IMPACT: Authorities in Kyrgyzstan intend to reclaim swathes of a city park previously allocated to influential figures by the country’s former regime.

OCCRP & Kloop — our partner recently told to close by a Kyrgyz court — revealed the graft in 2019: occrp.org/en/daily/18683…

Kazakhstan's state-owned arms export company denies it is selling Soviet-era fighter and bomber aircraft to intermediaries for onward delivery to Ukraine. Says all component being crushed into scrap so as to be rendered unusable kaspex.kz/ru/announcemen…

Thinking of applying for a post-doc at the Vladimir Putin Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, of which Chechen hardman Ramzan Kadyrov's 16-year-old son has now been appointed the 'curator.' Anybody had good experiences studying there?

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High-profile murder trial in Kazakhstan boosts awareness of domestic violence, with comment by Human Rights Watch’s Vika Kim.
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During his trip to Italy, which is nearing completion, Tajik president Rahmon spent a night in the Tuscan seaside holiday destination of Viareggio. The night was spent in a large 5-star hotel on the waterfront, booked entirely
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Teplo (Nukus 31/2, Tashkent) is a funky concept-store showcasing various designers

Tajikistan's president hol... ok, I've got nothing.

If you're unhappy with what you deem sub-standard journalism about Central Asia, maybe amplify and support what good reporting there is instead of snidely flicking peanuts? It would be useful and encourage people doing good work. Otherwise, you're just part of the problem.

Excellent investigative reporting here on how figures close to 🇺🇿Uzbekistan's ruling family enrich themselves at the state's expense twitter.com/CarlSchreck/st…

As he shakes hands with the WeBuild CEO, Tajikistan's president suddenly worries that he left the oven on at home

The “Ministry of Internal Affairs is now in our church building. They cut off all the crosses. Only the Russian Orthodox Church or UOCMP can function there. All others: Catholics, Protestants & the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine are outlawed” euromaidanpress.com/2024/04/23/obe…

But what's happened this week in Central Asia? I hear you complain. And I don't just want the big politics, economy stuff, some other things too, you continue to bleat, quite annoyingly now. Well, here you go havli.substack.com/p/central-asia…

British Foreign Minister David Cameron fiddling around with plov in Uzbekistan

Farewell Barak: Uzbekistan Absorbs Kyrgyz Exclave As Part Of Historic Border Deal

For Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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Unluckily for Kadyrov, pancreatic necrosis cannot be jailed without trial and tortured twitter.com/KevinRothrock/…

Pepe Escobar also broke the story of how the unrest in Kazakhstan in January 2022 was *actually* a US-Turkish-British-Israeli-led coup d'etat. Not sure how many Asian intel sources told him about that one thecradle.co/articles-id/50…

British Foreign Minister David Cameron to visit Kyrgyzstan kg.akipress.org/news:2094061/

Resident of Orsk, a badly flooded city in Russia, tears strips off mayor over lack of financial support, says her husband died in war in Ukraine for nothing, while the mayor's son lives in Dubai