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Grigory Leps performing somewhere that is not Central Asia. (Photo: Grigory Leps official website)

EurasiaChat: Nyet to Russian singers in Central Asia

Pro-war Russian singers get the door shut in their face, Kyrgyz political infighting, and methane emissions in Turkmenistan.
Aigerim Toleukhanova, Alisher Khamidov, Peter Leonard Jun 26, 2023
An aerial view of Kazakhstan's Caspian shoreline. (Photo: Sergey Tchernyakov / Creative Commons)

Kazakhstan: Authorities declare state of emergency over Caspian

Officials have tried to ignore the situation for years, but appear to have been spurred into action by the president.
Jun 9, 2023
Water levels in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Canal are threatened by climate change and new irrigation upstream in Afghanistan. (David Trilling)

Turkmenistan: Going south fast

Turkmenistan is at last willing to discuss its full-blown water crisis. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 25, 2023
Masimov, right in the defendant's cage in glasses, seen in a handout photo shared by the Astana court.

Kazakhstan: Masimov gets 18-year sentence over Bloody January events

The behind-closed-doors trial has revealed nothing about the specific actions the former security services chief is said to have undertaken.
Almaz Kumenov Apr 24, 2023
Soviet biological weapons program

Kazakhstan’s Stepnogorsk: Portrait of a former Soviet closed town

In the years before independence, Stepnogorsk had become a key node in Moscow’s biological weapons program and uranium industry. Now it is one of many Kazakh provincial towns framed by its Soviet legacy.
Artyem Sochnev Apr 17, 2023
Serik Kudebayev. (Photo: Interior Ministry)

Kazakhstan: Ex-police chief accused of enabling January events flees country

Kudebayev got out of the country by crossing into neighboring Kyrgyzstan and then flying to Turkey.
Almaz Kumenov Apr 3, 2023
Central Asia canal

Central Asia’s poorest farmers know the value of their land

Farmland and pastures across Central Asia are far less productive after decades of monocropping.
David Trilling Mar 8, 2023
qaitalanbas2022

Kazakhstan: Speculation swirls around Bloody January movie

The way the filmmakers and authorities are working so closely has given rise to questions about who exactly is backing this movie, and why.
Almaz Kumenov Feb 9, 2023
The government has banned saiga hunting and trading in saiga products since 1999. (handout)

Kazakhstan studies domesticating endangered saiga antelopes

Farmers complain that rebounding populations are encroaching on their pastures.
Joanna Lillis Feb 1, 2023
police Bloody January

Kazakhstan: Policemen convicted over Bloody January torture cases

Activists say prosecutors need to do more to prove the government is serious about stamping out police abuse.
Almaz Kumenov Jan 18, 2023
Tian Shan Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia’s shorter winters are whittling away glaciers

Glaciers are disappearing around the world. Here’s how it happens in Central Asia.
David Trilling Jan 16, 2023
Tokayev memorial

Kazakhstan: One year on from Bloody January, officials stick to their story

The government narrative is vague and full of holes.
Almaz Kumenov Jan 5, 2023
A RITM-200N reactor being built in 2021. (Rosatom)

The looming fight over nuclear power in Kyrgyzstan

Can safety protocols be maintained in a poor country like Kyrgyzstan, where corruption is rampant?
Aiday Erkebaeva Jan 4, 2023
Crossing the Irtysh (David Trilling)

China has won water dispute with Kazakhstan

Astana accepts that it cannot force China to use less water upstream. But the BRI may help it reduce its own water waste, a new paper argues.
David Trilling Dec 7, 2022
fuel assembly

Kazakhstan sends first nuclear fuel assemblies to China

A joint venture with China has edged Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer of uranium, into the nuclear fuel production cycle.
Artyem Sochnev Dec 7, 2022

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