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UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE The Sino-Uzbek shot may not be the most popular, but it is the most widely available. As of June 2, 3.5 million doses had been imported, compared with only enough Sputnik V to inoculate 85,000 people. Another 660,000 AstraZeneca shots have arrived through the UN’s COVAX program, an initiative to provide poor countries with vaccines. AZERBAIJAN STARTS MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Azerbaijan has begun the second step of its COVID-19 vaccination program as it undertakes a mass inoculation of its health care workers and older citizens. The vaccination program kicked off on January 18, making Azerbaijan the first country in the Caucasus or Central Asia to do so. Azerbaijan is relying on China’s CoronaVac vaccine, and as IN POST-WAR ARMENIA, SPY MANIA RUNNING AMOK In post-war Armenia, spy mania running amok. Two spy scandals involving well-regarded organizations speak to Armenians’ loss of faith in the international community, as well as the opposition’s interest in taking advantage of that mistrust. Our weekly Post-war Report. Joshua Kucera Mar 12, 2021. Armenian conspiracy theorists arecharging
TURKMENISTAN: HOT UNDER THE COLLAR Turkmenistan’s president has granted his second-ever interview to a foreign media outlet – and it was as dull and unrevealing as one could expect, but for one odd detail. The recipient of this dubious honor was Mir 24, an insipid Euronews clone based out of Moscow whose chairman himself put the questions to Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. AZERBAIJAN BEGINS CONTROVERSIAL RENOVATION OF ARMENIAN Azerbaijan begins controversial renovation of Armenian church. Baku has said it intends to restore the church to its “original” form. They haven’t said what that is, though, and Armenians haven’t been consulted. Our weekly Post-War Report. Joshua Kucera May 7, 2021. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching FOLLOWING WAR WITH ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN GAINS CONTROL OF Vejnali/Tondirget Discovered in the late 1950s and confirmed to hold up to 6.5 tons of gold, in recent years Vejnali has been mined by a company called Gold Star, which was the fourth-largest taxpayer in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2019 according to the State Revenue Committee. Little is known about the company, though a 2020 financial report seen by Eurasianet shows a 1 billion dram ($2 million) loss. UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA Dashboard: Vaccinating Eurasia - June. Jun 4, 2021. Vaccine uptake, the latest case surges, and related news from Central Asia and theSouth Caucasus.
UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE The Sino-Uzbek shot may not be the most popular, but it is the most widely available. As of June 2, 3.5 million doses had been imported, compared with only enough Sputnik V to inoculate 85,000 people. Another 660,000 AstraZeneca shots have arrived through the UN’s COVAX program, an initiative to provide poor countries with vaccines. AZERBAIJAN STARTS MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Azerbaijan has begun the second step of its COVID-19 vaccination program as it undertakes a mass inoculation of its health care workers and older citizens. The vaccination program kicked off on January 18, making Azerbaijan the first country in the Caucasus or Central Asia to do so. Azerbaijan is relying on China’s CoronaVac vaccine, and as IN POST-WAR ARMENIA, SPY MANIA RUNNING AMOK In post-war Armenia, spy mania running amok. Two spy scandals involving well-regarded organizations speak to Armenians’ loss of faith in the international community, as well as the opposition’s interest in taking advantage of that mistrust. Our weekly Post-war Report. Joshua Kucera Mar 12, 2021. Armenian conspiracy theorists arecharging
TURKMENISTAN: HOT UNDER THE COLLAR Turkmenistan’s president has granted his second-ever interview to a foreign media outlet – and it was as dull and unrevealing as one could expect, but for one odd detail. The recipient of this dubious honor was Mir 24, an insipid Euronews clone based out of Moscow whose chairman himself put the questions to Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. AZERBAIJAN BEGINS CONTROVERSIAL RENOVATION OF ARMENIAN Azerbaijan begins controversial renovation of Armenian church. Baku has said it intends to restore the church to its “original” form. They haven’t said what that is, though, and Armenians haven’t been consulted. Our weekly Post-War Report. Joshua Kucera May 7, 2021. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching FOLLOWING WAR WITH ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN GAINS CONTROL OF Vejnali/Tondirget Discovered in the late 1950s and confirmed to hold up to 6.5 tons of gold, in recent years Vejnali has been mined by a company called Gold Star, which was the fourth-largest taxpayer in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2019 according to the State Revenue Committee. Little is known about the company, though a 2020 financial report seen by Eurasianet shows a 1 billion dram ($2 million) loss. UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN EXCHANGE DETAINEES FOR MINE MAPS 12 minutes ago · Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange detainees for mine maps The deal, brokered by Georgia and the United States, is a partial resolution to the most contentious issues between the two sides following last year’s war. UZBEKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN DO $1 BILLION IN DEALS, EYE TRADE 1 day ago · Uzbekistan’s president was met this week with pomp and ceremony in Tajikistan at the start of a three-day visit that produced pledges for more than $1 billion in commercial deals and joint projects. It is a stark turnaround in affairs from only a few years ago, when the former fellow-SovietPERSPECTIVES
