Tajik Socialists in Trouble
Opposition party is torn apart by a power struggle with old roots, but apparently driven by manipulation from outside.
Opposition party is torn apart by a power struggle with old roots, but apparently driven by manipulation from outside.
Armenians and Azerbaijanis look for ways round new curbs on migrant workers, while Georgians take most of the heat.
Russia has scored a major coup by getting its preferred gas pipeline deal signed first, but analysts say other routes to Europe and China are still possible.
«Լսում էի ճիչեր, լսում էի, թե ինչպես են հարցաքննում մյուսներին։ Նրանց պարզապես խոշտանգում էին»։
Authorities want capacity to shift gas to market from giant field, but many proposed export routes currently look less than viable.
Eyewitnesses tell how President Karimov’s soldiers finished off the injured as they lay bleeding, and then concealed the corpses.
Pressure group believes state finances remain far from transparent, and gas export money may be held in foreign accounts.
June 2010 violence should warn Central Asian governments and international community that greater engagement on key problems is needed, ethnic policy expert says.
Analyst weighs possible next steps parties may take if newly-agreed truce holds.
Tbilisi continues to dream, but membership remains a long way off.