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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.

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

Also, the state of morality in Uzbekistan as the state seeks to curb excess piety and unlawful immorality.

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

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Russia and Kazakhstan are doing the dirty work for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, Ukraine war brings Central Asia and Turkey closer together.

Kazakhstan reacts to fleeing Russians; worry at deescalation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border; and Xinjiang protestors in Almaty. Subscribe to EurasiaChat.

In the first episode of our new podcast, we discuss a watershed moment in Central Asia's independent history, as Putin's war pushed the countries into China's arms. Plus, the worst violence yet between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. And more.