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Gas infrastructure near Darwaza

Turkmenistan: A kick in the gas

Moscow curries favor, neighbors seek more gas, and Turkmenistan’s colossal methane pollution could power Afghanistan at little cost many times over. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jan 31, 2023
Kulob

Tajikistan: Apparent jail torture death sparks rare show of dissent

Video footage shows Abdukakhkhor Rozikov's body covered in bruising.
Jan 4, 2023
Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva with her grandchildren (Facebook)

Tajikistan: Respected journalist sentenced to 21 years in prison

Mamadshoeva is just one among a countless number of Pamiris subjected to arbitrary trials in recent months.
Dec 12, 2022
Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzoda in a video uploaded to YouTube in June 2022. (Photo: YouTube screengrab)

Tajikistan: Journalist’s smuggled letter sheds light on torture

Pirmukhammadzoda says he has no hope in the justice system and expects to receive a lengthy sentence.
Oct 25, 2022
Isroil Khudoiberdiyev in an appearance on state television.

Uzbekistan: Former mayor of Termez arrested for alleged embezzlement

Regional officials have been coming under growing scrutiny from the national leadership.
Oct 21, 2022
R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me: Rahmon talking at the Astana summit on October 14. (Photo: Tajikistan presidential administration)

Was Tajik leader’s rant at Putin defiance or a plea for greater dependence?

Rahmon indicates that he wants more money and attention from Moscow.
Oct 17, 2022
CSTO exercises in Tajikistan last October (CSTO)

Too early to call time on the CSTO

More than a military alliance analogous to NATO, the bloc is a political entity. But analysts have never agreed on its exact purpose.
Peter Leonard, Kamila Ibragimova Oct 13, 2022
Uch-Korgon women pray with a family displaced from Batken. (Photos by Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan: Ethnic Tajiks uneasy after border conflict

A largely Tajik village in Kyrgyzstan has been dragged into a diplomatic row since the latest fighting with neighboring Tajikistan.
Sep 29, 2022
Xi and Tokayev

EurasiaChat: The week China displaced Russia in Central Asia

In the first episode of our new podcast, we discuss a watershed moment in Central Asia's independent history, as Putin's war pushed the countries into China's arms. Plus, the worst violence yet between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. And more.
Aigerim Toleukhanova, Joanna Lillis, EurasiaChat Sep 19, 2022
Soldiers removing human remains from the morgue in Batken, the capital of the Kyrgyz province of the same name. (Photo: Danil Usmanov)

Video footage appears to implicate Tajikistan

Videos are emerging that do not support the Tajik government’s minimal statements about its border war with Kyrgyzstan.
Sep 17, 2022
Kyrgyz Tajik fighting

Tens of thousands displaced as Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan conflict rages on

Ayzirek Imanaliyeva, Peter Leonard, Kamila Ibragimova Sep 16, 2022
Fighting has broken out in several locations along the border. (Photo: Social media)

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan border clash resumes and spreads

The geographical spread of the confrontations is causing alarm.
Sep 16, 2022
Empty chambers: Russia's Supreme Court ruling on the IRPT will change little in practice. (Photo: Russian government website)

Russia labels Tajikistan opposition party a terrorist group

IRPT members have been the object of mass arrests and sham trials since 2015.
Sep 15, 2022
The Central Mosque in Dushanbe. (Photo: leiris202 / Creative Commons)

Tajikistan: Authorities intensify war on Ismailis, other Muslims

The only figure that the regime deems worthy of open adulation is President Emomali Rahmon.
Sep 9, 2022
Countless Afghans have been displaced since the Taliban's ascent to power last year. (Photo: Sayed Habib Bidel / UNOCHA)

Tajikistan expelling Afghan refugees in their hundreds

The UNHCR says the deportations are putting people's lives at risk.
Sep 7, 2022

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