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25.05.2017 12:54 msk Analytics Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Migration Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
The recent terror act in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April, in the organisation of which Russian special services suspect people from Central Asia, exacerbated issues related to migration processes from the countries of this region to Russia. Last week in Moscow, the Sakharov Center jointly with t
10.05.2017 21:23 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan
The anti-government forces took control of the Qalay-I-Zal district of the Afghan province of Kunduz, located on the border with Tajikistan, world media reported on 7 May. Heavy battles that began shortly after the Taliban had announced the ‘spring offensive’ are going on in the Zebak district, as w
10.05.2017 15:30 msk Analytics Central Asia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan
Problems with the conservation of saiga (or saiga antelope) in Uzbekistan have increased, while attention from the state has decreased. About this tells an open letter from the public representatives of the country to the chairman of the State Committee for Nature Protection (‘Goskompriroda’, since
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
31.01.2017 09:21 msk Afghanistan Central Asia Human Rights Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Migration Politics Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Uzbekistan
Neo-patrimonial regimes have been established in Central Asian countries following the implosion of the Soviet Union. The new elites divided entire economies and “sweet-spot” government positions between “bosses” and their “vassals.” Meanwhile, the rest of the society, who are excluded from such net
20.01.2017 15:09 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Politics Tajikistan
Politicians and experts have long been expressing concerns regarding the situation on the Afghan side of the border near Tajikistan . The length of the border the two countries share is 1,344km, of which 920km are the Gorno-Badakhshan section while the remaining over 424km are the Khatlon Region of
18.01.2017 10:09 msk Analytics Business Central Asia Cotton Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
The Harvard International Review 's January 2017 edition includes an academic article on problems with water supply in Central Asia. The article author Alisher Ilkhamov is Alisher Ilkhamov is a Research Associate at the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus at the School of Oriental and
16.01.2017 13:20 msk Business Central Asia China Ferghana Valley Interview Kyrgyzstan Politics Uzbekistan
“Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists rewrite the history of an ancient city.” China’s Xinhua news agency carried a report under this title on January 11, 2017, which cites a forum on archaeology of the Academy of Public Sciences of China. According to the report, a group of archaeologists from China an
28.12.2016 04:27 msk Analytics Business Central Asia China Kyrgyzstan Politics
The Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) of Tajikistan , also known as Pamir—a namesake of mountains, occupies about 40 per cent of Tajikistan’s territory, i.e. about 63,700 sq. km. The region borders on Kyrgyzstan in the north, China in the east and Afghanistan in the south. The Pamir mountain
17.11.2016 17:52 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Interview Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Rosaria Puglisi, NATO Liaison Officer to Central Asia, Head of Office
25.10.2016 18:44 msk Central Asia Human Rights Politics
Over the past decade, more than 800 journalists have been killed in the line of duty, and only 8% of these cases have been resolved. These are the official figures of the Director-General of UNESCO, an organization of 195 Member States.
01.10.2016 08:35 msk Central Asia Media Review Politics Uzbekistan
The passing of Islom Karimov, the first president of independent Uzbekistan, in the late summer of 2016 raises important questions for the whole Central Asian region and for those who study it. Amid the clamour of media coverage about prospects for change under the leadership of interim President Sh
15.06.2016 15:31 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Tajikistan Uzbekistan
Islamophobia as a tool for pre-election race
20.05.2016 17:05 msk Analytics Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Tajikistan Uzbekistan
ISIS prepares suicide children bombers from Central Asia
19.11.2015 15:44 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Interview Politics Religious life
Taalatbek Masadykov, the former political director of the UN Special Political Mission to Afghanistan in 2002-2014, has had a conversation with Central Asia expert Arkadiy Dubnov to discuss the current events in Afghanistan and whether Taliban or IS could or should be negotiated with. They also disc
23.09.2015 22:38 msk Central Asia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan
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