Eurasianet

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.

The shortages have been fueled by a Russian export ban.

The 20-year-old informant for Russia’s security services was sent to Tbilisi to report on the many exiles here. Now, he says, he’s come clean.

The announcement seems to be tied to a deranged post on the former Russian president’s social media.

The country’s pro-Europe elite sees a millennia-old history of belonging to Europe. Will it matter for Georgia’s EU aspirations?

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

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

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

One explanation for the continued dominance of Russian lies in Kazakhstan’s rural-urban divide.

Armenia’s small Jewish community has been bolstered by about 200 recent arrivals fleeing Russia because of the war in Ukraine.

Authorities believe long-term detention for many is the only way to keep the lid on discontent.

Supporters are growing an online network in the Tajik language. Many of the donors appear to be in Russia.

When Tajik activists get into trouble, their Western partners “stand by mutely.”

Religious mores, politics and the coronavirus have cast a shadow over one of the few Kyrgyz products China buys.

Doing business with Russia and Kazakhstan, reopening borders, and honoring the former president’s favorite horse. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.