Uzbekistan plans $500M investment to boost Russian gas imports Domestic production is declining as existing fields become exhausted. Feb 21, 2024
Indian migrants reshape Armenia's labor market It's an ironic development for a country with high levels of out-migration. Arshaluis Mgdesyan Feb 21, 2024
Rights watchdog group details how Russia stifles dissent on Ukraine war Legitimate criticism equals terrorism. Feb 20, 2024
Turkmenistan: Sowing the seeds TAPI pipeline recurrences, wheat woes, and dreaming about satellites. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin. Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Feb 20, 2024
Mixed messages after Armenian, Azerbaijani leaders meet in Munich It was Pashinyan and Aliyev's first formal meeting since Azerbaijan's seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh in September. Ani Avetisyan Feb 20, 2024
Armenia's former economy minister charged with corruption Kerobyan has dismissed the charges against him but also said that he does not believe that the case was politically motivated. Ani Avetisyan Feb 19, 2024
Navalny death provokes shock but also indifference in Central Asia The Russian activist was admired by anti-corruption campaigners, but he also ruffled feathers with his brushes with xenophobia. Almaz Kumenov, Ayzirek Imanaliyeva, EurasiaNet Feb 16, 2024
Religious extremism in Azerbaijan: Real threat or pretext for autocracy? The ruling elite has leveraged the bogeyman of Islamic extremism to cast itself as the guardian of a secular and stable Azerbaijani state to rationalize the adoption of more autocratic policies both domestically and internationally. Rovshan Mammadli Feb 16, 2024
Central Asia: China in driver’s seat of foreign car sales market Uzbekistan strives to become a regional electric vehicle manufacturing center. China-Central Asia Monitor Feb 16, 2024
Azerbaijani president signals further divergence from West in inauguration speech Aliyev also spoke in exultant tones about pan-Turkic cooperation and rejected any outside mediation in the peace talks with Armenia. Feb 16, 2024
Uzbekistan: Karakalpak activist detained in Almaty Aqylbek Muratbai has been active on social media drawing attention to the aftermath of the bloodshed in Nukus in July 2022. EurasiaNet Feb 15, 2024
Kutaisi Airport: Georgian migrants' gateway to Europe It's the cheapest exit from Georgia by air and the main escape hatch for the citizens of an emptying nation. Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 15, 2024
Perspectives | Clock is ticking as Central Asia confronts water calamity Stakeholders need to collaborate, tackle waste and address the elephant in the room: Afghanistan. Sanat Kushkumbayev Feb 14, 2024
Uzbekistan: Fines doled out to polluters in rearguard action against dirty air Tashkent and Novo-Angren power plants will be required to pay about $160,000 for flouting air quality standards. Feb 13, 2024
Four Armenian soldiers killed in Azerbaijani attack Yerevan says Baku is seeking to escalate the situation on the border. Azerbaijan continues to demonize the EU monitors on the Armenian side. Feb 13, 2024