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A view of the new port on the shores of the Caspian Sea near Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan. (AP).

Central Asia in Focus: The Shrinking Caspian Sea

Receding water in the Caspian, Russia tries to maintain influence in Kyrgyzstan, legal questions in Kazakhstan, and more.

Deputy of the State Duma of Russia and head of the Just Russia faction Sergei Mironov. (RFE/RL).

Central Asia in Focus: Russia’s Influence on Kyrgyz Legislation

Plus an alleged coup in Kyrgyzstan, water shortage, toxic ammonia spill, and more.

The Taliban maintains that low water levels on Afghanistan's Helmand River –– which feeds lakes and wetlands in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province –– preclude releasing more water. (AFP).

Central Asia in Focus: Water Clashes

Afghan-Iran clashes over water, Kyrgyz “Foreign Representatives” law, Uzbek Opposition Leader attacked, and more.

Central Asian leaders with Xi Jinping

Central Asia in Focus: The Xian Summit

Xian Summit, military cooperation, Askar Akaev back in Kyrgyzstan, and more.

Kyrgyz migrant workers gather outside the Kyrgyz Embassy in Moscow, Aug. 17, 2020. (RFE/RL).

Central Asia in Focus: Central Asians Fighting for Russia in Ukraine

Uzbek Presidential Election, the Xian Summit, and more.

Activists of the Oyan, Qazaqstan! At a rally on Republic Square in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 20, 2022.

Central Asia in Focus: Wake Up, Kazakhstan Activists Jailed

Competition for nuclear power plants, Karakalpaks appeal, snap presidential election in Uzbekistan, and more.

Microphone with Azattyk logo in Bishkek City Court, Kyrgyzstan, on Feb. 2, 2023. Gulzhan Turdubaeva (RFE/RL).

Central Asia in Focus: Governments Tighten Shackles on Independent Media

State of press freedom in Central Asia, coming water crisis, resource nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, and more.

US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu. Bektur Stamkulov

Central Asia in Focus: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Visits Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Lukpan Akhmedyarov detained, Kazakh oil shipped through BTC, UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom makes recommendations, and more.

Taliban's Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Afghanistan.

Central Asia in Focus: Taliban’s Creeping Diplomatic Inroads in Central Asia

‘Terrorist’ and ‘Extremist’ charges in Tajikistan, China investing in Afghan lithium, ban on meetings in Bishkek, and more.

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