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Search | 60 Articles

Nur Otan candidates

Kazakhstan sleepwalks toward choice-free parliamentary election

But there is no papering over the festering disillusionment.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 2, 2020
Rustam Emomali speaking in Moscow to a group of Russian officials. (Photo: Russian Federation Council website)

Tajikistan: Emomali’s Russia visit signals his emerging role

Any breakthrough in improving the lot of labor migrants will be touted as sign of his political heft.
Nov 26, 2020
Land of plenty – for him (government handout photo)

Coronavirus adds to reasons to escape Tajikistan

The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.
Nov 13, 2020
Monastery of Saint Thaddeus in West Azerbaijan

Perspectives | How U.S. hawks’ fixation on Iran endangers Middle East Christians

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.
Eldar Mamedov Oct 31, 2020
Protest Almaty 2019

Perspectives | Why Kazakhstan’s leaders fear regional unrest

Rigged elections have created political crises in two other post-Soviet countries this year, leaving Nur-Sultan edgy ahead of a parliamentary vote.
Aruzhan Meirkhanova Oct 27, 2020
Kazakhstan's parliament: Where the rubber stamping happens. (Photo: Mazhilis website)

Kazakhstan: Parliamentary elections scheduled for January 10

The president says the vote will marking a turning point. Skeptics yawn.
Almaz Kumenov Oct 21, 2020
prayer

War in the Caucasus hits close to home for Turkey’s Armenians

Some are speaking out against the conflict despite fears the government’s strong support for Azerbaijan could fuel nationalist reprisals.
Ayla Jean Yackley Oct 21, 2020
Wang Yi poses for a photo with Kyrgyz president Sooronbai Jeenbekov. (Photo: Kyrgyz presidential administration)

Central Asia: Belt and Road takes back seat in Chinese envoy’s tour

Beijing is eager to show solidarity as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on.
Chris Rickleton Sep 16, 2020
back to school

Armenian kids head back to school despite smoldering COVID-19 outbreak

Armenia is taking a faster route to in-person classes than its Caucasus neighbors, but it is adopting a number of precautions to make sure that schools don’t spread the virus.
Ani Mejlumyan Sep 15, 2020
To business! (Kremlin.ru)

Here’s looking at EAEU #4: Belarus backs itself into trade corner

Hypocritical election congratulations underscore the cold strategic underpinnings of a bloc that is as much about politics as it is about trade.
Here’s looking at EAEU Sep 3, 2020
Fake news inspectors (MVD Kazakhstan)

Kazakhstan’s war on coronavirus fake news underwhelms

Confusion and contradiction are at the heart of the government’s counter-disinformation strategy.
Almaz Kumenov Aug 28, 2020
Retiring? No way: Rahmon seen in Gorno-Badakhshan last week. (Photo: Presidential press office)

Tajikistan: President Rahmon confirms new run for office

This scotches speculation his son was poised to take over.
Aug 26, 2020
USAID/EU aid to Abkhazia

Abkhazia calls for volunteers to help with COVID outbreak

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.
Joshua Kucera Aug 19, 2020
Masked intentions: Kazakh First Deputy Foreign Minister Shahrat Nuryshev meets Ambassador Zhang Xiao in April (photo: Kazakh Foreign Ministry)

Kazakhstan squeezes China critics as Xinjiang anxieties spread

Kazakh activists are outraged at how their government kowtows to Beijing.
Chris Rickleton Aug 10, 2020
Pair of melons: Rustam Emomali, left, and President Emomali Rahmon. (Photo: Presidential administration)

Tajikistan brings presidential election forward, to Oct. 11

Votes are usually held in November.
Aug 6, 2020

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