Central Asia

A week ago, Matraimov pleaded guilty to corruption and was fined $3,000. He may soon face new charges.

Another investor has left Kazakhstan, highlighting the worsening business climate. 

After a tumultuous 2020, Kyrgyzstan faces continued political and economic challenges in 2021.

Accessing seaports at lower costs and shorter distances is a decades-old issues Tashkent is trying to solve, Pakistani ports might be the answer. 

Many in the Uyghur diaspora feel they have a target on their back.

Serdar Berdimuhamedov will be joining the Cabinet of Ministers, another step on the road to a dynasty. 

Tashkent has promoted privatization schemes before. Is this time different?

Despite investigative journalists finding his hands deep in a $700 million smuggling scheme, Matraimov will do no jail time.

In Almaty, Kazakhstan's former capital and largest city, a group of mostly old women have continued to protest Chinese policies in Xinjiang.

The acquittal of Swedish executives whose company admitted to bribing Gulnara Karimova for access to the Uzbek telecom market undermines anti-corruption efforts.

The country's elections -- previously held in late December -- will now be held in October.

TAPI has long been hailed as a monumentally important project – but it's unclear whether it will ever be built.