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Alsu Kurmasheva hits 100 days in Russian detention; RFE/RL journalist Dmytro Yevshyn injured by Russian artillery fire in Ukraine; and more.
While Kyrgyzstan’s independent media scene has been slowly deteriorating for two years, January 15 marked a turning point.
In this week’s edition: Turkey pushes the Kyrgyz-Tajik border deal forward. Plus Central Asian states are looking bad in the latest Human Rights Watch 2024 report, and more.
RFE/RL Video Producer Parisa Sohbati on Radio Farda’s new podcast, “Vida.”
January 12 marks the first anniversary of the opening of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Riga office.
Kyrgyzstan has changed its national flag.
It has been more than 30 years since the five Central Asian states became independent, yet the term “Russia’s backyard” is often still used by some people.
Central Asia has never enjoyed so much international attention as it has since Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine.
In this week’s edition: is the Taliban’s controversial canal leaking water? Plus a Kyrgyz Kurultai turns into a cult fest for President Japarov, and more.
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