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Search | 22 Articles

Mikhail An, center, in a screenshot from Brian Song’s new film Misha.

Uzbekistan: The Koryo Saram’s tragic Soviet soccer superstar

A new documentary on a Soviet soccer star also tells the story of Central Asia’s ethnic Korean community, which was deported en masse to the region by Stalin.
Chris Rickleton Dec 18, 2020
Chinese vaccine

Uzbekistan poised to start trials on Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

5,000 people are taking part in the trials.
Dec 10, 2020
Creators of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine claim it is 95 percent efficient in providing immunity. (Photo: Russian government website)

Kazakhstan to start Sputnik V vaccinations early next year

Trials for a domestically developed QazCovid-in vaccine are not expected to be completed until March.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 4, 2020
Kent book cover

Book Review | A blueprint for neutralizing Russian disinformation

The book dispels a widely held misperception in the West that Putin is an omnipotent puppet-master, pulling all the strings in Russian disinformation operations. The reality is not so exotic.
Justin Burke Nov 1, 2020
Yakunin in Kazakhstan

Kremlin-linked “propaganda factory” eyes Central Asia, China

The Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute is also targeting India.
Casey Michel Oct 29, 2020
More welcome last year (Eurasianet archive)

Poll shows Uzbeks, like neighbors, growing leery of Chinese investments

Uzbekistan logs the biggest increase in ambivalence toward China.
David Trilling Oct 22, 2020
Medical experts insist human infection is unlikely. (Photo: Bernd Focken / Pixabay)

Kazakhstan: Avian flu kills nearly 1 million poultry

The die-off has caused a shortage of meat and eggs in markets.
Almaz Kumenov Oct 21, 2020
Labeled with COVID-19. (Photo: Russian Health Ministry)

Uzbekistan to take part in COVID-19 vaccine trials

Officials say Uzbekistan plans to produce its own vaccine when tests are done.
Sep 30, 2020
Zarhan, center, in a photo taken during his meeting with State Department officials. (U.S. Embassy Nur-Sultan)

Interview | Kazakh from China fights to free his family

Fear of the Chinese authorities had kept Zhengis Zarhan silent about the abuses his wife was suffering in Xinjiang, until they did something to her that made him “crazy”.
Fazil Munir Sep 24, 2020
Anissa Naouai/Soapbox video

Russian-linked outlet fights Facebook transparency in U.S. courts

A new lawsuit helps illustrate how pages try to evade transparency initiatives – and how those interested in spreading disinformation can exploit gaps in the American legal system.
Casey Michel Aug 27, 2020
Bikamal Kaken and her daughter hold up a picture of Adilgazy Muqai while recording a statement in Almaty. (Atajurt)

‘My husband is not a terrorist’: A Kazakh from China testifies

A Kazakh mother who fled China to save her unborn child now fights to free her husband from the Xinjiang gulag.
Fazil Munir Aug 5, 2020
There's no business like mining business: A scene from Meken, which will be available online from July 31.

Kyrgyzstan: Drama about mining protests banned from cinema screens

Censors objected to scenes showing "corruption and bribery" by government officials.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jul 28, 2020
The monument to Poletayev before it was taken down in 2014 (courtesy image)

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
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?: Zakharova addressing reporters at a press event. (Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry)

Uzbekistan bristles at Russia wading into language law debate

A draft bill envision fines for officials using languages other than Uzbek in office work.
May 19, 2020
The Index was released amid a media controversy in Armenia, as senior executives at Armenian public television resigned after footage of President Nikol Pashinyan coughing spread on the Internet. (primeminister.am)

Authoritarians double down on media repression amid COVID-19, says watchdog

In keeping with a historical pattern, many Eurasian states could be found near the bottom of the index.
Apr 22, 2020

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