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Participants of the Dordoi rally attempt to barge into the Government House. (Photo: YouTube screenshot)

Kyrgyzstan: Protests flourish as crises mount on all sides

Acting President Japarov came to power on the crest of rallies, but will he know how to deal with them as leader?
Nov 2, 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
Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan.

Tajikistan: Secret Chinese base becomes slightly less secret

Chinese personnel, whose presence Dushanbe denies, forbid reporters from filming.
Sep 23, 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
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
Testing times: The ability to detect coronavirus cases seems to have been heavily compromised. (Photo: Kazakhstan government handout)

Kazakhstan to merge pneumonia and coronavirus cases, but only from Aug. 1

234,000 pneumonia cases from earlier this year will not be included in the tally.
Almaz Kumenov Jul 23, 2020
Could Chinese trains soon ply these Uzbek rails? (photo: David Trilling)

Chinese business briefing: Getting back on track

Beijing wants its neighbors to believe it is not abandoning them.
Niva Yau Jul 6, 2020
Messaging without fear (photo: David Trilling)

Perspectives | Why Moscow is embracing decentralized tech

The government’s lack of capacity helps explain the about-face.
Miranda Lupion Jul 2, 2020
Putin and Bzhania

Abkhazia leader meets Putin hoping for Russian bailout

As coronavirus cripples the territory’s tourism season and Russia has stopped sending aid, Abkhazia faces a 10 percent GDP decline this year.
Joshua Kucera Jun 25, 2020
I predict a riot: A still from shaky video footage of the unrest in Taboshar.

Tajikistan sees unusual protests, authorities react with force

Chinese workers rallied with a demand to be allowed to travel home.
May 21, 2020
Putin and Orban (Kremlin.ru)

Perspectives | How durable is illiberalism in Eurasia?

Part 1 of a 3-part series.
Justin Burke May 11, 2020
The China-Russia border at Manzhouli/Zabaykalsk. (Jason_She/Wikimedia)

Infodemic infects Chinese-Russian relations

The pandemic is undermining official efforts in China and Russia to foster mutual amity.
Xiaofei Xu Apr 12, 2020
From a campaign video for Aslan Bzhania, who won the March 22 election for de facto president of Abkhazia. (photo: Facebook, Aslan Bzhania)

Abkhazia elects new leader

The vote went ahead in spite of the global coronavirus outbreak; although Abkhazia hasn’t recorded any cases, election officials took pains that the disease couldn’t be spread by voting.
Joshua Kucera Mar 23, 2020
A worker disinfects a city bus in Sukhumi, the de facto capital of Abkhazia. (sukhumcity.ru)

Caucasus unrecognized states remain coronavirus-free

The isolation of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh have served them well as the disease spreads all around them.
Joshua Kucera Mar 17, 2020
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