Until last year, ethnic Kyrgyz people were able to cross into neighboring Kyrgyzstan with their Tajik passports. Now they must first travel to a third country, an option few can…
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Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan border tensions simmer amid a flurry of accusations
Both sides are accusing one another of secretly returning troops and weapons to the contested border. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have once again traded accusations of covertly mustering their armed forces…
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Women pay for the president’s conservative obsessions; Turkmenistan’s paranoia undermines its wish to be a transport hub; and the EU offers the methane polluter a chance to green its image.…
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The president of Uzbekistan is now Professor Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Mirziyoyev earned that honorary title during his tour of the Magtymguly Turkmen State University in Ashgabat, which he visited on October 21. The…
