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06 August 06.08
What went wrong in Central Asia’s coronavirus response?How poor planning and a fixation on faulty test results undid months of hard work
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30 July 30.07
“The number of graves now is 15 times greater”Lebap region residents told to hide new graves from satellite imaging amid more reports of chaos in Turkmenistan’s COVID-19 response
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Turkmen medics threatened with criminal charges after PPE protest04.08 16:57 -
Turkmen activists carry coffins to WHO office in Washington01.08 12:36 -
Hospitals converted into pneumonia facilities and busy cemeteries as Turkmen media continues to warn of “harmful dust”28.07 20:47 -
Turkmenistan goes into lockdown over non-existent virus (and uses planes to disinfect its airspace)21.07 18:05 -
Face masks and social distancing “due to dust and wind-borne pathogens” blowing over borders, Turkmen health ministry says13.07 12:24 -
Berdymukhamedov and entire Turkmen government go on holiday immediately after WHO mission arrives07.07 18:24 -
Turkmen foreign ministry accuses US embassy of spreading fake news about Turkmen quarantining24.06 17:44 -
Turkmenistan finally announces readiness to receive WHO mission at start of July22.06 18:01 -
Turkmen authorities empty quarantine facilities of patients ahead of WHO mission visit11.06 16:20 -
Hong Kong and Ashgabat the most expensive cities in the world for foreigners10.06 16:40
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17 July17.07Tell it to the windThe WHO’s Turkmenistan mission reports back as the Turkmen government sticks to its bizarre airborne dust theory -
12 July12.07Show your face – paralyse the system!How the leaders of Turkmenistan’s new opposition movement see popular protest and the domestic situation in the country -
25 June25.06ВидеоAn Uzbek firstTashkent sends troops to Russia’s Victory Day Parade for the first time. There they took part alongside their neighbours -
02 June02.06How are Central Asian countries recording COVID-19 deaths?Recent reports from Almaty shed a little light on a rather unclear issue -
19 May19.05“I felt like a criminal”How Central Asia fought the coronavirus with quarantines – and appears to be winning -
23 April23.04Viral doubtIs Turkmenistan really free of the coronavirus? -
14 April14.04In harm’s wayRates of infection among Central Asian healthcare workers are alarming. Their complaints are rarely welcome -
01 April01.04Central Asia in lockdownIt’s been a busy week in COVID-19’s Central Asia. Here’s a quick summary -
26 March26.03Lung X-rays for travel, herbal fumes and a healthy dose of silenceHow Turkmenistan is fighting an officially non-existent epidemic -
20 March20.03A billion-dollar crisis package, appeals to private businesses and a bootleg alcohol tragedyThe latest coronavirus news from Central Asia -
19 March19.03Border closures, litigation against God in Kyrgyzstan and a lockdown in KazakhstanHow the coronavirus is being fought in Central Asia -
12 March12.03Russia’s presidential term reset – a master class from its neighboursFor Putin’s CIS colleagues, extending one’s rule through constitutional amendments is an old trick -
06 March06.03Badlands from the Pamirs to the VolgaHow desertification threatens the countries of Central Asia, and how it can be stopped -
26 February26.02Prisoners of ConscienceHow Jehovah’s Witnesses in Turkmenistan are being sent to labour camps for conscientious objection to military service -
23 February23.02Red-Bannered OccupationOne hundred years ago this year, the Bolsheviks invaded and abolished the Khanate of Khiva and the Emirate of Bukhara. Why were these monarchies doomed to extinction?