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The Uzbek blogger who first raised these concerns was smeared, beaten, and now faces trial.

Central Asia’s largest nations are using unique coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been carefully studied. Do they have a choice?

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

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

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

Cases are rising rapidly and vaccines – for those who want them – are hard to find.

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.

The health minister then drank the concoction at a press conference.

The region appears wholly unprepared for the latest rise in cases.

Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point.

It can take four days to get to the front of the line at this bitterly cold pass almost two miles high.

Hopes are being pinned on the Sino-Uzbek vaccine ZF-UZ-VAC 2001.

Surabaldiyeva says "several thousand" people may have died.

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan are taking triumphalist stances on coronavirus.