2020-04-21
Reporters Without Borders says certain regimes are taking advantage of the fact that people are stunned and that it was impossible during this crisis for countermeasures to be adopted.
2020-03-23
The Russian president is taking advantage of panic over the coronavirus and the world economy to extend his rule into 2036, say observers in Central Asia.
2020-02-07
The Eurasian Economic Union's focus should remain purely economic, says Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin. The Kremlin, however, is anxious for more integration.
2020-01-27
The real goal of the Russian president is to retain power, say political experts and residents of Central Asia.
2020-01-24
Tashkent has opted not to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) because it does not want to return to the orbit of Russia's influence.
2019-12-09
Central Asian leaders urged greater unity in security and economic policies to promote peace and stability in Afghanistan and the entire region.
2019-07-05
Kazakhs are denouncing the idea of a Russian attack on an Almaty laboratory, and outraged at the Kremlin's continuing reference to Central Asia as Russia's 'underbelly'
2019-05-13
Moscow could invoke the pretext of protecting Russian citizens in foreign countries to invade more ex-Soviet states.
2019-05-09
Uzbekistan is encouraging the Ribbon of Glory as its own symbol of victory in World War II instead of using Russia's St. George's Ribbon.
2019-03-20
Former President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his daughter will remain prominent in Kazakh politics, and the capital Astana is being renamed 'Nursultan' after the former president.