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In this week's podcast, we also discussed the phenomenon of undocumented migration to the U.S. and another perennial: worsening human rights.

In Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, governments are at work taking over important assets. Also in this edition of the EurasiaChat podcast, we talk about how the Gaza war is being viewed.

The declining Caspian poses a threat to the environment, no protests poses a threat to stability, no deals poses a threat to the trans-Caspian pipeline.

Moscow is paying renewed attention to Central Asia amid possible concern over the West's courting. This and more in the latest edition of the EurasiaChat podcast.

In the latest edition of EurasiaChat, impressions from Tajikistan, Russian soft power, Turkmen foreign policy, and tales of elite infighting.

Kyrgyzstan's Media Struggles, Electricity Woes, and Uzbekistan's Religious Discourse.

How a bike ride showed the depth of Kyrgyz hospitality, and the places where tensions persist nevertheless. This and more in the latest EurasiaChat podcast.

Also, the danger from glaciers is here now, and growing number of Central Asian labor migrants face the risk of becoming undocumented in Russia.

Kyrgyz officials complain that they are unable to quickly pivot away from reliance on economic ties with Russia, no matter what Western governments demand.

Staid Uzbek election, futuristic Kyrgyz city plans, and educational squeeze in Tajikistan

Pro-war Russian singers get the door shut in their face, Kyrgyz political infighting, and methane emissions in Turkmenistan.

Cynicism abounds in this edition, from elections to visits by EU dignitaries, but then there's some upbeat talk on trains.

And U.S. officials have been touring the region chiding countries for failing to prevent Russian sanctions-busting.

And can Central Asia’s poorest countries benefit from their new importance to Russia without suffering secondary sanctions?

And even a strongman needs friends.

Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

Plus: The geopolitical rivalry over Central Asia heats back up.

Plus: Rising gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan

Plus: Valentine’s Day is just one challenge to dating in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

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