Turkmenistan

Release of High-Profile Turkmen Prisoner Unlikely to Mean Wider Amnesty

Turkmen Seek to Dictate Gas Price

US Airbase in Kyrgyzstan Could Stay After All

Afghan leader pleads for extension for supply point used by international forces in war on Taleban.

Water but no Gas in Tajikistan

IWPR’s Tajikistan radio editor Zebo Tajibaeva looks at the effects that continuing regional disputes over energy and gas are having on the country.

Helmand Gets a Lifeline

Buoyed by new airstrip, some officials hope to see tourists – but realists just pleased they can export local produce.

Belarus Seeks to Deal Direct With Ashgabat

Turkmen, Russians Divided Over Gas

Uzbek Border Lockdown After Andijan Violence

Traffic and trade with Kyrgyzstan halts as uneasy calm settles in Uzbek east.

Tajik Islamic Party Slowly Sidelined

Mainstream religious group failing to make headway in politics despite efforts to modernise and grow.

Kazaks to Shop Corrupt Officials for Cash

Will the latest effort to root out thieving bureaucrats be sustained and consistent enough to change long-established ways?