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Central Asia's week that was #52
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Central Asia's week that was #52

Kyrgyzstan railway project begins, Tajik-Kyrgyz borders erected, Turkmenistan to get family court. Also, opposition politicians sentenced, AI fakes, and Uzbeks clamping down on lavish partying.

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Workers begin construction on a 12-kilometre tunnel in Kyrgyzstan’s Suzak district; one of three key segments of the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway.
  • Kyrgyzstan began building three long mountain tunnels for the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway, a flagship Belt and Road project that will bypass Russia and Kazakhstan. Each tunnel w…

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