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The persecution of Kamil Ruziyev drew attention to the impunity enjoyed by law enforcement.

The five presidents could not seal a friendship deal or agree on which challenges face their region.

The gathering had been intended to create regional solidarity in the face of overbearing pressure from China, Russia.

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

Georgians and Russians have not had such close contact, and on such a scale, since the breakup of Soviet Union. Now they are figuring each other out again.

At the alliance’s summit in Madrid enlargement was a top agenda item, but Georgia’s accession prospects remain unclear.

Kamil Ruziyev took cases nobody else would and made plenty of enemies along the way.

The events occurred in the same days that led to the rise of President Sadyr Japarov.

The visit came shortly after the top U.S. general in the region dropped by.

Shortly after Tokayev publicly dismissed Putin’s claims on Ukraine, Russian attack dogs again challenged Kazakh sovereignty.

Officials suspect a newly published paper on the 14th century plague is a plot to kill the country's tourism industry.

Kazakbayev's wife says he was tortured by investigators; the security services deny this.

The barrage of negative coverage mirrors what happened to a former Kyrgyz president just before his ouster.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi used a visit to Central Asia to talk about the United States. But his counterparts wanted to talk business.

Activists are bewildered by how the government has chosen to revisit the events of 2010 in this way.