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Catherine PutzThe Diplomat |
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...
Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. said the complaint cited the risks posed to “American investments which are being performed through Kazakhstan.”
Rahmon surfaced after an apparent 17-day absence on February 14. His stepping out of the limelight stirred up rumors of ill health.
And Japarov’s time in office seems to have been given an end-date: 2032.
The Border Service has been taken out from under the GKNB and at least five people who signed a letter calling for early presidential elections have...
Less than six months ago, Tokayev said haste in changing the constitution was “completely inappropriate.”
The surprise dismissal comes while Tashiev is reportedly out of the country.
In "The Islands and the Stars," Subodhana Wijeyeratne charts how Tokyo's space program has changed over the past century.
Laramide President and CEO Marc Henderson called recent changes to the country's subsoil use law “a spectacular own goal." He characterized it as...
U.S. policy toward Central Asia has narrowed to the economic realm.
Kazakh authorities, and the Eurasian Economic Commission, say the slowdown is resulting from increased measure to combat the “illegal trafficking of...
Since the start of 2026, at least four Kazakh servicemen – mostly young conscripts – have died in accidents, some with murky circumstances and...
The Karakalpak lawyer was sentenced in 2023 to 16 years in prison; ever since there have been consist reports of his mistreatment and torture.
Bishkek has reportedly taken Moscow to the EAEU court over Russia's failure to provide social protection – medical insurance – to the families of...
Uzbek media reports that Bakhodir Siddikov, until mid-December head of Uzbekistan’s state oil and gas company, has been taken into custody amid a...
Central Asia’s two largest states have both sought to court the famously temperamental and transactional U.S. president.
“I believe that, eventually, the Chinese government will pay the price for its actions.”
Despite presidential pledges to expand opportunities for the development of parties, Kazakhs seeking to register new political parties are more often...
The Asian countries apparently impacted include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal,...
Four of seven high priority sites have been remediated, with work underway at a fifth, partially completed but apparently stalled at a sixth, and...
Tashkent’s progress with the WTO accelerated in 2023 and the finish line is in sight.
For the second time in a month, Uzbek authorities have restricted hours at methane filling stations due to a drop in gas pipeline pressure.
Following the imposition of visa bonds for Kyrgyz travelers to the United States, a Kyrgyz politician has suggested Bishkek reassess its visa-free...
At least four were killed in a recent outbreak of violence between locals and a gold mining company allegedly backed by the Taliban.
While the pilot program largely targets countries in Africa, the latest expansion includes countries in Central Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific.
The visa bond pilot program mandates that otherwise eligible applicants for business or tourism visas from select countries, now including...
Tokayev proposed that the EAEU focus on artificial intelligence, logistics, digitalization, free trade, and global dialogue.
In the aftermath of an alleged attack on one of Putin's residences, the Central Asian governments came out quickly with calls and condemnations,...
As non-members, the G-20 has not been particularly relevant for either Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan. What’s relevant is the U.S. president’s attention.
The law goes to President Tokayev next for signature.
Unique among those countries subject to travel bans by the U.S. earlier this year, restrictions on the issuance of nonimmigrant visas to Turkmen...
An interview with Edward Lemon on the recent attacks targeting Chinese workers near the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.
The law is set for consideration in the Senate next week.
Kyrgyzstan abolished capital punishment in 2007; President Japarov has suggested reinstating it as a way to confront horrific crimes against women and...
2026 looks to be a pivotal year in which the trilateral hydropower project will either make serious steps forward or languish, as previous efforts...
The commission says all 14 candidates won’t be permitted to run again for the seat, but a court could reverse that decision.
Pressure has allegedly been mounting for months on the popular outlet.
In one of the attacks, a drone was reportedly used to drop grenades on Chinese workers.
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