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The drop is far greater than what the country saw at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Religious mores, politics and the coronavirus have cast a shadow over one of the few Kyrgyz products China buys.

The criminal underworld reaches across generations.

The news is welcome with the countries about the feel the full knock-on impact of sanctions against Russia.

Sanctions on Russia quickly impact its allies in Central Asia.

None could miss Beijing’s big moment.

Xi Jinping said trade has grown 25-fold over the last two decades.

In recent years the Caucasus country has become a magnet for Iranian students, business owners, and dissidents. But now many report they’re not being allowed to enter.

With an art school and international animation festival, a Georgian Orthodox bishop is trying to revive a village on the de facto border with South Ossetia.

Iran and Georgia considered as alternatives.

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

Cases are rising rapidly and vaccines – for those who want them – are hard to find.

Putin has thrown his weight behind the mine. Will he regret it?  

Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point.