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Catherine PutzThe Diplomat |
When he was extradited to Kyrgyzstan earlier this year, Matraimov was alleged to be connected to an opaque assassination plot. He just got off with a...
After a long legal battle, the rapist of a 16-year-old disabled girl in Kyrgyzstan was sentenced to 11 years in prison. The case illustrates how...
Despite a ban on rallies in much of Bishkek since March 2022, there have actually been rallies, protests, and even riots in the country in recent...
The two sides say they’ve reached an agreement and fully completed the description of their mutual border. The next steps will be even more...
The two countries elevated ties to a comprehensive partnership.
The alleged coup plot features every one of President Emomali Rahmon’s personal bêtes noires.
Arrests, an extradition from South Korea, and a waterfall of security official resignations: One month since the Allamajonov assassination attempt.
“The energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables is a crucial part of the cure for climate change. But it’s a cure with brutal side...
“Let’s write about our country in a positive light and try to focus less on negative news,” Cabinet head Akylbek Japarov said.
The messages provide a glimpse as to what the Central Asian states wish to see from the next U.S. administration and how they aim to position...
The stories of three men jailed this year in Uzbekistan for taking part in Russia’s war in Ukraine together tell a tale of desperation and...
Although branded as commercial deals, most of the agreements involve a steel and mining company recently acquired and renamed by a state-owned private...
Over the last decade, Tajikistan has pursued Group 24 activists around the world.
Russia is increasingly reliant on transnational schemes to circumvent sanctions, which occasionally run through Central Asia.
Uzbekistan’s prosecutor general has urged media to reply only on official sources of information in relation to the recent assassination attempt....
Jeromy Pittmann was convicted of providing false recommendation letters to more than 20 SIV applicants in exchange for bribes, undermining an already...
A member of the group, also kidnapped from Turkiye earlier this year, was given a 20 year sentence. The exact charges are unknown.
O’zLiDeP, already the dominant force in the country’s parliament, saw its vote share increase in an election observers said lacked real...
“Xi has significantly moved the ideological needle -- making China more Leninist, more Marxist and more nationalist.”
The countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus are being used to facilitate the transfer of sanctioned goods into Russia, including allegedly 13,000...
Of the 11 journalists charged in a case that has drawn heavy criticism, two received prison sentences, two probation, and seven were acquitted.
A 27-year-old Afghan national in the U.S. on a special immigrant visa and a juvenile accomplice were arrested on October 7 after allegedly purchasing...
Putin characterized cooperation within the CIS as “one of the Russian Federation's top foreign policy priorities.”
Despite Kazakhstan’s efforts to reschedule the Kashagan maintenance, the drop in production conveniently forces Astana to meet commitments it has...
Critics argue that the Kazakh people were presented a largely one-sided positive view of the referendum, making the victory of the “yes” camp...
Typically, rationing in rural areas begins in late October, but this year the state power company announced the start of restrictions on electricity...
The case has come to define Kyrgyzstan's autocratic slide under President Sadyr Japarov.
How and why did the U.S, China, and Russia allocate humanitarian aid during the COVID-19 pandemic?
The sheer diversity of feminist movements across the Asia and Pacific weaves into a singular tapestry telling a story of solidarity, striving, and...
Akayev has the dual distinction of having been independent Kyrgyzstan’s first president and also its first president to be ousted in a popular...
Amid increased migration regulations and enforcement, the Kyrgyz government urged citizens to “temporarily refrain” from traveling to Russia...
Based on reports of the case, it seems to be an all-too-familiar pattern of online indoctrination and radicalization.
Kloop co-founder Rinat Tukhvatshin has vowed to "continue to publish the most in-depth investigations, the most balanced news, and the most incisive...
The question – “Do you agree with the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan?” – will be put to voters on October 6.
The United States “overestimated the power that the U.S. military could bring to bear in changing Afghanistan.”
The ultimate fate of the 46 Afghan aircraft that fled the country and landed in Uzbekistan as the Republic collapsed in 2021 isn’t surprising, but...
Bishkek is barreling down a slippery slope, with a history of judging as “false” reports the government simply doesn’t like the tone of.
Any conviction under Kazakhstan’s broadly, and broadly applied, extremism statues lands an individual on the Financing Terrorism List. Even if their...
“By understanding how climate is reshaping the global landscape, we can more effectively prepare our forces to operate under changing conditions.”
Amid a recent visit by Uzbekistan’s prime ministers, the two sides signed $2.5 billion in trade and investment deals.
Three years after the Taliban returned to power, the Afghan diaspora in the Washington, D.C. area demonstrated outside the White House calling for...
Cargo reportedly originating in Kyrgyzstan was found to be concealing nearly 1,000 pounds of heroin when examined in a Bulgarian port.
Following a magnitude-7.1 earthquake in the Nankai Trough, Japanese authorities have warned of an increased risk of a significant earthquake.
Branded as the “first” gathering of the region’s energy ministers, the meeting resulted in a jint communique promising further cooperation in...
With Yerevan’s relationship with the alliance “frozen” and repeated statements of intent to leave entirely, it’s no surprise Armenia is...
Officials on both sides say they’ve agreed to 94 percent of the border and hope for an agreement soon.
Duman Mukhammedkarim was accused of financing an extremist group and participating in a banned group's activities for sharing an interview he’d...
New bills speeding up the deportation process and insisting on military registration for new citizens are predicted to spark a “migration crisis”...
Five years after the hollowing out of Article 370, “Alienation from the Indian union is high in the valley.”
With a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the start of work on an access road, the Taliban and China aim to get the Mes Aynak project underway again.