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Election choreography, backwards reasoning, and the government tries to justify wasting billions on empty megaresorts. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Members of Azerbaijan's film industry face consequences if they speak ill of the state, while those who stay in line are rewarded handsomely.

Kyrgyz authorities do not want pollsters or journalists to probe public opinion about the war.

While the country's authoritarian rulers are utterly indifferent to political freedoms, how the investment regime is perceived is another matter. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Bazaars, where most rural Kyrgyz people meet their basic needs, are by and large an impenetrable black box for the taxman.

Pipelines to Russia carried 94 percent of Kazakh oil exports last year.

Farmland and pastures across Central Asia are far less productive after decades of monocropping.

Israel is imminently poised to open a permanent mission in Ashgabat, 20 kilometers from the Iranian border. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

News reported last week about Uzbekistan preparing to accommodate Russian gas in its pipelines may not have been true, despite officials initially stating otherwise.

Deliveries had reportedly been expected to start March 1, but that deadline has come and gone.

Washington provided $25 million over the fiscal year 2022 to help Central Asia diversify trade routes and expand investment.

Priced out of Georgian cities by Russians fleeing conscription, many Ukrainian refugees have ended up in small, remote towns, where resources are few.

Beijing is leaning toward buying additional Central Asian gas, despite reliability concerns.

Though years behind schedule and stinking of corruption, the government wants to proceed with the Chinese-linked project.

Exports of Azerbaijani oil via the Black Sea were restarted but only temporarily, while exports of Russian crude oil through Azerbaijan have finally been halted due to EU sanctions.

The Amulsar project had been suspended since 2018 because of fears of environmental hazards.

The expectation is that gas consumption will soar to 40 billion cubic meters by 2030.

Authorities have responded to public fears by forming a committee to oversee existing committees.

Recent controversial moves by Georgia’s ruling party have added fears of a brain drain to existing emigration concerns.

Production is falling as demand increases, forcing Uzbekistan to look to Russia for energy supplies.

Turkmenistan is looking to Gazprom to deliver new customers, at the risk of further eroding its independence. Our weekly briefing.

Baku does not normally release such detailed information on the destination of its crude oil exports.

It appears to be yet another salvo against the disgraced former president.

Armenian experts expect Yerevan and Ankara will continue to take small steps toward each other. But Baku is unlikely to sit idly by as its top strategic partner and its archrival seek an understanding.

Following the devastating quakes in Turkey, residents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia are wondering how safe their cities are.