There are many types of forced marriage in this world, but perhaps the most dramatic is marriage by abduction, or bride kidnapping. Bride kidnapping is common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In rural Kyrgyzstan, where over 60% of the country’spopulation lives
KYRGYZSTAN: TURKISH-BORN FOUNDER OF GULEN-BACKED SCHOOLS The Turkish-born founder of a network of prestigious schools in Kyrgyzstan has gone missing, prompting his supporters to suspect he may have been kidnapped by Turkey's security services. Police in Bishkek reported on June 1 that a car belonging ANALYSIS | CAN CENTRAL ASIAN GAS EXPORTERS RELY ON CHINA In mid-2019, Russia agreed to resume importing 5.5 bcm per year of gas from Turkmenistan, a fraction of what goes to China. While China is importing more LNG, it is contractually obliged to pay for a certain amount of gas from Central Asia. Such a “take-or-pay” provision is included in most long-term gas contracts. KAZAKHSTAN: VACCINATION CAMPAIGN PROCEEDS AT SNAIL’S PACE This is a fraction of the 100,000 people that Kazakhstan’s government had intended to jab by the end of February, starting with front-line healthcare workers, with vaccinations that are voluntary and free of charge for risk groups. Unless the pace picks up, the government will fall well-short of its target of vaccinating 2 millionpeople in
UZBEKISTAN: SHUTTLE TRADERS SAY CHINA STRANGLING ACCESS Brand Beijing. China is Uzbekistan’s top trading partner. The Central Asian nation imported $4.4 billion of goods from China in 2020 – primarily machinery and car parts, according to UN data – and sold $1.2 billion to China – mostly gas, cotton and metals. Oftenlost
NORTHERN ARAL'S PROMISE STUNTED BY DAM HEIGHT The 13-kilometer Kok-Aral dam was completed in 2005 as part of an $86 million “phase-1” project that included upstream work to remove bottlenecks on the Syr Darya. The dam raised the water in the Northern Aral by 4 meters, reduced salinity by 50 percent, according to the World Bank, and brought the sea about 50 kilometers closer to Aralsk. ARMENIA PROPOSING RESTORATION OF RAIL ROUTE THROUGH Armenia prefers the blue route, Azerbaijan the red. The route via Ijevan and Gazakh was first constructed in the 1980s as an alternative route connecting Yerevan to Baku (the route through Nakhchivan was constructed in 1941) but it was abandoned in 1992 amid the first warbetween the two.
KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LARGE OIL FIELD DISCOVERED IN CASPIAN An oil-rich province in western Kazakhstan has unveiled what it claims might be its largest discovery of hydrocarbons in the nation’s post-independence history. The announcement on February 25 by officials in Mangystau province presents a glimmer of positive news in a torrid year for the economy. “According to experts, this is thelargest
HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia TURKMENISTAN: THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CYCLIST 1 day ago · In the latest episode of equine-constitutional theatrics on June 6, father and son together visited the Akhal-Teke equestrian complex, “to meet with favorite horses,” as the state news agency phrased it.Once there, Serdar presented his father with the gift of a horse, Khankerven. UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE The Sino-Uzbek shot may not be the most popular, but it is the most widely available. As of June 2, 3.5 million doses had been imported, compared with only enough Sputnik V to inoculate 85,000 people. Another 660,000 AstraZeneca shots have arrived through the UN’s COVAX program, an initiative to provide poor countries with vaccines. AZERBAIJAN STARTS MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Azerbaijan has begun the second step of its COVID-19 vaccination program as it undertakes a mass inoculation of its health care workers and older citizens. The vaccination program kicked off on January 18, making Azerbaijan the first country in the Caucasus or Central Asia to do so. Azerbaijan is relying on China’s CoronaVac vaccine, and as KYRGYZSTAN: TURKISH-BORN FOUNDER OF GULEN-BACKED SCHOOLS Jun 1, 2021. Orhan Inandi. The Turkish-born founder of a network of prestigious schools in Kyrgyzstan has gone missing, prompting his supporters to suspect he may have been kidnapped by Turkish security services. Police in Bishkek reported on June 1 that a car belonging to Orhan Inandi, who gained Kyrgyz citizenship in 2012, was overnight AZERBAIJAN BEGINS CONTROVERSIAL RENOVATION OF ARMENIAN Azerbaijan begins controversial renovation of Armenian church. Baku has said it intends to restore the church to its “original” form. They haven’t said what that is, though, and Armenians haven’t been consulted. Our weekly Post-War Report. Joshua Kucera May 7, 2021. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS Nice wheels: Tajik President Emomali Rahmon inspects purchases of Chinese military vehicles in February. (government handout) A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia TURKMENISTAN: THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CYCLIST 1 day ago · In the latest episode of equine-constitutional theatrics on June 6, father and son together visited the Akhal-Teke equestrian complex, “to meet with favorite horses,” as the state news agency phrased it.Once there, Serdar presented his father with the gift of a horse, Khankerven. UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE The Sino-Uzbek shot may not be the most popular, but it is the most widely available. As of June 2, 3.5 million doses had been imported, compared with only enough Sputnik V to inoculate 85,000 people. Another 660,000 AstraZeneca shots have arrived through the UN’s COVAX program, an initiative to provide poor countries with vaccines. AZERBAIJAN