Turkmenistan
Central Asia in Focus: Kazakh Opposition Party Denied Registration For 16th Time
Kazakh opposition party denied registration, Taliban rejects Central Asian fuel, the deteriorating human rights situation in Tajikistan, and more.
Central Asia In Focus: Breadline Beatings In Turkmenistan
In this week’s edition, breadline beatings in Turkmenistan, a victory for maternal names in Kyrgyzstan, the upcoming Uzbek election, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Russian Gas Flows to Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan will receive Russian gas, Turkmenistan puts a new city on the map, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Water Clashes
Afghan-Iran clashes over water, Kyrgyz “Foreign Representatives” law, Uzbek Opposition Leader attacked, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Elections in Kazakhstan
Russian Pressuring Turkmenistan on Pipeline, sexual violence in Central Asia, death toll in Karakalpakstan, and more.
Central Asia In Focus: Karakalpak Trials
Karakalpak trials, Uzbekistan halts railway traffic to Afghanistan, independent media deterioration in Kyrgyzstan, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Russia’s Central Asian Casualties of War
Central Asians dying in Russia’s war, Kyrgyzstan’s judicial system problems, transportation corridor opens between India and Central Asia, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Attacks on RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service
Attacks on RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, Kazakhstan oil exports, human rights in Turkmenistan, Kyrgyz-Tajik ties, elections in Turkmenistan, and more.
Central Asia in Focus: Hydropower Cooperation
Former Uzbek President Islam Karimov once warned that large-scale hydropower projects that threatened the flow of water to downstream countries, such as Uzbekistan, could spark a war in Central Asia.
Central Asia in Focus: Potential Changes Kazakhstan’s Constitution
For nearly 28 years, Nursultan Nazarbaev ruled as president of independent Kazakhstan.