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Tajik-Afghan borders in photos: What lies on the other side of Panj River?

Tajik-Afghan borders in photos: What lies on the other side of Panj River?

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

High and Dry: Central Asia’s Failure to Avert the Impending Water Crisis

High and Dry: Central Asia’s Failure to Avert the Impending Water Crisis

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

Radio Liberty: “We hope Tajik authorities understand their mistake and reinstate our journalists’ accreditation”

Radio Liberty: “We hope Tajik authorities understand their mistake and reinstate our journalists’ accreditation”

29.11.2016 09:36 msk Human Rights Tajikistan

Late last week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan revoked the accreditations of six journalists of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) based in Dushanbe. The exterior ministry provided no comments on the decision. However, the journalists’ accreditation was revoked after RFE/RL’

NATO Liaison Office in Tashkent to close, but alliance to continue cooperation in region

NATO Liaison Office in Tashkent to close, but alliance to continue cooperation in region

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

Tajikistan’s imitation civil society

Tajikistan’s imitation civil society

10.10.2016 12:04 msk Analytics Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan

Civic activism has been on the rise in Tajikistan in recent years. At first, groups of disgruntled women started breaking into opposition parties’ offices and western embassies , accusing the first of wanting to start a new war in the country, and the second of harbouring dissidents. Then the disgru

«Hizb ut-Tahrir» and Donald Trump: mutual contempt

«Hizb ut-Tahrir» and Donald Trump: mutual contempt

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

Lost childhood in the «Caliphate»

Lost childhood in the «Caliphate»

20.05.2016 17:05 msk Analytics Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Tajikistan Uzbekistan

ISIS prepares suicide children bombers from Central Asia

“Russia’s southward turn”: Who benefits?

“Russia’s southward turn”: Who benefits?

18.09.2015 00:59 msk Afghanistan Analytics Business Central Asia China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

We discussed Russia’s “southward turn”, a much-discussed topic lately, with Vladimir Milov, a well-known Russian economist, politician and Demokraticheskiy Vybor Party Chairman. After all, the roads to “long monies” that are vital for any economy’s survival are closed in the Europe-bound directions.

Who benefits from the armed mutiny in Tajikistan? Analyses, opinions, comments

Who benefits from the armed mutiny in Tajikistan? Analyses, opinions, comments

09.09.2015 12:15 msk Politics Religious life Tajikistan

Over the last few days, Tajikistan again found itself under the mass media limelight and in the centre of the international communication’s attention. The reason is yet another armed mutiny in the country and the ensuing operation by the power-wielding bodies to capture the suspected militants scatt

Russian expert on Arab affairs: Authoritarian regimes are main recruiters for IS

Russian expert on Arab affairs: Authoritarian regimes are main recruiters for IS

30.08.2015 02:07 msk Afghanistan Central Asia China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Uzbekistan

The so-called Islamic State (IS) group is one of the major threats to peace and stability in the world today, having caused so much speculation around this abbreviation. We believe it is simply necessary to interview one of the leading Russian experts on the matters of the Arab world. Aleksandr Shum

Muhiddin Kabiri: Closing IRPT will not bring about better life in Tajikistan

Muhiddin Kabiri: Closing IRPT will not bring about better life in Tajikistan

06.07.2015 00:37 msk Human Rights Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan

Muhiddin Kabiri, the leader of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), has inadvertently become the main newsmaker for Tajik and foreign mass media outlets. Mr Kabiri broke silence he kept for the last three weeks and made himself available for journalists.

Uzbek border guards kill Kazakh, wound Tajik nationals, fire at Kyrgyz colleagues

Uzbek border guards kill Kazakh, wound Tajik nationals, fire at Kyrgyz colleagues

01.07.2015 12:11 msk Human Rights Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan Uzbekistan

Three incidents involving firearms have taken place in three different parts of the Uzbek borders with neighbours recently.

Murder in Istanbul: Political terror effective in CIS

Murder in Istanbul: Political terror effective in CIS

08.03.2015 11:28 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Politics Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of

Tajik oppositionist Umarali Kuvvatov assassinated in Istanbul shortly after Boris Nemtsov’s assassination in Moscow

Kazakhstan: Domestic homicide provokes another pogrom against ethnic group

Kazakhstan: Domestic homicide provokes another pogrom against ethnic group

11.02.2015 01:24 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Kazakhstan Tajikistan

Journalists based in South Kazakhstan kindly provided Fergana with photographs from the scene of events; said journalists are unable to publish these images in their own mass media.

Sergey Abashin: “The Soviet Village: Between Colonialism and Modernism”

Sergey Abashin: “The Soviet Village: Between Colonialism and Modernism”

17.12.2014 00:33 msk Books Central Asia Interview Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan

The cover page of the book “The Soviet Village: Between Colonialism and Modernism” by Sergey Abashin (ISBN 978-5-4448-0219-9 ISSN 1815-7912).

Is Central Asia afraid of ISIS?

Is Central Asia afraid of ISIS?

12.11.2014 17:57 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia China Interview Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

Several weeks ago ISIS (also known as ISIL and Islamic State) forces reached Turkey’s borders, destroying all ‘infidels’ in their path, by which they mean both Christians and Muslims belonging to other branches of Islam. Support for ISIS has also extended beyond its region: Afghan and Pakistani memb

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