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As Kazakhstan awaits the Big One, its seismologists are underfunded while ever-taller buildings rise in the earthquake-prone commercial capital.

Vaccine uptake, the latest case surges, and related news from Central Asia and the South Caucasus.

Azerbaijanis, the largest ethnic minority in Georgia, say that Tbilisi neglects their culture while Baku tries to co-opt it. Now they are claiming it for themselves.

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

A court ruling suggests the authorities are intent on limiting free access to information about religion.

The documents focuses on viruses, droughts, water shortages and food deficits as potential crisis flashpoints.

Abu Dhabi invests in green energy, China gets another drilling contract, and Ashgabat cuts funding to universities. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

China has delivered 300,000 doses of vaccine, but will the public want them?

Students abroad repatriated, beards shorn, suspected extremists arrested.

The government has cracked down on “fake” disability claims, but many legitimately disabled people – including soldiers injured in last year’s war – are suffering.

A TV crew was filming a piece on a market fire when their footage was swallowed.

This is all part of Mirziyoyev's plans to promote female employment.

Living in a household headed by a kidnapping-based couple is one of the strongest predictors of women’s migration.

Tashkent appears to have hardened its line on the issue.

Both in Azerbaijan and Armenia, the history of these medieval people is misunderstood and is being manipulated for political ends.

A driver who dies because of their own mistake will now be deemed to have committed suicide.

Diverting 315 million cubic meters could help Kazakhstan avoid a summer of drought.

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.

Some suspect that Ankara may be involved, although there is no evidence yet for that claim.

Vaccine uptake, the latest case surges, and related news from Central Asia and the South Caucasus.

Officials hope tax breaks may promote job creation in the economically depressed area.

Effect.uz has dabbled in unethical practices, but it's not what got them into trouble.

The saiga population has rocketed by 150 percent in the last two years.

The government appears to be taking active measures to cover up the new outbreak.

After some early success in fighting COVID, Georgia let down its guard. Then I did, too.