Tajikistan plunges from denial to full-blown crisis As the confirmed cases quickly mount into the hundreds, doctors complain of lack of resources. May 4, 2020
Tajikistan finally confirms its first 15 coronavirus cases Questions will be asked why this announcement came so late. Apr 30, 2020
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan implement tentative coronavirus exit strategies Businesses are being allowed to reopen and people to take in some fresh air. Apr 30, 2020
Uzbekistan’s coronavirus information lockdown prompts questions Officials are jealously maintaining control over information while orchestrating suspiciously rosy accounts of a country on the mend. Apr 29, 2020
Tajikistan admits to pneumonia crisis, but not coronavirus Officials say 136 medical workers at one hospital have been diagnosed with the respiratory illness. Apr 28, 2020
WHO role in Tajikistan’s coronavirus-free narrative under scrutiny The World Health Organization is refusing to answer questions while it appears to support the government’s increasingly dubious claims. Apr 24, 2020
Tajikistan: Four more deaths pinned on pneumonia Officials sticking to insistence it has registered no cases of coronavirus. Apr 22, 2020
Uzbekistan: President nixes helicopter money idea, appeals to business community Mirziyoyev says businessmen can pay money to people themselves. Apr 22, 2020
Tajikistan says it has no COVID-19, attributes new death to swine flu The latest victim of something authorities insist was not COVID-19 was buried by medical personnel in protective gear. Apr 20, 2020
Coronavirus leaves Tajikistan’s labor migrants high and dry Those who made it to Russia before the scale of the crisis became evident are now stranded. Apr 20, 2020
Tajikistan: The mysterious deaths raising suspicion Officials insist they are testing for coronavirus and finding no cases. Apr 14, 2020
Uzbekistan shores up food defenses as coronavirus rages Mirziyoyev wants his country-people to grow more of their own vegetables. Apr 14, 2020
Rubles in the Near Abroad: Testing a testy union Russia’s shipment of PPE to New York violated Moscow’s pledge to its closest allies. Maximilian Hess Apr 3, 2020
Tajikistan provides solace to soccer junkies The Central Asian dictatorship insists it has no cases of coronavirus. So the beautiful game must go on. Paul Bartlett Apr 2, 2020
Chinese business briefing: Force majeure Trade has plummeted, Chinese goods are disappearing from markets, and exports of China’s favorite Central Asian commodity – natural gas – have nosedived. Niva Yau Apr 2, 2020