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Respected anti-monopoly chief slapped down after upsetting well-connected oligarch.
Opium and heroin becoming commonplace as authorities fail to tackle spiralling problem.
Regional gathering underlines Uzbekistan’s shifting foreign policy priorities.
Turkmen women flee to Uzbekistan to get around decree that places too high a price on their happiness.
Uzbeks living on the wrong side of the border are told to get Turkmen passports – or get out.
Shocking stories of abuse from drug abuse clinic, where even the neighbours say they can see inmates being beaten up.
An Arabic teacher disappears without trace amid concerns that police might implicate him in March violence.
Authorities continue to create obstacles for school-leavers who want to study abroad.
Suburbs fall victim to Turkmen president’s grand design as he rebuilds the capital to his own taste.
In the last remaining expanses of water, fishermen in the Aral Sea region struggle to make a living.