Kazakhstan

The group that owns Kazakhstan's third-largest bank sold around $1 billion in shares in the London Stock Exchange. 

Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary election was accompanied by allegations of mass vote buying, use of administrative resources, and the beating of journalists.

The five leaders foregrounded a range of issues, from the pressing challenge of COVID-19 to vague promises of political reform.

Hundreds of millions of dollars of suspicious origin have transited in and out of Kazakhstan with the help of U.S. banks, an investigation of thousands of leaked documents reveals. 

What concerns the Kazakh government isn’t “fake news” but its own fear that incompetence, pointed out, will undermine the current power structures.

Kazakhstan's anti-monopoly agency fines the Atyrau refinery; Uzbekistan's Fergana refinery becomes loot for investors. 

Sci-Hub, using legally dubious methods, makes academic research free to researchers worldwide. It is a win for Western academia.

The economic slowdown in China, a result of the coronavirus pandemic, has affected the gas trade. 

Kyrgyzstan opened a major border crossing with Uzbekistan, but will Tashkent let its citizens cross it?

The third edition of the FemAgora Central Asia festival began with online video conferences this year, as activists find new and original ways to create networks

Russia's vaccine has not completed critically important phase III trials, but Kazakhstan has made a deal for access if Sputnik V proves effective.