Uzbekistan
Central Asia In Focus: Central Asia Feels The Effects Of Turkey’s Earthquakes
Earthquakes, Kyrgyzstan’s Kempirabad case, RIP Oleg Panfilov, how Russia and Political insiders cash in on Uzbekistan’s gas sector, 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.
Central Asia in Focus: Starving For Justice in Kyrgyzstan
Starving for Justice in Kyrgyzstan, Chasing the Messenger in Uzbekistan, a conversation with Mary Lawlor, the fate of RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service Azattyk.
Central Asia in Focus: Tajik Courts Dispense Injustice
Tajik courts dispense injustice, Russia tries to recruit Central Asian migrant laborers, When will Uzbekistan’s President go to Kyrgyzstan?
Central Asia in Focus: Kyrgyzstan Cracks Down on Independent Media, Civil Society
Kyrgyzstan has always been considered more democratic than its Central Asian neighbors.
Central Asia in Focus: Cold Reception in Russia for Kazakh President
Kazakh President visits Russia, expanding the Middle Corridor, investigating the violence in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpak Republic, and more.