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The Mordechai Navi Synagogue in Yerevan is the only one in Armenia (Wikimedia Commons)

Peaceful coexistence and international grievances: Understanding Jewish-Armenian relations

Despite widespread resentment towards Israel, Jews in Armenia reject claims that anti-Semitism is prevalent in the country.
Arpine Hovhannisyan Nov 30, 2023
A screenshot from the video footage of the meeting that landed the Petropavlovsk four in prison.

Kazakhstan: Court hands down long sentences to Petropavlovsk separatists

The severity of the penalty highlights anxieties felt by the authorities since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 29, 2023
A trial run of the People's Kurultai was held in November 2022. (Photo: Government website)

Kyrgyzstan: People’s assembly lambasted as power grab

The first session of the kurultai as a permanent state body is due to take place next month.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Nov 29, 2023
Aziz Orujov is the fourth independent journalist to be arrested in Azerbaijan since November 20 (Facebook; Ali Karimli)

Azerbaijan escalates "U.S. spy" rhetoric, arrests another journalist

The U.S. embassy canceled a gala event in Baku for alumni of American universities after a pro-government website called its invitees "agents."
Nov 28, 2023
The UN in Turkmenistan opts to work only in the most non-contentious areas. (Photo: Turkmen Foreign Ministry)

Turkmenistan: Return to sender

The UN is reluctant to engage with the public, rights activists struggle, renewables falter. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 28, 2023
Roundtables and public discussions on gender-based violence have had little effect in minimizing the problem. (Photo: Government website)

EurasiaChat: Gender-based violence rears its ugly head again

In this week's podcast, we also discussed the phenomenon of undocumented migration to the U.S. and another perennial: worsening human rights.
Aigerim Toleukhanova, Alisher Khamidov, EurasiaChat Nov 27, 2023
The M-12 highway currently connects Russia to Kazakhstan, but Moscow wants to extend it to China via Mongolia. (Photo: gov.ru)

Central Asia: All roads seem to lead to Mongolia

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Nov 24, 2023
State Communications Service chief Beg Sabur. (Photo: Presidential press service)

Tajikistan: Communications regulator loosening monopoly

The quality of the internet has been severely compromised by restrictions placed on the market.
Nov 24, 2023
Old hat: The National Bank sees the public increasingly spending their money in the digital domain. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan introduces digital national currency

Officials say that it will make government spending more transparent
Almaz Kumenov Nov 24, 2023
Uzbek-language promotion poster for Dreamers. (Photo: BWG Production)

Uzbekistan: Documentary seeks to bring Jadidist history to a new audience

Critics worry, though, that the surge in interest for this period is an attempt by Uzbekistan's ruling authorities to legitimize themselves.
Nov 22, 2023
Activists from Saving Rioni Valley staging a protest on a Racha highway on October 17 (Facebook; Saving Rioni Valley)

Georgia protests: Out of the woods

Environmental activists are skeptical of government assurances that a large tract of forest won't be turned into a privately managed hunting preserve.
Giorgi Lomsadze Nov 22, 2023
Police raided the Baku office of Abzas Media on November 20 (Facebook; Abzas Media)

Azerbaijan: Journalists arrested as state media signal hunt for "U.S. spies"

Police reportedly asked Abzas Media's co-founder why the outlet focused on corruption instead of Azerbaijan's victory over Armenia and take-over of Karabakh.
Nov 21, 2023
LPG currently retails at around 80 tenge ($0.17) per liter, quite a bit below the production cost of 110 tenge. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan: Authorities to gingerly allow LPG prices to rise

It was a price rise of this fuel that led to nationwide unrest in 2022.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 21, 2023
Critics of Turkmenistan's regime say full participation of women in decision-making processes is yet to be achieved. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: Nothing to see here

Turkmen officials deny women's rights are trampled, but evidence suggests otherwise. Iran is making overtures. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 21, 2023
"A child is not a wife," reads a sign at a rally against child marriage in Tbilisi on October 15 (RFE/RL screengrab)

Child's murder highlights Georgian Azerbaijanis' early marriage problem

The murder of a 14-year-old girl by a man who considered her his wife has shone light on the problem of child marriage among Georgia's ethnic Azerbaijani community.
Heydar Isayev Nov 20, 2023

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