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2019-11-12

| Security

Kremlin seen using IS attack in Tajikistan to further interests in region

Kremlin seen using IS attack in Tajikistan to further interests in region

Moscow has a history of exaggerating and scaremongering to try to convince Central Asian countries that they 'need' Russian military assistance.

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Bursting at the seams: inside an 'Islamic State' prison in Syria

2019-11-11

| Security
Bursting at the seams: inside an 'Islamic State' prison in Syria

Kurdish authorities say more than 12,000 IS suspects of at least 50 nationalities are being held in prisons they control in Syria.
Persecuted at home, ethnic Kazakhs from China seek asylum in Kazakhstan

2019-11-08

| Diplomacy
Persecuted at home, ethnic Kazakhs from China seek asylum in Kazakhstan

A million people, mostly of Muslim ethnic minorities, are estimated to be held in Xinjiang internment camps that authorities have called 'vocational education centres.
Jailed Kazakh IS member recounts radicalisation, regrets wasted youth

2019-11-07

| Terrorism
Jailed Kazakh IS member recounts radicalisation, regrets wasted youth

Kazakh citizen Bakhtiyar Ibrayev says in a film that he was deceived by propaganda disseminated by the extremist group, which led him to fight for it in Syria.

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Details emerge about secret Russian unit intent on fomenting world disorder

Unit 29155 operates under the command of the Russian military intelligence agency and has been tied to attempted coups, assassination plots and disinformation campaigns around the globe.
Details emerge about secret Russian unit intent on fomenting world disorder
Worrying signs for Kremlin as Russian troops pelted with stones in Syria

2019-11-06

| Security
Worrying signs for Kremlin as Russian troops pelted with stones in Syria

Resentment against Russia has been steadily growing in Syria amid new revelations the Kremlin has committed war crimes and atrocities against the Syrian people.
15 'Islamic State' members killed in attack on Tajik-Uzbek border post

2019-11-06

| Terrorism
15 'Islamic State' members killed in attack on Tajik-Uzbek border post

Recent reports suggest IS, with its so-called 'caliphate' now gone, appears to be shifting its focus to Afghanistan and other countries close by.
Ashgabat eyes prospect of Turkmen gas supplies to Europe

2019-11-05

| Energy
Ashgabat eyes prospect of Turkmen gas supplies to Europe

If completed, an undersea pipeline would allow Turkmenistan to send tens of billions of cubic metres of gas to European markets annually and bypass the Russian pipeline system.
Kazakh, Tajik defence ministers confer on expanded security co-operation

2019-11-04

| Security
Kazakh, Tajik defence ministers confer on expanded security co-operation

Kazakh Defence Minister Nurlan Yermekbayev and his Tajik counterpart, Sherali Mirzo, discussed joint operations planned for 2020.
Joint US-Kazakh non-proliferation programme marks a quarter century of co-operation

2019-11-04

| Science & Technology
Joint US-Kazakh non-proliferation programme marks a quarter century of co-operation

The US Defence Threat Reduction Agency and Kazakhstan have been preventing the spread of WMDs and other terrorist dangers.
Uzbeks speak out about risks to sovereignty in joining Russia-dominated EEU

2019-11-01

| Economy
Uzbeks speak out about risks to sovereignty in joining Russia-dominated EEU

The country could become politically and economically dependent on Russia should it join the bloc, warn economists and political analysts.
'Islamic State' confirms al-Baghdadi's death, names new successor

2019-11-01

| Terrorism
'Islamic State' confirms al-Baghdadi's death, names new successor

Little is known about new IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi, except that he is the group's leading judge and heads the Sharia committee.
Tajik forces open new security outpost on Afghan border

2019-11-01

| Security
Tajik forces open new security outpost on Afghan border

The new facility aims to significantly increase the border force's ability to monitor and prevent illegal border crossings and counter trans-national threats.
Russia continues protectionist policies against Central Asian exporters

2019-10-31

| Economy
Russia continues protectionist policies against Central Asian exporters

In the latest case, Rosselkhoznadzor, Russia's food safety watchdog, cited Kazakh company Becker & K for 'undeclared trace DNA levels' in its meat products.

Spotlight

Details emerge about secret Russian unit intent on fomenting world disorder
Details emerge about secret Russian unit intent on fomenting world disorder

Unit 29155 operates under the command of the Russian military intelligence agency and has been tied to attempted coups, assassination plots and disinformation campaigns around the globe.

Poll

How would you evaluate the living and working conditions of Central Asian migrants in Russia?

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