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Catherine PutzThe Diplomat |
Amid Kazakhstan and the European Union's multifaceted relations, connectivity remains a throughline.
While the companies haven’t been named, what’s clear is that Bishkek wants to be seen making an effort to address the EU’s sanctions...
A bank lending a business money is hardly cause for a headline. But this is no ordinary loan.
A week after being opened to public scrutiny, the Tashiev trial has again been closed once more.
If earlier moves toward more direct elections were indictive of Kazakhstan's political maturation, what should we make of the reversal of that effort?
The first hearings featured a verbal argument between Tashiev and a witness and were followed by a leak of interrogation videos.
The merger is the latest step in the consolidation – or rebranding – of power under President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The names change; the system...
Tashkent and Moscow celebrated the start of construction on the plant – two months after the companies involved celebrated the same thing.
While still growing, Kyrgyzstan’s GDP may slow due to increasing weight of sanctions.
Moscow is reportedly furnishing as much as 85 percent of the financing for the project.
The scam economy is an industrialized system that merges cyber fraud with human trafficking and money laundering, all thriving under political...
If legitimacy is tied to history, then exactly how that history is interpreted matters beyond conference rooms packed with historians.
“I don’t find evidence that [Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan] are yet grappling with the water needs of next-generation industries.”
Steve Swerdlow, a well-known Central Asia researcher and a USC professor, was leading a group of 16 students to Kyrgyzstan when he was denied entry...
There has been a curious uptick in Central Asia-Africa relations this year, led by Kyrgyzstan.
Russia's Sergei Shoigu also said that "a return of third-country military infrastructure to Afghanistan or the deployment of new military facilities...
Despite small steps in 2023 and 2024, the 2025 harvest reportedly saw a complete return to the mobilization of state employees into the fields.
According to his lawyer, Tashiev has been indicted on charges of plotting a coup and the case has been classified.
Following the 2025 regional drought, Kazakhstan authorities have warned about below-average reservoir levels and the possibility for summer shortages.
In their bilateral meetings, Putin emphasized how grateful he was that the Kazakh and Uzbek leaders came to stand with Russia.
With Aibek Dadebay – until very recently the head of the presidential administration – at its head, Adilet looks to be just another...
For a region little covered in the global press, every thoughtful effort to tell local stories is a bright light in the dark.
With the celebration expected to be toned down under possible threat of Ukrainian drone strikes, fewer foreign dignitaries are expected.
Tashiev has not yet been detained, but has reportedly been instructed not to leave town.
In his statement, Tashiev urges people not to protest and "act only within the law."
Karimova – already serving a 13-year sentence in Uzbekistan – wasn’t allowed to attend the trial in Switzerland and as such, the judges...
Despite consistent chatter about the need for diversification, Ashgabat has struggled to reach customers other than China given infrastructure...
The EU’s tool – branded as a “last resort measure” – is being used for the first time to cut off export of certain high-tech goods to Kyrgyzstan.
“There have been no official statements from the Russian side yet, but from unofficial sources, we know it's true,” Kazakh Energy Minister Yerlan...
Zholdasbay Sagidullayev allegedly approached a district police department building and repeatedly shouted, "Alga, Karakalpakstan!"
After protesting Chinese state policies in Xinjiang, and after apparent pressure from Beijing, the group of Kazakhs were charged with “inciting...
The charging of the officer comes amid increased scrutiny of the deaths of Kazakh soldiers, often quite young, during peacetime.
Put one way, the Japarov-Tashiev split is a “political divorce… involving high stakes, such as significant assets, complex business structures, or...
With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, Bangladesh is in a dire strait of its own and looking far afield for new energy partners, like...
Shairbek, who resigned from parliament last month, had previously been questioned as a “witness" in the Kyrgyzneftgas case.
A recent survey dives into the media consumption habits of Kazakhs.
A former Kyrgyz prosecutor general has called on the Kyrgyz government to create an independent commission to review the activities of the State...
This week the former head of the National Bank and the brother of Kamchybek Tashiev were questioned, the former then detained.
There’s no easy solution, but the most obvious first step is to empower individuals to think critically about what they read online.
Concrete is being poured at a site in Jizzakh region which will host Uzbekistan’s first nuclear power plant.
Dr. Zhanibek Arynov shares insights gleaned from his research into public perceptions of the EAEU in Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, a decade...
Although the Kyrgyz Supreme Court had previously upheld the verdict against her, Tazhibek kyzy was granted a new trial and released on parole this...
That Tashiev is being questioned as a witness, rather than detained as a culprit, is a political hedge.
After 25 and 32 years, respectively, Meret Orazov and Aksoltan Ataeva are out of their U.S.-based diplomatic jobs, allegedly for failing to score...
The head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Tax Service has alleged that “Kyrgyzneftegaz was completely under the control of the State Committee for National...
The beleaguered outlet, and its founder, had been branded “extremist” in October 2025.
In its latest report, USCIRF has urged the Trump administration to finally make designations of egregious violators of religious freedoms.
According to RFE/RL's Uzbek Service, Ismail Jahongirov – sentenced last year to 23 years in prison – died by suicide while in the prison’s...
It’s awkward to be on record calling Trump the “president of peace” as he plunges the Middle East into a likely catastrophic conflict.
"We are not asking Kyrgyzstan not to have trading relations with Russia. We only ask that that trading relationship does not involve the deliberate...
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