1 октября 2026

Central Asia news

THE BIG PICTURE COLUMN by Toni Michel. Central Asia’s Self-Defeating Anti-Terrorism Efforts

THE BIG PICTURE COLUMN by Toni Michel. Central Asia’s Self-Defeating Anti-Terrorism Efforts

31.01.2018 17:59 msk Afghanistan Analytics Business Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

Emomali Rahmon is a leader whose political whit served him well: not only is he the President of Tajikistan for the 26th year in a row, but he has also been able to personally enrich himself and his family. Having eliminated most of the checks on his power inside the country, something wholly differ

Boxing Day Package: A week in Central Asia at a glance

Boxing Day Package: A week in Central Asia at a glance

27.12.2017 14:19 msk Analytics Business Central Asia Politics

Preparations for Christmas festivities had left no time to follow all developments in Central Asia, and here we have made the digest of the most critical updates in the region.

'Go wherever you want.' Tashkent City project evicts people

'Go wherever you want.' Tashkent City project evicts people

18.12.2017 11:08 msk Business Human Rights Uzbekistan

On photo: the demolition of the building of the former district police on the street of Uzbekistan

History of one strange transaction or what makes billionaire in Kazakhstan

History of one strange transaction or what makes billionaire in Kazakhstan

23.11.2017 03:17 msk Business Kazakhstan

Exactly ten years ago, the financial world first in Kazakhstan , and then in Italy, actively discussed a somewhat unusual transaction for those times. Strange, however, more likely for Kazakhstan - for the first time a big western company with a worldwide reputation acquired a private commercial ban

With rockets for Erdogan Turkey risks losing allies

With rockets for Erdogan Turkey risks losing allies

16.11.2017 22:48 msk Business Politics Russia Turkey, Republic of

Russia and Turkey have finally agreed on the sale of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems by Russia to Turkey.

How farmers pay for grudge between presidents of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

How farmers pay for grudge between presidents of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

24.10.2017 23:58 msk Business Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz traders who tried to cross the border with Kazakhstan have been sustaining huge losses; the Kazakh government refuses to pass the produce - mostly vegetables and fruits - on and through its territory, explaining their neighbour and partner in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEA) has no means to

Half of Everything or Facta, Non Verba

Half of Everything or Facta, Non Verba

23.10.2017 09:26 msk Business Central Asia Editorial Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Uzbekistan

Weekly editorial by Ernest Zhanaev, English Editor, Fergana News

Human Rights Defenders: World Bank should press Uzbekistan for abandoning cotton slavery

Human Rights Defenders: World Bank should press Uzbekistan for abandoning cotton slavery

29.06.2017 15:18 msk Business Cotton Human Rights Uzbekistan

If you google “modern cotton slavery” phrase you would immediately understand what a country will be discussed. These words are tightly connected with Uzbekistan . Although, how much tightly?

Uzbekistan: mahalla waiting for President!

Uzbekistan: mahalla waiting for President!

15.06.2017 22:50 msk Analytics Business Editorial Politics Uzbekistan

Mahalla (in Uzbek, accent on the last syllable) - is a quarter community in the cities and villages of Central Asia

Anticorruption campaign in Tajikistan or show?

Anticorruption campaign in Tajikistan or show?

19.05.2017 00:07 msk Analytics Business Politics Tajikistan

This April was full of spectacular action-packed detective series of dismissals and arrests of former high-ranking officials of the agency overseeing combating corruption with no precedents in modern history of Tajikistan . Many of them are relatives of high-ranking state officials.

Uzbek opposition leader Bakhodir Choriev: Change without political reforms is useless

Uzbek opposition leader Bakhodir Choriev: Change without political reforms is useless

17.05.2017 15:52 msk Analytics Business Politics Uzbekistan

There will be no economic growth and progress in Uzbekistan in the next ten years, since the new president Shavkat Mirziyoyev continues the path of his predecessor Islam Karimov ‘without political reforms,’ which the country needs as air. They must be carried out first; otherwise any other changes w

Who owns media in Kazakhstan?

Who owns media in Kazakhstan?

16.05.2017 21:58 msk Analytics Business Human Rights Internet Kazakhstan Media Review Politics

In Kazakhstan , most of the media owners are hiding behind their formal founders. But, as they say, if the secret is known to three – then everyone knows this. Having talked with experts Fergana News Agency made its own list of the true owners of the Kazakh media.

Tajikistan: Time to privatise hills and meadows?

Tajikistan: Time to privatise hills and meadows?

15.05.2017 10:54 msk Business Politics Tajikistan

Every year, the cattle breeders of the border regions of northern Tajikistan face the same problem with the onset of spring. They are puzzled by what pastures to drive out their livestock in the spring-summer period, so that their herds return to them in the same amount that they gave to the shepher

Uzbek-born American Entrepreneurs  Gulam and Sardor Umarov Expanding Use of Latest Technologies

Uzbek-born American Entrepreneurs Gulam and Sardor Umarov Expanding Use of Latest Technologies

21.04.2017 18:57 msk Business Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

Gulyam and Sardor Umarov, natives of Uzbekistan, children of the formerly well-known opposition figure Sanjar Umarov, are currently engaged in large-scale technological projects in the U.S., while not forgetting their roots and developing business which is relevant with the interests of their homela

Wealth that was acquired: what potential presidents of Kyrgyzstan possess and conceal

Wealth that was acquired: what potential presidents of Kyrgyzstan possess and conceal

19.04.2017 11:03 msk Analytics Business Kyrgyzstan Politics

People everywhere are curious about how this or that person acquired a glut of wealth. In particular if some nouveau riche (and only this tells a lot) holds a high public office at the same time. There are countries where career growth correlates with financial – a newly rich having a cushy job. Fer

Seven moments from the life of Almazbek Atambayev

Seven moments from the life of Almazbek Atambayev

11.04.2017 14:01 msk Analytics Business Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics

The original article in Russian is here . Thanslated into English by openDemocracyRussia .

1 2 3 … 15