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The persecution of Kamil Ruziyev drew attention to the impunity enjoyed by law enforcement.

Rodney Dixon, lawyer for victims of Chinese repression in Xinjiang, speaks with Eurasianet about seeking justice at the International Criminal Court and how Central Asian countries are vulnerable.

Several of the tunnels start near a vast bazaar in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Residents of the hub are being lured through generous tax incentives.

Tashkent sees the link as part of a transcontinental route bypassing Russia.

Central Asia sees its economic future in China, not Russia.

Law enforcement sources have said Dzhumagulov might have been plotting to wrest power from gangland leader Kamchybek Kolbayev.

The cause of the problem may lie in Russians hoovering up all the available greenbacks.

After seizing the country’s most profitable mine, Kyrgyzstan is using new regulations to drive out more private mining companies and place the bulk of the industry into the hands of a single state firm.

The five presidents could not seal a friendship deal or agree on which challenges face their region.

The gathering had been intended to create regional solidarity in the face of overbearing pressure from China, Russia.

The Chinese leader downplayed repression in the region, while hyping economic possibilities.

Kyrgyzstan’s main hydropower reservoir is being depleted rather than filled for the winter ahead.

Climate change and human activity threaten to drive the apple from its native soil by the end of the century, new research warns.

Inflation on foodstuffs has hit nearly 20 percent and some commodities have gone up by 80 percent.

Authorities see Zhetim-Too as an opportunity to pare down debt to Beijing, arguing that environmental risks can be mitigated.

Locals say authorities are arbitrarily seizing their homes to make way for a road from China.

When Kyrgyz laws don’t protect consumer, there is always the court of public opinion.

The U.S. is pressing companies to show vigilance over export control evasion attempts.

Officials have urged journalists to dwell more on positive stories.

Kamil Ruziyev took cases nobody else would and made plenty of enemies along the way.

The events occurred in the same days that led to the rise of President Sadyr Japarov.

The four smuggling tunnels found so far may only be a small part of the total.

Officials suspect a newly published paper on the 14th century plague is a plot to kill the country's tourism industry.

The popular video game helped kids improve their neighborhood and become more invested in its future.