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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
23.01.2018 12:14 msk Afghanistan Politics
The militants of the Haqqani network. Al-Jazeera
19.01.2018 17:24 msk Analytics Kazakhstan Politics Religious life
In 2017, from Kazakhstan, there was little news about outbursts of extremist or terrorist activity. Data on the number of people who were charged and imprisoned for committing crimes "against the peace and security of mankind" (under this heading all "extremist" and "terrorist" charges are grouped i
16.01.2018 13:13 msk Analytics Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics
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09.01.2018 22:06 msk Analytics Central Asia Kyrgyzstan Politics
Shortly before Kyrgyzstan’s Presidential elections in October 2017, the prominent American analyst Ian Bremmer interviewed President Almazbek Atambayev in a long article for TIME Magazine and introduced Kyrgyzstan as a “genuine democracy in a part of the world that doesn’t have any.” Atambayev himse
04.01.2018 16:22 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Interview Politics Religious life
One of the main issues on the world agenda of the outgoing year is the fight against the terrorist threat. The success of the international forces in countering the so-called "Islamic State" (the banned terrorist organisation "the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant", ISIL, IS, ISIS in English, or
28.12.2017 17:20 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
On 26 December, Tashkent journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev accused of an infringement on the constitutional order in Uzbekistan has suddenly rejected the assistance of lawyer Sergei Mayorov. He is the only defender who has managed to meet with the detained journalist two times, and who at least someho
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.
29.11.2017 13:29 msk Analytics Human Rights Kazakhstan Politics Religious life
In Western Kazakhstan, religious parents are suing the Ministry of Education: their daughters are not allowed to attend schools because they wear headscarves. Officials, representing a secular state, admit the possibility of a cross-claim - the failure to comply with parental responsibilities. Why i
22.11.2017 00:49 msk Afghanistan Central Asia Politics
Contradictions among various political groups in the northern Afghan province of Balkh have been exacerbating. These developments are happening against the backdrop of rumours about the possible return of the vice-president of Afghanistan, the leader of ethnic Uzbeks, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, to
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.
14.11.2017 23:49 msk Afghanistan Central Asia Politics Religious life Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
In the northern provinces of Afghanistan—Sar-e Pul and Balkh—the positions of the militants of the so-called "Islamic State" (the banned terrorist organisation "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," (ISIL), IS or ISIS in English, Daesh in Arabic) are visibly strengthened.
10.11.2017 00:08 msk Analytics Central Asia Interview Migration Politics Russia
On the eve of the centenary of the October Revolution, the Central Asian Analytical Network (CAAN) is returning to the question surrounding the administrative and territorial demarcation of Central Asia. In a conversation with the political scientist Raffael Sattarov, well-known Russian historian, e
08.11.2017 22:52 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Politics Turkmenistan
Over the past year, as the "Islamic State" ("Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," ISIL, ISIS or IS in English, Daesh or DAISH in Arab) has ceded its positions in Syria and Iraq, the architects of the world caliphate are said to be stepping up their activity in Afghanistan.
07.11.2017 18:38 msk Analytics Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
The last Uzbek address of Saipov was Bel-Tepa Street, Shayhantaur district, Tashkent. He had his registration discontinued in 2011, a year after he left for America. Ferghana News journalists and their Moscow colleagues visited the address early in the morning to see if perhaps one of the neighbours
02.11.2017 21:27 msk Analytics Migration Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
On 31 October, a terrorist attack ruined Halloween in New York. A 29-year-old man at the wheel of a rented truck drove at high speed onto a bike path running along the Hudson River, driving several blocks while crushing random passers-by and bicyclists. Then the pickup truck crashed into a school bu
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