Kyrgyzstan: Provisional Government Has Difficulty Staying on United Message
As it tries to project its authority across fractious Kyrgyzstan, the provisional government in Bishkek is having difficulty presenting a united front.After moving fast initially to dissolve the...
View ArticleOusted Kyrgyz President's Stronghold Calm
The day after ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev fled Kyrgyzstan, his southern stronghold was calm following days of tension and uncertainty.read more
View ArticleArmenia: Village Hopes Religious Revival Can Spur Economic Improvement
Copyright show: No Residents of one of Armenia’s most dilapidated villages are hoping a religious revival can improve their economic fortunes.In early August, the town of Karakert, a churchless...
View ArticleSix Azerbaijani Oppositionists Jailed Over April Protest
Copyright show: No Six Azerbaijani opposition activists have been jailed for up to three years over an antigovernment protest in Baku four months ago that was broken up by police, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani...
View ArticleAbkhazia: Presidential Election Stresses Personalities, Not Policies
Copyright show: No It was a 300-person-strong rally, but 58-year-old Alexander Ankvab, de facto vice-president of the breakaway region of Abkhazia and candidate for its de facto presidency, saw no...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Remembering the Taliban in Ancient Buddhist Copper Mines
Copyright show: No A mere 30 kilometers from Kabul, Aynak is a strategic spot, well connected to the capital, but hidden in the folds of the surrounding hills. In 1999, al Qaeda identified Aynak as...
View ArticleUzbekistan: GooGoosha Turns into Fashion Pariah
Copyright show: No At first glance, human rights activists and the News Corp-owned New York Post do not seem to be natural allies. But they have teamed up to turn Gulnara Karimova, an aspiring fashion...
View ArticleGeorgia: Tbilisi Turns Shoppers into Tax-Fraud Informants
Copyright show: No Georgia’s democratization process is taking an ironic turn. Though eager to distance themselves from the Soviet era, a time when informants buttressed the Communist system,...
View ArticleIn Post-Soviet Central Asia, Russian Takes a Back Seat
Copyright show: No In the 20 years since the Central Asian republics of the Soviet Union became independent, the influence of the Russian language has been declining in these countries.Just two...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Military Aid to Tashkent Would Help Protect NDN - State Department
Copyright show: No The US State Department says reinstating American military aid to Uzbekistan is designed to assist Tashkent in protecting vital supply routes to Afghanistan.read more
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