Kyrgyzstan: Community, deprivation, passion and joy in the holy month of Ramadan A look back at how Osh celebrated the Islamic holy month, which ended with 13,000 men praying on the city's main square this morning. Danil Usmanov May 2, 2022
Kyrgyzstan alarmed by Tajikistan’s reported purchase of Bayraktar drones Kyrgyzstan had hoped its own acquisition of the same drones last year would give it a strategic edge over Tajikistan. Kamila Ibragimova Apr 28, 2022
Chinese Muslims want ICC to hear former Xinjiang detainee Ovalbek Turdakun’s passage from Kyrgyzstan to the United States was helped by two members of Congress. Zholdas Orisbayev Apr 21, 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Preparing in fear for the next border flare-up Kyrgyz villagers on the border with Tajikistan are growing accustomed to regular shoot-outs, and not expecting help from their government. Danil Usmanov Apr 20, 2022
Perspectives | Turkey and Central Asia: Ukraine war will strengthen ties Arms sales and Erdogan’s tough-guy appeal have been part of the mix. Bruce Pannier Apr 15, 2022
Perspectives | Can Russia protect Central Asia from an Islamist threat? Any faith Central Asian governments had in Russian military power has no doubt been shaken by its glaring failures in Ukraine. Bruce Pannier Mar 31, 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Batken’s entrepreneurs struggle while officials weave lofty dreams A fledgling job-creating enterprise offers hope in a troubled corner of the country, where the government talks big and does little. Peter Leonard Mar 30, 2022
Kyrgyz celebrate Nowruz without Tajik neighbors The president’s visit to Batken was a missed opportunity for peacemaking, locals say. A Kyrgyzstani journalist and Danil Usmanov Mar 23, 2022
Perspectives | Russian invasion dealing China a Silk Road economic setback But Kazakhstan has more to lose. Nathan Hutson Mar 21, 2022
Kyrgyzstanis flee Russia fearing military recruitment and salary collapse Perennially unstable Kyrgyzstan is seeing a surge of unemployed young men return from Russia. Bakyt Ibraimov Mar 11, 2022
Ukraine war inspires rival passions in Central Asia There is no reliable polling on views of the war, but there are plenty of supporters of Russia as well as opponents. Joanna Lillis, Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Mar 7, 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Opposition TV channel shuttered following Ukraine report Security services have made previous use of reprints from other outlets to pursue prosecutions. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Mar 4, 2022
Tbilisi’s Russians watch their country’s war with shame and worry As anti-Russian sentiment rises in Georgia, the many Russians here share Georgians’ shock and disgust at what is happening in Ukraine. Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 4, 2022
Russia attempts to contrive appearance of support from Central Asian allies Uzbekistan issued a clarification to underline its neutral position over the war in Ukraine. Feb 27, 2022
Repatriation of Kyrgyzstani militants’ families from Syria and Iraq in limbo Hundreds, mostly women and children, remain at Kurdish-run detention centers in Syria. Alisher Khamidov Feb 14, 2022
