Central Asia

Russia Slaps Tougher Controls on Kazak Border

The introduction of new border controls on the Kazak-Russian frontier is being interpreted as a warning from the Kremlin

22 Feb 05

President Akaev seems intent on exerting greater control over the Kyrgyz parliament

22 Feb 05

President Karimov is reversing his government's once tolerant attitude towards Islam

22 Feb 05

Uzbek security forces have charged religious leaders at a Tashkent mosque with hatching a plot to overthrow the government

22 Feb 05

Bishkek politicians fume over officials' collusion with dodgy Turkish businessmen

22 Feb 05

Many Tajiks fear a moratorium on capital punishment could lead to an escalation in crime

22 Feb 05

Women are starting to believe in their patronising media image

22 Feb 05

President Rakhmonov sees the presence of a Russian division in Dushanbe as an insurance policy against any future coups d'etat

22 Feb 05

Tashkent's attempts to pressure Bishkek into making territorial concessions appears to have failed

22 Feb 05

The Khizb-ut-Takhrir group is gaining sympathy among many southern Kyrgyz tired of poverty and leery of the new US military presence.

22 Feb 05

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