STARTS MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Azerbaijan has begun the second step of its COVID-19 vaccination program as it undertakes a mass inoculation of its health care workers and older citizens. The vaccination program kicked off on January 18, making Azerbaijan the first country in the Caucasus or Central Asia to do so. Azerbaijan is relying on China’s CoronaVac vaccine, and as KYRGYZSTAN: TURKISH-BORN FOUNDER OF GULEN-BACKED SCHOOLS Jun 1, 2021. Orhan Inandi. The Turkish-born founder of a network of prestigious schools in Kyrgyzstan has gone missing, prompting his supporters to suspect he may have been kidnapped by Turkish security services. Police in Bishkek reported on June 1 that a car belonging to Orhan Inandi, who gained Kyrgyz citizenship in 2012, was overnight AZERBAIJAN BEGINS CONTROVERSIAL RENOVATION OF ARMENIAN Azerbaijan begins controversial renovation of Armenian church. Baku has said it intends to restore the church to its “original” form. 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UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS Nice wheels: Tajik President Emomali Rahmon inspects purchases of Chinese military vehicles in February. (government handout) A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. TURKMENISTAN: THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CYCLIST 1 day ago · In the latest episode of equine-constitutional theatrics on June 6, father and son together visited the Akhal-Teke equestrian complex, “to meet with favorite horses,” as the state news agency phrased it.Once there, Serdar presented his father with the gift of a horse, Khankerven. AZERBAIJAN STARTS MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Azerbaijan has begun the second step of its COVID-19 vaccination program as it undertakes a mass inoculation of its health care workers and older citizens. The vaccination program kicked off on January 18, making Azerbaijan the first country in the Caucasus or Central Asia to do so. Azerbaijan is relying on China’s CoronaVac vaccine, and as TURKISH FIRMS BENEFIT FROM AZERBAIJAN’S VICTORY 20 minutes ago · When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Azerbaijan next week, he will be mixing business with pleasure. Erdogan is scheduled to attend a June 16 soccer match in Baku between Turkey and Wales and then visit Shusha, the historic city inPERSPECTIVES
Following Azerbaijan’s victory over Armenia in the 2020 Second Karabakh War, the country has seen a large-scale revival of attention to an obscure, extinct group once prominent in the region: the Caucasian Albanians. In particular, the Azerbaijani government and associated scholars have been 'BRIDE KIDNAPPING' HAUNTS RURAL KYRGYZSTAN, CAUSING YOUNG 1 day ago · There are many types of forced marriage in this world, but perhaps the most dramatic is marriage by abduction, or bride kidnapping. Bride kidnapping is common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In rural Kyrgyzstan, where over 60% of the country’s population lives KYRGYZSTAN: OUTLOOK MURKY FOR VANISHED FOUNDER OF GULEN 22 hours ago · The family and supporters of Orhan Inandi, a well-known businessman who vanished in Kyrgyzstan’s capital more than a week ago, are certain they know where he is. The problem, they say, is how to get him out. Suspicions all center on Turkey’s embassy in Bishkek. Inandi is a natural target for UZBEKISTAN: IN A CHANGE OF TACK, PRESIDENT PREACHES SUPPLY 18 hours ago · Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has slammed local authorities pressuring tradespeople to keep prices for foodstuffs low, thereby departing from a practice he has himself exercised in the past. In a televised address to the government,Mirziyoyev said
TAJIKISTAN NETS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS FROM DONORS TO BUILD 1 day ago · One billboard dotted around Tajikistan declares a sentiment that the government claims is a key priority. “Roads Draw Hearts Closer,” it reads. That notwithstanding, a large and expensive dam project being funded by squeezing taxpayers dry is flooding one of the country’s most important PODCAST | EXPERT OPINIONS: RESEARCHING KLEPTOCRACY IN In the latest episode of Expert Opinions - Russia, Eurasia, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews anti-corruption investigator Thomas Mayne about kleptocracy and what it means for democracies allGUANGQING CHI
1 day ago · Living in a household headed by a kidnapping-based couple is one of the strongest predictors of women’s migration HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE The Sino-Uzbek shot may not be the most popular, but it is the most widely available. As of June 2, 3.5 million doses had been imported, compared with only enough Sputnik V to inoculate 85,000 people. Another 660,000 AstraZeneca shots have arrived through the UN’s COVAX program, an initiative to provide poor countries with vaccines. AZERBAIJAN STARTS MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Azerbaijan has begun the second step of its COVID-19 vaccination program as it undertakes a mass inoculation of its health care workers and older citizens. The vaccination program kicked off on January 18, making Azerbaijan the first country in the Caucasus or Central Asia to do so. Azerbaijan is relying on China’s CoronaVac vaccine, and as TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching UZBEKISTAN: SHUTTLE TRADERS SAY CHINA STRANGLING ACCESS Brand Beijing. China is Uzbekistan’s top trading partner. The Central Asian nation imported $4.4 billion of goods from China in 2020 – primarily machinery and car parts, according to UN data – and sold $1.2 billion to China – mostly gas, cotton and metals. Oftenlost
