News Briefing Central Asia cover © IWPR FocusNews Briefing Central AsiaYears active: 2006-2012 Welfare System Faltering as Workers Shirk Payments Glaciers Melting Due to Habitat Destruction Kyrgyz Alarmed at Russian Ban on Traders Trans-Caspian Oil Scheme Depends on Production Date Government Will be Less Independent Without Kulov French Military to Remain New Model Army for Kazakstan Getting Teachers Back to School Will Migrant Workers Shift From Russia to Kazakstan? Show more