Central Asia

Wiring up the CIS

Coal Offers Alternative Energy Source

Tbilisi Fears Russian Recognition of Rebel Regions

Speculation mounts that Moscow may punish Georgia over spy scandal by recognising Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Rival Land Claims May Stoke Tensions in Afghan North

Kunduz residents dispute the right of incomers to assert long-lost property rights.

Prison Amnesty Highlights High Arrest Rates

Chinese and Kazaks Discuss Shared Rivers

Uzbeks Impose High Gas Bills on Tajiks and Kyrgyz

OSCE Urged to Press Turkmenistan on Human Rights

Huge Cash Boost for Kazak Science

Concern at “Anti-Extremism” Bill