Central Asia

Tajikistan: Verbal Skirmish With Moscow

Suggestions that Russia should withdraw its border force from Tajikistan are more about money than geopolitics.

21 Feb 05

Help for ethnic Kazaks returning home is distributed unevenly, say activists.

21 Feb 05

Fergana authorities fail to halt plunder of Russian Orthodox cemetery

21 Feb 05

Leading Muslim leader denies claims that he’s a key figure in Hizb ut-Tahrir movement.

21 Feb 05

Activists claim that detained men are being persecuted for merely studying Islam.

21 Feb 05

The authorities’ decision to help enforce controversial edict is seen by some as an attempt to curb radical Islamic influence.

21 Feb 05

Outraged Kyrgyz officials take power firm to court for cutting electricity to government ministry building.

21 Feb 05

New law may be implemented in an attempt to reverse a series of disappointing harvests.

21 Feb 05

Non-government media subjected to closures and threats in run-up to 2005 elections.

21 Feb 05

Government move to ban radioactive imports pleases environmentalists but angers processing plant workers.

21 Feb 05

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