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Central Asians working in Russia as street cleaners in a Moscow street. (RFE/RL).

Central Asia in Focus: Cost of Russian Work Permits Increase

The rising cost of Russian work permits for Central Asians, Kazakhstan’s water crisis, Tajikistan seeks EU preferential trade status, and more.

Burnt market in the village of Arka in Kyrgyzstan's Batken region, after the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border on August 16-17, 2022.

Central Asia In Focus: Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan Border

In this week’s edition: possible Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border reopening, Uzbek police convicted for role in Karakalpak violence, and more.

A Kazakh delegation meets with Afghan representatives in Kabul, Afghanistan in April 2023. (Public domain).

Central Asia in Focus: Concerns and Opportunities with the Taliban

In this week’s edition: Central Asian countries’ concerns about the Taliban, China funds a hydropower plant, and more.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh counterpart Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev at the summit with leaders of post-Soviet countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Astana, Kazakhstan on Oct. 14, 2022. (AFP).

Central Asia in Focus: Putin’s Credibility in Central Asia

Prigozhin’s mutiny, religious freedom in Kazakhstan, Kazakh and Kyrgyz companies help Russia avoid sanctions, and more.

Hydropower plant in Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan in November 2022. Kanat Ryskulov (RFE/RL).

Central Asia in Focus: Kyrgyzstan’s Energy Emergency 

In this week’s edition: Kyrgyzstan’s energy emergency, Tajik authorities declare Pamiri news outlet extremist, a death in a Turkmen breadline, and more.

Alga Kazakhstan activists attempt for the fifth time to submit their registration forms to the Justice Ministry in Astana, Kazakhstan in October 2022. Sanya Tolken (RFE/RL).

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.

Campaign posters of Uzbekistan's president and presidential candidate, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and other candidates decorate the Uzbek capital of Tashkent on July 7, 2023. Vyachselav Oseledko (AFP).

Central Asia in Focus: No Change in Uzbekistan Until At Least 2037

Plus the falling Russian ruble’s effect on remittances, the new China-Afghanistan route, and more.

People wait in a queue in front of a state grocery store to buy cooking oil in Turkmenistan. (RFE/RL).

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.

Uzbek Minister of Energy Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov, Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodzhaev, and Chair of the Gazprom Management Committee Alexey Miller reach an agreement on the supply of Russian gas to Uzbekistan. Courtesy photo (Uzbek Ministry of Energy).

Central Asia in Focus: Russian Gas Flows to Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan will receive Russian gas, Turkmenistan puts a new city on the map, and more.

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