KYRGYZSTAN: REFERENDUM HANDS JAPAROV THE SUPER-PRESIDENCY According to preliminary figures released late in the evening, 36.7 percent of eligible voters took part in the referendum, thereby surpassing the required 30 percent threshold. Out of that total, 79 percent voted in favor of the presidential constitution. “This constitution was devised by us, together with community elders,scholars and
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THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES Georgia and Abkhazia: Soviet-era Dam Binds and Divides. Ken Stier Mar 6, 2017. A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate. HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE The Sino-Uzbek shot may not be the most popular, but it is the most widely available. As of June 2, 3.5 million doses had been imported, compared with only enough Sputnik V to inoculate 85,000 people. Another 660,000 AstraZeneca shots have arrived through the UN’s COVAX program, an initiative to provide poor countries with vaccines. AZERBAIJAN STARTS MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Azerbaijan has begun the second step of its COVID-19 vaccination program as it undertakes a mass inoculation of its health care workers and older citizens. The vaccination program kicked off on January 18, making Azerbaijan the first country in the Caucasus or Central Asia to do so. Azerbaijan is relying on China’s CoronaVac vaccine, and as TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching UZBEKISTAN: SHUTTLE TRADERS SAY CHINA STRANGLING ACCESS Brand Beijing. China is Uzbekistan’s top trading partner. The Central Asian nation imported $4.4 billion of goods from China in 2020 – primarily machinery and car parts, according to UN data – and sold $1.2 billion to China – mostly gas, cotton and metals. Oftenlost
KYRGYZSTAN: REFERENDUM HANDS JAPAROV THE SUPER-PRESIDENCY According to preliminary figures released late in the evening, 36.7 percent of eligible voters took part in the referendum, thereby surpassing the required 30 percent threshold. Out of that total, 79 percent voted in favor of the presidential constitution. “This constitution was devised by us, together with community elders,scholars and
UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. The September 1 report to Congress said Beijing is “seeking to establish a more robust overseas logistics and basing infrastructure to allow the PLAto
THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES Georgia and Abkhazia: Soviet-era Dam Binds and Divides. Ken Stier Mar 6, 2017. A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate. TURKMENISTAN: THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CYCLIST 1 day ago · In the latest episode of equine-constitutional theatrics on June 6, father and son together visited the Akhal-Teke equestrian complex, “to meet with favorite horses,” as the state news agency phrased it.Once there, Serdar presented his father with the gift of a horse, Khankerven. UZBEKISTAN: IN A CHANGE OF TACK, PRESIDENT PREACHES SUPPLY 13 hours ago · Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has slammed local authorities pressuring tradespeople to keep prices for foodstuffs low, thereby departing from a practice he has himself exercised in the past. In a televised address to the government,Mirziyoyev said
KYRGYZSTAN: OUTLOOK MURKY FOR VANISHED FOUNDER OF GULEN 18 hours ago · The family and supporters of Orhan Inandi, a well-known businessman who vanished in Kyrgyzstan’s capital more than a week ago, are certain they know where he is. The problem, they say, is how to get him out. Suspicions all center on Turkey’s embassy in Bishkek. Inandi is a natural target forPERSPECTIVES
1 day ago · There are many types of forced marriage in this world, but perhaps the most dramatic is marriage by abduction, or bride kidnapping. Bride kidnapping is common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In rural Kyrgyzstan, where over 60% of the country’s population lives GEORGIAN COVID IMMUNIZATION DRIVE STUMBLES OUT OF THE GATE Georgian COVID immunization drive stumbles out of the gate The death of a nurse, hasty European policy decisions and the Georgian church’s indifference all have contributed to a rocky rollout for the vaccination campaign. TAJIKISTAN NETS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS FROM DONORS TO BUILD 1 day ago · One billboard dotted around Tajikistan declares a sentiment that the government claims is a key priority. “Roads Draw Hearts Closer,” it reads. That notwithstanding, a large and expensive dam project being funded by squeezing taxpayers dry is flooding one of the country’s most important PODCAST | EXPERT OPINIONS: RESEARCHING KLEPTOCRACY IN In the latest episode of Expert Opinions - Russia, Eurasia, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews anti-corruption investigator Thomas Mayne about kleptocracy and what it means for democracies all UZBEKISTAN: CLERICS DECLARE FATWA AGAINST DANGEROUS Islamic authorities in Uzbekistan have promulgated a fatwa equating driver death caused as a result of speeding to suicide in an extreme bid to promote the cause of road safety. The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, or MBU, said in its ruling, which was adopted late last month but made public on June 3 UZBEKISTAN: SHUTTLE TRADERS SAY CHINA STRANGLING ACCESS Brand Beijing. China is Uzbekistan’s top trading partner. The Central Asian nation imported $4.4 billion of goods from China in 2020 – primarily machinery and car parts, according to UN data – and sold $1.2 billion to China – mostly gas, cotton and metals. Oftenlost
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1 day ago · Living in a household headed by a kidnapping-based couple is one of the strongest predictors of women’s migration HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE In late January, as some wealthy countries were opening vaccination clinics, Tashkent resident Rustam Djabborov took to Facebook to make an announcement of his own. A journalist by trade, Djabborov referenced an article he had written a few months before, where hepromised to
