23 years since the signing of the peace agreement between the government and the United Tajik Opposition, true reconciliation seems as far away as ever

Tashkent sends troops to Russia’s Victory Day Parade for the first time. There they took part alongside their neighbours

Recent reports from Almaty shed a little light on a rather unclear issue

How Central Asia fought the coronavirus with quarantines – and appears to be winning

The Tajik authorities’ prolonged refusal to acknowledge COVID-19 infections has come at a heavy cost to public health

What lies behind Rustam Emomali’s meteoric rise to power?

As one of the few remaining countries in the world yet to record cases, residents of Tajikistan are anxiously awaiting the arrival of COVID-19. Meanwhile, some doctors argue that the country experienced its first wave of the virus already last year...

Rates of infection among Central Asian healthcare workers are alarming. Their complaints are rarely welcome

Economists on how the combined oil crash/coronavirus crisis threatens Central Asia

It’s been a busy week in COVID-19’s Central Asia. Here’s a quick summary

The latest coronavirus news from Central Asia

How the coronavirus is being fought in Central Asia

For Putin’s CIS colleagues, extending one’s rule through constitutional amendments is an old trick

Why the recent elections in Tajikistan will have no effect on how the country is run

How desertification threatens the countries of Central Asia, and how it can be stopped

30 years since the ”Black February” events in Dushanbe

How cash and connections tilt the scales of Tajikistan’s Themis

And why bad experiences of work in Russia do nothing to dampen the country’s attractiveness in neighbouring countries

Airlines no longer fly to Khorog. Today the only way to get there is the “Road from Hell”, a trip that not everyone can manage

Tajikistan and the threat of ”prison jihad”