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A draft constitution is causing anger in the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan, whose rights have been diminished by the changes.

Out-of-touch elites, poor planning, and some signs of progress in regional trade. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Turkmenistan's new president is continuing his father's traditions: Building white elephants, censoring the internet, and booting people out of their homes.

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

Researchers used a jointly manufactured Chinese-Uzbek vaccine in their experiments.

The demonstration, which city hall allowed, passed peacefully.

Tashkent’s vaccination campaign is getting a shot in the arm.

In our weekly briefing: The Taliban visit Ashgabat, the dauphin is received by Uzbekistan’s president, and authorities tighten control after unrest in neighboring Kazakhstan.

The government has ordered the fiscal inspection service to withdraw letters accusing businesses of evading taxes.

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

Turkmenistan has a two-track plan to increase trade with the outside world. Our weekly briefing.

All the defendants are strident government critics, but their dissidence was confined to online attacks and tiny street protests.

In our weekly briefing: doing business with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, it’s reprimand season.

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.

Bunin has also been banned from entering Uzbekistan.