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  2021-03-05

  Moscow seen pressuring Central Asia to adopt feared 'foreign agent' laws

  The Kremlin's crackdown on civil society continues after Putin signed a number of laws that worsen the country's human rights situation. Moscow is trying to spread similar laws in Central Asia.

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  2021-03-05

  Facebook derails Kremlin effort to mislead protesters in Russia

  The network of accounts used hashtag and location 'poisoning' typically associated with spam or financial scams to drown out posts by protesters who are worrying the Kremlin.

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  2021-02-24

  Putin tries to 'tighten the screws' on the media with 'closed door' meeting

  The meeting was held to give journalists special access to the Russian president, according to authorities. But 'leaked' excerpts show the Kremlin's carefully choreographed narrative, analysts say.

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  2021-01-28

  Uzbek film warns youth about 'treacherous face of terrorism'

  Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries are using various methods to fight extremism and open youths' eyes to the irreversibility of taking radical actions.

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  2020-11-11

  Beijing's diplomats adapt Kremlin tactics in broadening disinformation offensive

  China's campaign borrows tactics from troll factories and relies heavily on Russian and Iranian state-sponsored news outlets to 'validate' false narratives and conspiracy theories.

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  2020-10-15

  Russian media caught fuelling Kyrgyz divisions during political turmoil

  Russian TV channels' provocative -- and even staged -- reports on recent political protests are an attempt to foment civil unrest and increase Bishkek's reliance on Moscow, analysts and viewers say.

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  2020-09-11

  Central Asian journalists wary of Beijing's crackdown on free speech

  'China is threatening us in a low-key manner,' a Bishkek-based journalist said, citing a barrage of Chinese propaganda directed at the region.

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  2020-09-04

  Kremlin attempts media coup in Belarus as Russian strategists replace local reporters

  Journalists in Central Asia condemned their Russian colleagues who agreed to replace journalists in Belarus and support Lukashenka's crackdown on demonstrators.

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  2020-09-03

  China brags of normality as world continues to reel from pandemic

  While the rest of the world suffers under lockdowns due to COVID-19, Beijing appears intent on making the country appear to have moved on. See what Chinese state media is doing.

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  2020-09-02

  Facebook uncovers Kremlin-linked campaign bent on sowing US chaos

  Trying out a new wrinkle, the Kremlin's Internet Research Agency duped real Americans to write for a website that bills itself as a 'global news organisation'.