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Former dictator’s daughter and socialite Gulnara Karimova faces charges over organisation known as ‘the office’
Farming body seeks recruits from 6,000 miles away in fight to help rural economy
Moving from Cyrillic-based to modified Latin script will distance the central Asian state symbolically from Russia
Chinese president’s offer to help with security comes as Russian influence in the region weakens
The country’s contribution to the architecture biennale takes the form of an ancient mazelike fort
Chinese president holds two-day summit with leaders of region crucial to security, trade and energy
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — can you mate in three in 10 minutes?
Goods crossing the border surged last year as sanctions stymied Moscow’s access to western markets
Push by three agencies comes amid fears imports flowing from UAE and Turkey are fuelling war in Ukraine
EU trade with economies including Central Asia and the Caucasus has leapt as their sales to Moscow increased
Move would allow gold miner to split its Russian and Kazakh businesses
Puzzle: can you solve this picturesque mate in two?
Tashkent backs Uzbek-Russian oligarch in challenging punitive measures imposed after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine
As the attack on Ukraine runs into trouble, states from Moldova to Kazakhstan are refusing to follow Moscow’s lead
Moscow’s regional influence wanes on opposition to Ukraine invasion in central Asia and the Caucasus
Some 100,000 people and counting have sought refuge in the former Soviet republic to avoid conscription
Humanitarian border policies complicate countries’ relations with Moscow
Chinese president expected to travel to central Asia and meet Vladimir Putin this month
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says move after anti-government protests will lessen risk of ‘power monopolisation’
It’s 20 years since the city’s only maker of the traditional item opened — though thousands of years have gone into its craft
A week’s cycle adventure takes riders through the remote and spectacular Tian Shan mountains
Puzzle: find the move to defeat Caruana
Ruling that would have halted crude flows has been overturned, easing fears of supply disruptions
Move to strip autonomous region of special status dropped but analysts warn unrest could spread
Genetic and archaeological evidence show plague pandemic began in Kyrgyzstan in 1338
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