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Briefly… Reid Standish on Covering China’s Influence

RFE/RL Correspondent Reid Standish discusses why he follows Chinese influence in Central Asia and beyond, and what he hopes readers and listeners will take away from his work.

A crowded courtroom in Bukhara. Around a dozen people sit in a glass cage at the back of the courtroom, guarded by policemen.

Central Asia In Focus: Karakalpak Trials

Karakalpak trials, Uzbekistan halts railway traffic to Afghanistan, independent media deterioration in Kyrgyzstan, and more.

Women protesting in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in early October.

Journalists in Trouble: Kyrgyz Government Moves to Shutter RFE/RL

Kyrgyz government moves to shut down RFE/RL; Radio Azadi defies Taliban restrictions; Darya Losik is sentenced; and more.

Nigora Muhiddinova wipes her face with a handkerchief.

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.

Women protest against a recent attack in Kabul.

RFE/RL Expands Broadcasts to Afghanistan Despite Taliban Ban

RFE/RL’s award-winning programming is now available 24/7 for millions of Afghan listeners.

RFE/RL journalist Toktosun Shambetov reports for Azattyk from Bishkek.

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.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda speaks at RFE/RL's Vilnius Opening

RFE/RL Opens New Offices in Vilnius and Riga to Reach Growing Audiences and Counter Disinformation

RFE/RL’s Riga office will eventually be one of the company’s largest reporting hubs, with state-of-the-art facilities for Current Time — a 24/7 Russian-language news platform — and Russian Service journalists…

he flag of Ukraine, which opposes Russian aggression, solemnly hoisted on the building of the Riga City Council.

RFE/RL Opens New Office in Riga, Latvia

RFE/RL’s Riga office will eventually be one of the company’s largest reporting hubs, with state-of-the-art facilities for Current Time — a 24/7 Russian-language news platform — and Russian Service journalists…

Construction of the Kambar-Ata 1 hydro power plant on June 8, 2022, taking place between giant, green mountains. The river winding between them runs muddy and brown.

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.

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