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

Kazakh firms see an opportunity, but are tempering their enthusiasm for now.

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.

Kazakh companies are treading carefully doing business with Russia.

The criminal underworld reaches across generations.

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.

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

Sanctions on Russia quickly impact its allies in Central Asia.

None could miss Beijing’s big moment.

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