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Tightly fought race defies region’s reputation for autocracy
Dozens of candidates enter race as ruling party’s grip on ballot slips
Commentators from Beijing to Tehran swipe at Trump and Clinton’s ‘ugly’ campaigns
Transport and energy projects connecting Central Asia
The next president must work to build an effective common market, writes Ahmed Rashid
Kyrgyzstan state security says Nusra Front financed the suicide attack in August
Area is dominated by ageing autocrats pointing to possible future instability
Car carrying a bomb rammed compound gates, says deputy PM
A journey on horseback into Central Asia takes gardening correspondent Robin Lane Fox into valleys crammed with flora
A ribbon of road, rail and energy projects to help increase trade
The region is both welcoming and wary of Beijing’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative
Celebration of the unexpected voices who challenge rhetorical greats
Ex-communist states great for business, despite a taste for graft
Hydrocarbon importers suffer more than exporters, despite oil price slide
Kyrgyzstan reinforces borders as regional leaders travel to Russia to discuss situation
Political parties appear to be vehicles for prominent individuals to further their own interests
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