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Analysis
A teenager froze to death in the mountains near Bishkek
What happened, and will help come in time in the mountains of Central Asia?
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Analysis
Behind the “eternal friendship” between Baku and Tashkent: billions, business, and presidential families
Uzbekistan was the first country in Central Asia to sign a Treaty of Eternal Friendship with Azerbaijan. We look at the money and the business interests behind the rapprochement of Tashkent and Baku.
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Politics
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the U.S. crosshairs: What does Washington want from Astana and Tashkent?
The White House has put Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on a list of countries suspected of re-exporting Chinese goods to get around US tariffs. Dossym Satpayev on what this means for the region.
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Economy
Living in Tashkent: not just expensive, but VERY EXPENSIVE
Mezon Central worked out what a month of comfortable life in Tashkent costs: more than 12.5 million soums. That is more than the average wage in the capital and almost twice the median.
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Analysis
The son became president. How the Berdimuhamedovs divide power in Turkmenistan
Serdar Berdimuhamedov is building a team of his own, while his father stays in view. The main points of Galiya Ibragimova’s analysis for Carnegie Politika.
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Politics
Central Asia is selling air. How the region learned to turn geopolitics into a resource
Temur Umarov of the Carnegie centre in Berlin on why Washington will not lose interest in Central Asia, how far China’s influence has gone and why nobody is going to divide up the region.
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Climate
The Qosh Tepa canal: why Central Asia’s water security is at risk
Afghanistan has nearly finished a canal on the Amu Darya without agreeing it with its neighbours. What that means for Uzbekistan and the rest of the region.
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Business
Following the EU, Switzerland lifts sanctions on Alisher Usmanov
Following Brussels, Bern has taken Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman off its sanctions list. That does not free them from every restriction in Europe.
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Opinions
Mezon Central. Let’s get to the bottom of it.
We want the region to be better understood. What Mezon Central will cover, and the rules we work by.
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Politics
“I serve my father”: 42 facts about Saida Mirziyoyeva
The Uzbek president’s elder daughter has turned 42. The main facts about her career, her powers and her family.
