North Ossetia

Turkmenistan's Incredible Harvest

Bumper grain figures look too good to be true, as the president announces even higher targets for next year.

21 Feb 05

Hunger and poverty in southern Kyrgyzstan are exacerbating a growing tuberculosis problem

21 Feb 05

Simmering linguistic divisions are raising the political temperature in Kyrgyzstan

21 Feb 05

Life in the once prosperous Khatlon province is now an exercise in surviving natural and man-made disasters

21 Feb 05

Ashgabat ups the ante in its Caspian Sea oilfield dispute with Azerbaijan

21 Feb 05

Opposition party members claim their businesses have been targeted by the authorities.

21 Feb 05

Tajiks living near the border with Afghanistan are falling prey to drug dealers who are taking desperate measure to recover debts.

21 Feb 05

An influential Muslim politician voices strong opposition to anti-terror troops in the country.

21 Feb 05

The number of people contracting HIV has doubled in the past year, as the crumbling economy forces more young people into prostitution and drug use.

21 Feb 05

The nationalist government is determined to wipe out all traces of the Soviet past - even to the extent of bulldozing graveyards.

21 Feb 05

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