Tajikistan is heaping insult upon injury with its merciless persecution of a lawyer, his lawyer, and his family.

Not quite.

The commission will be taking “Tajik traditions” and “modern” life into consideration in promoting "appropriate" clothing.

Better to hire a Rahmon, than anger one.

An important building block in any cult of personality is a whole shelf of laudatory texts.

"So much has gone awry that most... produce little more than puzzled expressions when asked who is to blame."

Tajikistan is at peace, but its future remains bleak.

“When the repression machine begins to work, it destroys everyone."

The Kremlin may be using relations with Qatar and Glencore to lean on Tajikistan to join the EEU.

An Uzbek family's journey to America; ice fishermen in Kazakhstan; and politics in Tajikistan. Weekend reads.

Rustam Emomali is the new mayor of Tajikistan's capital.

President Emomali Rahmon’s hopeful tone belies reality and history.

A reasonable report, an aluminium feud, and Kazakh movies; weekend reads.

Dushanbe is hamstrung by lack of international investor confidence, a result of perceived instability and corruption.

Dushanbe looks to parlay its Islamic credentials into increased financial support and investment.

Dushanbe signs on an Italian company for construction, Tashkent says the project is a leftover of “Soviet megalomania.”