Caucasus

Russian Rights Versus Turkmen Gas

Has Moscow allowed the Turkmen president to strip ethnic Russians of their rights for the price of a gas contract?

20 Nov 05

Summer plane tickets out of Turkmenistan are being sold to the highest bidder, regardless of whether they have already been booked and paid for.

20 Nov 05

The government is refusing to register youth groups it fears are plotting a revolution.

20 Nov 05

Changes to laws on religion and the media will give government prosecutors new powers of censorship.

20 Nov 05

Victims of attacks on shops and other business during the March revolution are doubtful the government will live up to its promise to recompense them

20 Nov 05

In a high-profile court case, a former minister turns the tables by claiming that Kazakstan’s ruling elite controls the media.

20 Nov 05

Military mount crowd-dispersal exercises as officials speak of need to bolster weapon stocks and scrutinise the opposition.

20 Nov 05

Yet another set of changes to the law may further hamstring non-government groups.

20 Nov 05

Locals said to have suffered beatings and sexual abuse during police questioning following May uprising.

20 Nov 05

Prosecutor general warns that ex-president’s immunity from prosecution could be stripped from him if wrongdoing is proved.

20 Nov 05

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