Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan: Russians Spooked by Conflict Rumours

“Counterrevolutionaries” blamed for alleged leaflet campaign advocating ethnic discord.

20 Nov 05

Students buy their way through university without attending lectures, just to get a diploma.

20 Nov 05

Ashgabat’s hospitals are recommending expensive scans and tests for patients in a bid to collect enough money for staff wages.

20 Nov 05

Opposition leader Felix Kulov must pass a Kyrgyz-language exam many believe was originally invented to thwart him.

20 Nov 05

Seizing government buildings has becoming a regular activity for protestors who feel they have no other way of being heard.

20 Nov 05

Questions are asked about how a high-profile figure turned up in detention in Tajikistan when he was last seen as a free man in Russia.

20 Nov 05

A family planning campaign that looks benign is marred by allegations of forced sterilisation on a wide scale.

20 Nov 05

Everyone’s reading it, but only because studying the president’s book is compulsory for pre-school kids and surgeons alike.

20 Nov 05

A government commission set up to investigate the former administration’s finances faces political pressure and tortuous accounting.

20 Nov 05

Authorities make changes to how groups are funded, putting pressure on those backed with money from overseas.

20 Nov 05

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