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5,000 people are taking part in the trials.

Unemployment, post-COVID hopes, and moving gas: This and more in our monthly briefing on the Eurasian Economic Union.

The population has not been counted in over 30 years.

The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.

5,000 volunteers have been mobilized for the phase-three trial.

The president bets on a big infrastructure program to reinvigorate his political fortunes.

While it would be wrong to start pointing fingers and formulating conspiracy theories, clearly the risks are many and real.

Officials say Uzbekistan plans to produce its own vaccine when tests are done.

The country became the world's biggest seller of gold in July.

Better salaries may inject some needed dynamism into ailing rural areas.

Only one in 10 university applicants is sure of a place.

The first in a series of briefings on Beijing's investments in Central Asian renewables.

Critics of the government’s charities ban suspect there is politics at play, not just a desire to stem potential fraud.

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.

The territory's public health officials have warned against opening up to tourism, and the arrival of tourists has coincided with a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.