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Food prices have jumped this year and there are few jobs, but out-of-work migrants can’t get to where they are desperately needed.

The authorities are spooked by the idea that a crowd could form.

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

Independent Ukraine has held only one census, almost 20 years ago.

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.

Votes are usually held in November.

Our monthly briefing on China in Central Asia.

$300 million has been given and another $70 million may be on the way

Transfers have fallen by at least 15 percent so far this year.

As coronavirus cripples the territory’s tourism season and Russia has stopped sending aid, Abkhazia faces a 10 percent GDP decline this year.

The apology or recantation is uploaded to social media. Often, there is a pretense of the repentance being voluntary. But that is not always the case.

Most foreign leaders stayed away, but Putin’s Central Asian crew is a dependable lot.

A state TV program accuses reporters of working in league with would-be extremists.

It’s open season on journalists in Tajikistan and officials aren’t shy about blaming the victims.

Officials are poised to reopen the country only weeks after the crisis began.