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The president claimed “trained militants” were behind nationwide unrest in January. Ten months later, no evidence has come to light supporting his claim.

The president is trying to move Kazakhstan on from the trauma 10 months ago, but the terms of the amnesty have not pleased everyone.

The arrests come as tension between Baku and Tehran has been reaching a peak.

Dushanbe apparently began producing Iranian drones under license earlier this year.

Tens of thousands gathered the day before the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia were meeting to work on a peace agreement that many Armenians oppose.

Russia’s war is the backdrop for many personal life decisions these days.

To combat inflation, the central bank has hiked interest rates despite slowing output.

Astana says it is trying to “adequately respond to new threats and risks.”

Until last year, ethnic Kyrgyz people were able to cross into neighboring Kyrgyzstan with their Tajik passports. Now they must first travel to a third country, an option few can afford.

“I was born here, I spent the best days of my life here. I don’t want to leave, but I’m afraid that the situation will just keep getting worse.”

Tehran appears alarmed both by Azerbaijan’s saber-rattling against Armenia and by a new EU monitoring mission to Armenia’s border with Iran.

Both sides are accusing one another of secretly returning troops and weapons to the contested border.

With Ukraine’s sunflower exports forecast to plummet this year, Kazakhstan is moving to fill the gap.

Media accounts appear to suggest the men had been enlisted in the Russian army against their will.

The accusation comes as a new EU monitoring mission prepares to deploy to the border, and as bellicose rhetoric from Baku is again on the rise.

Russia and Kazakhstan are doing the dirty work for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, Ukraine war brings Central Asia and Turkey closer together.

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan opposed discussion of Xinjiang at the UN Human Rights Council.

Putin’s complaints overlook the real cause of tensions in the region: His invasion of Ukraine.

Young men seeking to avoid getting sent to Ukraine are little aware of the tensions in the Caucasus.

Putin hijacked a summit in Kazakhstan to spread a conspiracy theory, undermining his host’s efforts to get the world to take a grouping of Asian leaders seriously.

More than a military alliance analogous to NATO, the bloc is a political entity. But analysts have never agreed on its exact purpose.

The temporary camps are to accommodate those Jews who are seeking to emigrate from Russia amid the Ukraine war. But Baku is staying quiet on it.

Russians keep flocking to their wary southern neighbor, and the newest arrivals are the most controversial.

President Japarov held a meeting with local people to address concerns, but that hasn't satisfied everybody.

The move comes as tension along the border had reached unprecedented heights even as the two countries are moving toward signing a peace agreement.