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SpongeBob SharshyShalbar (Loren Javier/Flickr/CC)

Kazakh-language film content makes progress against Russian headwinds

One explanation for the continued dominance of Russian lies in Kazakhstan’s rural-urban divide.
Almaz Kumenov Jun 23, 2022
Burhanuddin Rabbani

Afghanistan: The Taliban’s first fall and an opening for Tajik journalists

Journalists from Tajikistan played vital roles for many foreign news agencies.
Text by a Tajik journalist, Photos by Parviz Amirjonov May 20, 2022
Abdurozik appearing in Morgenshtern’s music video

Tajikistan: Little person’s bigtime courts controversy

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.
Dec 13, 2021
Kazakh textbooks as seen on the open university portal.

Kazakhstan: 100 famed textbooks translated into Kazakh

The project is intended to partially bridge the language knowledge gap with Russian.
Almaz Kumenov Sep 23, 2021
What’s the deal? (Kyrgyzstan presidential administration)

Turkmenistan: Putting on a show

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jun 29, 2021
Manizha (Instagram)

Tajikistan: Eurovision act strikes a chord in her native land

But Russians are more ambivalent about having a Tajik-born singer represent them at the song contest.
Kamila Ibragimova May 13, 2021
Manizha

Russia to send Tajikistan-born singer to Eurovision

Manizha Sangin emigrated to Russia with her family at age three, during the Tajik civil war.
Mar 9, 2021
High drama: The State Opera and Ballet Theater seen in 2014. (Photo: Dan Lundberg / Creative Commons)

Kyrgyzstan: Ballet troupe walkout shines light on culture underspending

Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point.
Chris Rickleton Mar 9, 2021
Students in Turkmenistan (UN photo)

Turkmenistan: Rebuke to the future

The president seems troubled by the well-documented shortage of hard currency. This and more in our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Feb 9, 2021
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
Nisa

Turkmenistan: Parthian shot

Reliving ancient glory, exaggerating modern accomplishments, and introducing ATMs that demand to see birth certificates: This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 15, 2020
Not a documentary. (Photo: Netflix)

Turkmenistan vs. Netflix

Officials believe 6 Underground may be a plot to undermine the Turkmen state.
Jan 8, 2020
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Actors Mourn as Tajikistan’s Oldest Theater Is Torn Down

Aug 3, 2016
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Tajikistan Spending $100m on a Theater, but Where Are the Theatergoers?

Apr 15, 2015
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Mongolia: Contortionists Aim for UNESCO Recognition

Pearly Jacob Aug 23, 2013

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