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Heads of ex-Soviet nations tour the State Russian Museum with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.

Central Asia in Focus: Russian Ties

Central Asian diplomacy with Russia and the West, effects of Afghan water project, Serdar Berdymukhammedov’s presidency, a new Kazakhstan?, and more.

An image of Latvian President Egils Levits speaking at RFE/RL's Riga Launch

RFE/RL Launches “Current Time Baltics” to Counter Kremlin Propaganda

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) launched “Current Time Baltics” on its Russian-language television and digital network Current Time.

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Central Asia in Focus: Bombings South of Uzbekistan

An Act of Defiance in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan’s Mazhilis elections, UNHCHR Chief Visiting Central Asia, and more.

The President of Uzbekistan (R) shakes US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's hand (L) in Tashkent.

Central Asia in Focus: Blinken Visits Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Blinken Visits Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz hydropower, gender-based violence in Central Asia, inequality in the workplace, and more.

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Journalists in Trouble: RFE/RL Challenges Kyrgyz Government Crackdown

Kyrgyz government continues crackdown on RFE/RL; Taliban blocks Radio Azadi websites; Iran sanctions RFE/RL President; and more.

A group of activists protest in a snowy park.

Central Asia in Focus: Almaty Authorities Reject Women’s Day March

Almaty Authorities Reject Women’s Day March, Tajik Authorities Ban Home Prayer Meetings for Ismaili Muslims, Central Asian-Russian relations one year on from war in Ukraine, and more.

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Central Asia in Focus: Elections in Kazakhstan

Russian Pressuring Turkmenistan on Pipeline, sexual violence in Central Asia, death toll in Karakalpakstan, and more.

A large team of rescue workers from Kazakhstan and Turkey pull out Hatice Akar from a collapsed building 180 hours after the earthquake in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey.

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.

RFE/RL President and CEO Jamie Fly meets with officials in Ukraine and Moldova.

RFE/RL President and CEO Jamie Fly Advocates for Azattyk in Visit to Kyrgyzstan

As the Kyrgyz government takes steps to shut down RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, President and CEO Jamie Fly visited Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to advocate for the Service.

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