KYRGYZSTAN: REFERENDUM HANDS JAPAROV THE SUPER-PRESIDENCY Kyrgyzstan: Referendum hands Japarov the super-presidency he craved A low turnout may dent the legitimacy of the exercise, however. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Apr 11, 2021 CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS Nice wheels: Tajik President Emomali Rahmon inspects purchases of Chinese military vehicles in February. (government handout) A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. UZBEKISTAN: SHUTTLE TRADERS SAY CHINA STRANGLING ACCESS Shuttle traders on the Chinese-Kazakh border. (David Trilling) Visiting China used to be a breeze for Karim Muhammadhodjayev. The Uzbek trader spent more than a decade traveling to and fro, buying bed linens that he would later sell in bazaars back home. GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate. UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. UZBEKISTAN: THE FORGOTTEN POLISH DIVISIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA Activists from the Polish Cultural Center in Tashkent lay flowers at the grave of a soldier, who died in Uzbekistan during World War II, atthe Polish
HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE In late January, as some wealthy countries were opening vaccination clinics, Tashkent resident Rustam Djabborov took to Facebook to make an announcement of his own. A journalist by trade, Djabborov referenced an article he had written a few months before, where hepromised to
KYRGYZSTAN: REFERENDUM HANDS JAPAROV THE SUPER-PRESIDENCY Kyrgyzstan: Referendum hands Japarov the super-presidency he craved A low turnout may dent the legitimacy of the exercise, however. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Apr 11, 2021 CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS Nice wheels: Tajik President Emomali Rahmon inspects purchases of Chinese military vehicles in February. (government handout) A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. UZBEKISTAN: SHUTTLE TRADERS SAY CHINA STRANGLING ACCESS Shuttle traders on the Chinese-Kazakh border. (David Trilling) Visiting China used to be a breeze for Karim Muhammadhodjayev. The Uzbek trader spent more than a decade traveling to and fro, buying bed linens that he would later sell in bazaars back home. GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate. UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. UZBEKISTAN: THE FORGOTTEN POLISH DIVISIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA Activists from the Polish Cultural Center in Tashkent lay flowers at the grave of a soldier, who died in Uzbekistan during World War II, atthe Polish
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Following Azerbaijan’s victory over Armenia in the 2020 Second Karabakh War, the country has seen a large-scale revival of attention to an obscure, extinct group once prominent in the region: the Caucasian Albanians. In particular, the Azerbaijani government and associated scholars have been KYRGYZSTAN: OUTLOOK MURKY FOR VANISHED FOUNDER OF GULEN The family and supporters of Orhan Inandi, a well-known businessman who vanished in Kyrgyzstan’s capital more than a week ago, are certain they know where he is. The problem, they say, is how to get him out. Suspicions all center on Turkey’s embassy in Bishkek. Inandi is a natural target for AZERBAIJAN STARTS MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Azerbaijan starts mass COVID-19 vaccinations The coronavirus inoculation program is the first in the Caucasus and Central Asia, starting out with Chinese vaccines but incorporating Russian and Western ones at later stages.PERSPECTIVES
22 hours ago · There are many types of forced marriage in this world, but perhaps the most dramatic is marriage by abduction, or bride kidnapping. Bride kidnapping is common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In rural Kyrgyzstan, where over 60% of the country’s population lives TAJIKISTAN NETS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS FROM DONORS TO BUILD 21 hours ago · One billboard dotted around Tajikistan declares a sentiment that the government claims is a key priority. “Roads Draw Hearts Closer,” it reads. That notwithstanding, a large and expensive dam project being funded by squeezing taxpayers dry is flooding one of the country’s most important TURKMENISTAN: THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CYCLIST 1 day ago · In the crude art of Kremlinology as applied to modern Turkmenistan, horses offer a promising avenue of exploration. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is endlessly fond of the native Akhal-Teke breed and rides them frequently – in part to demonstrate PODCAST | EXPERT OPINIONS: RESEARCHING KLEPTOCRACY IN In the latest episode of Expert Opinions - Russia, Eurasia, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews anti-corruption investigator Thomas Mayne about kleptocracy and what it means for democracies allERIN HOFMANN
1 day ago · Living in a household headed by a kidnapping-based couple is one of the strongest predictors of women’s migration UZBEKISTAN: CLERICS DECLARE FATWA AGAINST DANGEROUS Islamic authorities in Uzbekistan have promulgated a fatwa equating driver death caused as a result of speeding to suicide in an extreme bid to promote the cause of road safety. The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, or MBU, said in its ruling, which was adopted late last month but made public on June 3 KARABAKH’S CONTENTIOUS MOSQUE RESTORATION Karabakh’s contentious mosque restoration The restoration has sparked arguments about whether the mosque should be considered “Persian” or “Azerbaijani,” and some locals question whether the Armenian-controlled territory should be rebuilding its mosques atall.
HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching UZBEKISTAN: SHUTTLE TRADERS SAY CHINA STRANGLING ACCESS Brand Beijing. China is Uzbekistan’s top trading partner. The Central Asian nation imported $4.4 billion of goods from China in 2020 – primarily machinery and car parts, according to UN data – and sold $1.2 billion to China – mostly gas, cotton and metals. Oftenlost
KYRGYZSTAN: REFERENDUM HANDS JAPAROV THE SUPER-PRESIDENCY According to preliminary figures released late in the evening, 36.7 percent of eligible voters took part in the referendum, thereby surpassing the required 30 percent threshold. Out of that total, 79 percent voted in favor of the presidential constitution. “This constitution was devised by us, together with community elders,scholars and
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Widely seen as one of the losers of the recent conflict, the EU could contribute to making the emerging regional order more viable – and rebuilding trust with the parties. Among the winners and losers of the Second Karabakh War, Europe – and specifically the European Union – is unanimously regarded as falling into the latter category. CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. The September 1 report to Congress said Beijing is “seeking to establish a more robust overseas logistics and basing infrastructure to allow the PLAto
UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI FACEBOOK PHOTO CAUSES SCANDAL A new social media scandal suggests that for many in both countries, the answer is no. The controversy began on November 4, when an Azerbaijani man, Tehran Bayramov, posted a public selfie on Facebook with an Armenian woman, Asya Khachatryan, along with some loving emojis, ??. In another photo in the post, their two passports – oneArmenian
GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES Georgia and Abkhazia: Soviet-era Dam Binds and Divides. Ken Stier Mar 6, 2017. A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate. HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching UZBEKISTAN: SHUTTLE TRADERS SAY CHINA STRANGLING ACCESS Brand Beijing. China is Uzbekistan’s top trading partner. The Central Asian nation imported $4.4 billion of goods from China in 2020 – primarily machinery and car parts, according to UN data – and sold $1.2 billion to China – mostly gas, cotton and metals. Oftenlost
KYRGYZSTAN: REFERENDUM HANDS JAPAROV THE SUPER-PRESIDENCY According to preliminary figures released late in the evening, 36.7 percent of eligible voters took part in the referendum, thereby surpassing the required 30 percent threshold. Out of that total, 79 percent voted in favor of the presidential constitution. “This constitution was devised by us, together with community elders,scholars and
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Widely seen as one of the losers of the recent conflict, the EU could contribute to making the emerging regional order more viable – and rebuilding trust with the parties. Among the winners and losers of the Second Karabakh War, Europe – and specifically the European Union – is unanimously regarded as falling into the latter category. CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. The September 1 report to Congress said Beijing is “seeking to establish a more robust overseas logistics and basing infrastructure to allow the PLAto
UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI FACEBOOK PHOTO CAUSES SCANDAL A new social media scandal suggests that for many in both countries, the answer is no. The controversy began on November 4, when an Azerbaijani man, Tehran Bayramov, posted a public selfie on Facebook with an Armenian woman, Asya Khachatryan, along with some loving emojis, ??. In another photo in the post, their two passports – oneArmenian
GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES Georgia and Abkhazia: Soviet-era Dam Binds and Divides. Ken Stier Mar 6, 2017. A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate.PERSPECTIVES
1 day ago · Following Azerbaijan’s victory over Armenia in the 2020 Second Karabakh War, the country has seen a large-scale revival of attention to an obscure, extinct group once prominent in the region: the Caucasian Albanians. In particular, the Azerbaijani government and associated scholars have been AZERBAIJAN STARTS MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Azerbaijan has begun the second step of its COVID-19 vaccination program as it undertakes a mass inoculation of its health care workers and older citizens. The vaccination program kicked off on January 18, making Azerbaijan the first country in the Caucasus or Central Asia to do so. Azerbaijan is relying on China’s CoronaVac vaccine, and asPERSPECTIVES
17 hours ago · There are many types of forced marriage in this world, but perhaps the most dramatic is marriage by abduction, or bride kidnapping. Bride kidnapping is common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In rural Kyrgyzstan, where over 60% of the country’s population lives TURKMENISTAN: THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CYCLIST 20 hours ago · In the latest episode of equine-constitutional theatrics on June 6, father and son together visited the Akhal-Teke equestrian complex, “to meet with favorite horses,” as the state news agency phrased it.Once there, Serdar presented his father with the gift of a horse, Khankerven. TAJIKISTAN NETS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS FROM DONORS TO BUILD 15 hours ago · One billboard dotted around Tajikistan declares a sentiment that the government claims is a key priority. “Roads Draw Hearts Closer,” it reads. That notwithstanding, a large and expensive dam project being funded by squeezing taxpayers dry is flooding one of the country’s most important PODCAST | EXPERT OPINIONS: RESEARCHING KLEPTOCRACY IN In the latest episode of Expert Opinions - Russia, Eurasia, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews anti-corruption investigator Thomas Mayne about kleptocracy and what it means for democracies allERIN HOFMANN
