of business, and the latest annual horse jamboree.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 26, 2022
Georgia vaccination

Amid spike in COVID, Georgia drops passport system

The government said the system was useless against the Omicron variant, but critics accused them of pandering to anti-vaxxer sentiment.
Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 8, 2022
(photo: Bassiani)

A belated return to Georgia’s dance floors

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.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 14, 2022
Georgia vaccination

Georgia introduces COVID passports amid record high numbers

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.
Tornike Mandaria Nov 30, 2021
Tajik teacher

Tajikistan: Teachers leaving for Russia and not looking back

Salaries were always horribly low but living costs have soared since the pandemic began.
Nov 10, 2021
Afghan Tajik border

Afghan refugees hope Tajikistan is just a pit stop

Middle-class Afghans with the means to navigate Tajikistan’s bureaucracy see the country as a springboard to the West.
Kamila Ibragimova Oct 15, 2021
Zarif Tbilisi

Iranians report arbitrary ban at Georgian border

In recent years the Caucasus country has become a magnet for Iranian students, business owners, and dissidents. But now many report they’re not being allowed to enter.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 24, 2021
Will they return? (Education Ministry)

COVID deepens digital divide in Georgian schools

Poor and rural families are not equipped to handle online school. Now they fear another academic year is going to start with schools still closed.
Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 19, 2021
Garibashvili

Coronavirus in Georgia ‘five times worse than India’

Georgia’s mortality rate is among the world’s highest, and just under 6 percent of the population is fully vaccinated.
Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 13, 2021
Bromide bros (Tajikistan presidential administration)

Turkmenistan: Trading places

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 10, 2021
vaccination Iranians

Armenia changes vaccination policy as Iranian vaccine tourists flock

Iranians have been flooding into Armenia to get COVID vaccines, causing Tehran to complain and Yerevan to tighten the rules.
Karine Ghazaryan Jul 12, 2021

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