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An influx of Russians has pushed up the value of the dram, undercutting Armenia’s exporters and the celebrated IT industry.

President Tokayev had ordered exports be slashed to meet domestic demand.

The ruling tandem is evidently frustrated it cannot will a functioning economy into existence by diktat.

The accident in Ekibastuz came as temperatures plunged to -30 Celsius.

The state is ending its monopoly on the aviation sector by certifying a press-shy private carrier.

Despite freedom of information laws, Kazakh officials often refuse to discuss what Chinese investors are doing. That breeds suspicion.

It is not the energy sector that employs most foreign specialists but construction.

The Khovos plant has capacity to produce up to 1.7 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year.

The factory is said to be controlled by the sons of a politician close to the former president.

But a contentious procurement law in the works has fueled skepticism about government claims to be fighting corruption.

Plans to increase trade depend on new transport routes skirting Russia.

Turkmenistan is risking a reputation as a sanctions-buster. Our weekly briefing.

The PM says implementation of a railway expansion project will generate $9 billion in revenues over 20 years.

A highly touted deal between Baku and Brussels was meant to wean Europe off Russian gas. But is Azerbaijan now importing Russian gas itself in order to meet its obligations to Europe?

Moscow’s mobilization order exposed the absence of safety nets for students and other renters in Central Asia.

The EU’s foreign policy chief is the latest high-level Western official to visit Central Asia.

The steel giant is on the hook for a multi-million dollar fine as officials ramp up grumbling about the company.

Economists say the arrival of close to 100,000 Russians has spurred economic growth, but polls show things are not getting better for most Georgians.

The seashore at Buzovna, once one of Azerbaijan’s iconic landscapes, had been closed to regular people as beachfront property owners fenced it off. Now locals have managed to get some beach back.

Georgian women earn a third less than men.

Russia’s labor market is experiencing its worst shortages since 1993.

The country is experiencing widespread power outages because of a shortage of fuel.

Chinese brands are quickly overcoming lingering perceptions of their low quality.

Reforms have helped the Uzbek economy weather the regional economic fallout from Russia’s war.

Russian exporters have the lucrative Chinese market in their sights.