Uzbekistan: Charities resist government monopolization of social protection Critics of the government’s charities ban suspect there is politics at play, not just a desire to stem potential fraud. Aug 26, 2020
In Yerevan’s redevelopment, new government follows old script Activists accuse Armenia’s new authorities of repeating the murky business practices of the government they ousted. Ani Mejlumyan Aug 24, 2020
Uzbekistan aims for greater transparency in its prisons The country's prisons hold 22,900 inmates. Aug 18, 2020
Uzbekistan allows for plea bargaining in courts The norm to date has been for an uncompromisingly punitive approach. Aug 13, 2020
Ukraine’s census attempt crashes and burns yet again Independent Ukraine has held only one census, almost 20 years ago. Mariya Chukhnova Aug 12, 2020
Uzbekistan to restore flights to its Sokh exclave Flights will resume for the first time since the 1990s. Aug 11, 2020
Uzbekistan: Civil society hindered in ability to contain COVID-19 corruption The chair of the Senate says $171,000 have gone missing. Aug 10, 2020
Perspectives | A model for Ukraine: Kyrgyzstan’s 10-year battle to end statelessness New legislation to help stateless people in Ukraine will be meaningless without a proactive campaign to identify them. Like Kyrgyzstan’s. Eric Fritz Jul 28, 2020
Uzbekistan: Journalists detained for sharing link to news article The website that posted the item claims it was hacked. Jul 27, 2020
Obese politicians signal corruption, study finds Post-Soviet nations with the biggest corruption problem have the biggest politicians. Jul 27, 2020
Uzbekistan: After a positive start, coronavirus driving health system to precipice “They don’t have enough drugs. Don’t believe the statistics.” Jul 24, 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan see mirror images in conflict In the worst fighting between the two sides in years, the two countries’ media have been reporting opposing, but parallel, stories. Jul 22, 2020
Women are being forced to give birth ‘alone’, in post-lockdown Armenia and Ukraine Across Eurasia, women have reported mistreatment that defies World Health Organization guidelines – and national policies. Ani Hovhannisyan, Tetiana Kozak Jul 18, 2020
Uzbekistan: Return of Soviet hero’s monument revives history debates As in other parts of the former Soviet Union, Uzbekistan has a complicated relationship with the legacy of the war against Nazi Germany. Jul 10, 2020
Huge match-fixing scheme uncovered in Armenian soccer The conspiracy involved many players from around the former Soviet Union who have previous records of match fixing. Ani Mejlumyan Jul 8, 2020