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The work will cost $289 million to complete.

The president is trying to move Kazakhstan on from the trauma 10 months ago, but the terms of the amnesty have not pleased everyone.

A new generation of ethnic Azerbaijani activists are trying to help people in their home villages improve their Georgian-language skills.

Turkmenistan is finding new customers for its gas, while continuing to perform bizarre stunts for Guinness World Records. This and more in our weekly briefing.

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Russia’s war is the backdrop for many personal life decisions these days.

The legendary semi-sweet Khvanchkara is an international brand – and used to be an easy target for counterfeiters. Now the police are stepping in.

Until last year, ethnic Kyrgyz people were able to cross into neighboring Kyrgyzstan with their Tajik passports. Now they must first travel to a third country, an option few can afford.

Many people who need help do not qualify because of rigid eligibility criteria.

The government is planning on pushing through legislation that will make life much harder for independent media.

A public conversation on the subject has been triggered by a faux pas by a prominent businessman.

Before the war, many in Russia didn’t think much about who they were. Now they are asking more questions.

The growing number of cars in the city is the main culprit.

Women pay for the president’s conservative obsessions; Turkmenistan’s paranoia undermines its wish to be a transport hub; and the EU offers the methane polluter a chance to green its image. Our weekly briefing.

Kyrgyzstan is trying to combat radicalism by teaching religious history in schools. Easier said than done.

Russia and Kazakhstan are doing the dirty work for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, Ukraine war brings Central Asia and Turkey closer together.

Russians keep flocking to their wary southern neighbor, and the newest arrivals are the most controversial.

Azerbaijani IDPs are eager to return home. But they are uncertain about how their new lives are going to look.

Georgians are meeting the thousands of Russians fleeing their country’s military mobilization with a mixture of fear, irony, and empathy.

Kazakhstan reacts to fleeing Russians; worry at deescalation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border; and Xinjiang protestors in Almaty. Subscribe to EurasiaChat.

Grassroots efforts to help teens protect themselves are spreading, but the simplest solution is staring the Education Ministry in the face.

South Ossetia has opened up a bit. Residents on the de facto boundary with Georgia hope it lasts.

Much of last week’s cross-border violence between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan was unleashed by the armed forces. But mobs also rampaged through villages.

Is Turkmenistan preparing a city to name after the former president? Keeping out information and keeping in people. Our weekly briefing.

The same volunteer energies are also being used to crowdsource military kit.