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Critics say the changes will force many civic organizations to close their doors.

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Toxic chemicals stored at a plant that has now become a crypto mining operation threaten the wider region.

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 afford.

At least 20 people will be in detention until late December pending investigations into claims of plotting a government overthrow.

Turkmenistan is trying to assume the role of energy supplier to Central Asia. Plus, showing off weapons while cash is tight. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

The government is planning on pushing through legislation that will make life much harder for independent media.

Government critics have warned of a "slide into authoritarianism."

Both sides are accusing one another of secretly returning troops and weapons to the contested border.

The authorities evidently fear this localized discontent could escalate into something more serious.

Mir cards became the go-to payment method for Russians after Visa and Mastercard exited the country.

Kyrgyzstan is trying to combat radicalism by teaching religious history in schools. Easier said than done.

More than a military alliance analogous to NATO, the bloc is a political entity. But analysts have never agreed on its exact purpose.

President Japarov says Kyrgyzstan is poised to receive far more disputed land than it will give away.

President Japarov held a meeting with local people to address concerns, but that hasn't satisfied everybody.

A man who tried against all odds to build a successful business on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border was killed in fighting last month. Matisa Nadyrov told Eurasianet of his dreams just a few months ago.

The Kyrgyz government has been roiled by a spate of corruption scandals.

Rights activists insist Central Asian laborers are being conned.

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

A largely Tajik village in Kyrgyzstan has been dragged into a diplomatic row since the latest fighting with neighboring Tajikistan.

The judge criticized what he described as a fraudulent case concocted by the security services.

Both countries have committed to vacate four border posts apiece near areas where clashes took place.

Kyrgyz villagers believe Tajikistan is trying to make life so miserable and unbearable that they will up sticks and move away, ultimately ceding the land by default.

The multimodal network will shave weeks off a typical journey.

Much of last week’s cross-border violence between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan was unleashed by the armed forces. But mobs also rampaged through villages.