19 hours ago · Living in a household headed by a kidnapping-based couple is one of the strongest predictors of women’s migration UZBEKISTAN EMBARKS ON MASS VACCINATION, BUT WHERE WILL Uzbekistan is embarking on a mass coronavirus inoculation campaign with a vaccine that is still months away from completing its third stage of tests. Millions are being offered the option of getting a jab for free, but it is far from clear how many will be eager. And the fact that life largely returned to normal a long time ago may rob the UZBEKISTAN: CLERICS DECLARE FATWA AGAINST DANGEROUS Islamic authorities in Uzbekistan have promulgated a fatwa equating driver death caused as a result of speeding to suicide in an extreme bid to promote the cause of road safety. The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, or MBU, said in its ruling, which was adopted late last month but made public on June 3 JAVID AGHA | EURASIANET 1 day ago · Both in Azerbaijan and Armenia, the history of these medieval people is misunderstood and is being manipulated forpolitical ends
HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching UZBEKISTAN: SHUTTLE TRADERS SAY CHINA STRANGLING ACCESS Brand Beijing. China is Uzbekistan’s top trading partner. The Central Asian nation imported $4.4 billion of goods from China in 2020 – primarily machinery and car parts, according to UN data – and sold $1.2 billion to China – mostly gas, cotton and metals. Oftenlost
KYRGYZSTAN: REFERENDUM HANDS JAPAROV THE SUPER-PRESIDENCY According to preliminary figures released late in the evening, 36.7 percent of eligible voters took part in the referendum, thereby surpassing the required 30 percent threshold. Out of that total, 79 percent voted in favor of the presidential constitution. “This constitution was devised by us, together with community elders,scholars and
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Widely seen as one of the losers of the recent conflict, the EU could contribute to making the emerging regional order more viable – and rebuilding trust with the parties. Among the winners and losers of the Second Karabakh War, Europe – and specifically the European Union – is unanimously regarded as falling into the latter category. CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. The September 1 report to Congress said Beijing is “seeking to establish a more robust overseas logistics and basing infrastructure to allow the PLAto
UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI FACEBOOK PHOTO CAUSES SCANDAL A new social media scandal suggests that for many in both countries, the answer is no. The controversy began on November 4, when an Azerbaijani man, Tehran Bayramov, posted a public selfie on Facebook with an Armenian woman, Asya Khachatryan, along with some loving emojis, ??. In another photo in the post, their two passports – oneArmenian
GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES Georgia and Abkhazia: Soviet-era Dam Binds and Divides. Ken Stier Mar 6, 2017. A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate. HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching UZBEKISTAN: SHUTTLE TRADERS SAY CHINA STRANGLING ACCESS Brand Beijing. China is Uzbekistan’s top trading partner. The Central Asian nation imported $4.4 billion of goods from China in 2020 – primarily machinery and car parts, according to UN data – and sold $1.2 billion to China – mostly gas, cotton and metals. Oftenlost
KYRGYZSTAN: REFERENDUM HANDS JAPAROV THE SUPER-PRESIDENCY According to preliminary figures released late in the evening, 36.7 percent of eligible voters took part in the referendum, thereby surpassing the required 30 percent threshold. Out of that total, 79 percent voted in favor of the presidential constitution. “This constitution was devised by us, together with community elders,scholars and
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Widely seen as one of the losers of the recent conflict, the EU could contribute to making the emerging regional order more viable – and rebuilding trust with the parties. Among the winners and losers of the Second Karabakh War, Europe – and specifically the European Union – is unanimously regarded as falling into the latter category. CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. The September 1 report to Congress said Beijing is “seeking to establish a more robust overseas logistics and basing infrastructure to allow the PLAto
UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI FACEBOOK PHOTO CAUSES SCANDAL A new social media scandal suggests that for many in both countries, the answer is no. The controversy began on November 4, when an Azerbaijani man, Tehran Bayramov, posted a public selfie on Facebook with an Armenian woman, Asya Khachatryan, along with some loving emojis, ??. In another photo in the post, their two passports – oneArmenian
GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES Georgia and Abkhazia: Soviet-era Dam Binds and Divides. Ken Stier Mar 6, 2017. A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate.PERSPECTIVES
1 day ago · Following Azerbaijan’s victory over Armenia in the 2020 Second Karabakh War, the country has seen a large-scale revival of attention to an obscure, extinct group once prominent in the region: the Caucasian Albanians. In particular, the Azerbaijani government and associated scholars have been AZERBAIJAN STARTS MASS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS Azerbaijan has begun the second step of its COVID-19 vaccination program as it undertakes a mass inoculation of its health care workers and older citizens. The vaccination program kicked off on January 18, making Azerbaijan the first country in the Caucasus or Central Asia to do so. Azerbaijan is relying on China’s CoronaVac vaccine, and asPERSPECTIVES
