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The mood in Baku is triumphal but it’s heavy and vengeful rather than joyous.

5,000 people are taking part in the trials.

Medics say they are actively discouraged from seeking the compensation.

Trials for a domestically developed QazCovid-in vaccine are not expected to be completed until March.

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.

This week in our Turkmenistan bulletin: Ashgabat and Moscow suddenly ratify an aged security agreement. Plus budgets, boasts and bribes.

The die-off has caused a shortage of meat and eggs in markets.

Some are speaking out against the conflict despite fears the government’s strong support for Azerbaijan could fuel nationalist reprisals.

The appearance of the self-defense units is the second time this year that civil society has been forced to hold the line. Where the state repeatedly fails to live up to its obligations, volunteers step in.

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.

Batken has already reimposed restrictions.

Some of the purported cures spreading on social media are dangerous.

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

Eurasianet’s Kyrgyzstan-based photojournalist Danil Usmanov has for weeks been watching his country’s unfolding coronavirus crisis. In this essay, he describes some of his observations.