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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
A widely circulated before-and-after image showing the results of the tree-felling outside the Sulpak store. (Photo: Facebook)

Kazakhstan: President wades into tree-felling controversy

Tokayev's attention to this relatively trivial issue shows he wishes to be seen as a "listening president."
Almaz Kumenov Nov 24, 2020
Nurlan Batyrov

Kazakhstan’s independent media losing advertising battle with bloggers, influencers

The government will help outlets that publish its propaganda.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 20, 2020
Kazakhstan's defenses against COVID-19 looking shaky. (Photo: Government graphic)

Kazakhstan: Nearly half of ventilators bought for COVID-19 defective

Numbers of coronavirus cases has seen a sharp surge recently.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 19, 2020
Yelzhan Birtanov. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan: Former health minister arrested

The healthcare sector has been embroiled in corruption scandals for years.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 3, 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
Seeing the funny side: "When Kaspi stops working." (Photo: Social media)

Kazakhstan: Kaspi glitch highlights growing reliance on virtual money

The taxman is annoyed by how much revenue is lost on online payments.
Almaz Kumenov Oct 28, 2020
The Aral Sea photographed by a U.S. government satellite on August 21, 1964 (public domain)

Northern Aral's promise stunted by dam height, international disputes

Humans have rehabilitated a small part of the disappeared Aral Sea. For now.
Aliya Uteuova, images by Earthrise Media Oct 28, 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
Children picking cotton field in September. (Photo: Dilara Isa / RFE/RL)

Kazakhstan: Education-starved children sent to pick cotton

This isn't just a COVID-19 problem, though.
Almaz Kumenov Oct 15, 2020
Borat too far: Falling flat.

Kazakhstan: Borat creators' attempts to whip up fury achieve mixed results

Some social media users are angry, but officials are taking the high road, for now.
Almaz Kumenov Oct 3, 2020

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