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

Bishkek is also angling for yet more room to ease its debt burden.

Medics say they are actively discouraged from seeking the compensation.

Beijing does not appear disposed to give too much leeway.

The trade bloc's failure to stop contraband smuggling is connected to the high drama playing out in Kyrgyzstan.

Acting President Japarov came to power on the crest of rallies, but will he know how to deal with them as leader?

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

The country's largest oil refinery is no stranger to scandals.

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

Any political turmoil was bound to worsen Kyrgyzstan's eviscerated economy, but what has happened over the past week has been especially destructive.

Before the pandemic, Central Asia’s poorest countries had been managing their Chinese debts quite well. Now they are asking for help.

The tourist season was a disaster, with visitors down almost 90 percent. The taxman has not been sympathetic.

Hypocritical election congratulations underscore the cold strategic underpinnings of a bloc that is as much about politics as it is about trade.

Kyrgyz officials have drawn up a list of 31 countries from which people can visit.

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.