16 hours ago · There are many types of forced marriage in this world, but perhaps the most dramatic is marriage by abduction, or bride kidnapping. Bride kidnapping is common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In rural Kyrgyzstan, where over 60% of the country’s population lives TURKMENISTAN: THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CYCLIST 19 hours ago · In the latest episode of equine-constitutional theatrics on June 6, father and son together visited the Akhal-Teke equestrian complex, “to meet with favorite horses,” as the state news agency phrased it.Once there, Serdar presented his father with the gift of a horse, Khankerven. TAJIKISTAN NETS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS FROM DONORS TO BUILD 15 hours ago · One billboard dotted around Tajikistan declares a sentiment that the government claims is a key priority. “Roads Draw Hearts Closer,” it reads. That notwithstanding, a large and expensive dam project being funded by squeezing taxpayers dry is flooding one of the country’s most important PODCAST | EXPERT OPINIONS: RESEARCHING KLEPTOCRACY IN In the latest episode of Expert Opinions - Russia, Eurasia, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews anti-corruption investigator Thomas Mayne about kleptocracy and what it means for democracies allERIN HOFMANN
18 hours ago · Living in a household headed by a kidnapping-based couple is one of the strongest predictors of women’s migration UZBEKISTAN EMBARKS ON MASS VACCINATION, BUT WHERE WILL Uzbekistan is embarking on a mass coronavirus inoculation campaign with a vaccine that is still months away from completing its third stage of tests. Millions are being offered the option of getting a jab for free, but it is far from clear how many will be eager. And the fact that life largely returned to normal a long time ago may rob the UZBEKISTAN: CLERICS DECLARE FATWA AGAINST DANGEROUS Islamic authorities in Uzbekistan have promulgated a fatwa equating driver death caused as a result of speeding to suicide in an extreme bid to promote the cause of road safety. The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, or MBU, said in its ruling, which was adopted late last month but made public on June 3 JAVID AGHA | EURASIANET 1 day ago · Both in Azerbaijan and Armenia, the history of these medieval people is misunderstood and is being manipulated forpolitical ends
HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE The Sino-Uzbek shot may not be the most popular, but it is the most widely available. As of June 2, 3.5 million doses had been imported, compared with only enough Sputnik V to inoculate 85,000 people. Another 660,000 AstraZeneca shots have arrived through the UN’s COVAX program, an initiative to provide poor countries with vaccines. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. The September 1 report to Congress said Beijing is “seeking to establish a more robust overseas logistics and basing infrastructure to allow the PLAto
FOLLOWING WAR WITH ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN GAINS CONTROL OF Vejnali/Tondirget Discovered in the late 1950s and confirmed to hold up to 6.5 tons of gold, in recent years Vejnali has been mined by a company called Gold Star, which was the fourth-largest taxpayer in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2019 according to the State Revenue Committee. Little is known about the company, though a 2020 financial report seen by Eurasianet shows a 1 billion dram ($2 million) loss. THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. TURKMENISTAN: RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS LANGUISH IN DESERT Turkmenistan: Religious Believers Languish in Desert Prison. As Forum 18 News Service and Human Rights Watch have reported, there are at least 11 religious believers in Turkmenistan's Seydi labor camp in the Lebap region. The photos above were taken in 2007 by human rights defenders who cannot give their names for safety reasons. US MILITARY GIVING UP ON KYRGYZSTAN An American KC-135 aircraft prepares to take off for the last refueling mission carried out from the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan, in 2014. Since then, Kyrgyzstan has given up on military cooperation with the US in favor of Russia and China, a senior American generalhas testified.
GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES Georgia and Abkhazia: Soviet-era Dam Binds and Divides. Ken Stier Mar 6, 2017. A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate. HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE The Sino-Uzbek shot may not be the most popular, but it is the most widely available. As of June 2, 3.5 million doses had been imported, compared with only enough Sputnik V to inoculate 85,000 people. Another 660,000 AstraZeneca shots have arrived through the UN’s COVAX program, an initiative to provide poor countries with vaccines. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESS Sep 23, 2020. Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to hide it. In the meantime, however, Chinese officers at the facility are at liberty to prevent local journalists from approaching CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. The September 1 report to Congress said Beijing is “seeking to establish a more robust overseas logistics and basing infrastructure to allow the PLAto
FOLLOWING WAR WITH ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN GAINS CONTROL OF Vejnali/Tondirget Discovered in the late 1950s and confirmed to hold up to 6.5 tons of gold, in recent years Vejnali has been mined by a company called Gold Star, which was the fourth-largest taxpayer in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2019 according to the State Revenue Committee. Little is known about the company, though a 2020 financial report seen by Eurasianet shows a 1 billion dram ($2 million) loss. THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. TURKMENISTAN: RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS LANGUISH IN DESERT Turkmenistan: Religious Believers Languish in Desert Prison. As Forum 18 News Service and Human Rights Watch have reported, there are at least 11 religious believers in Turkmenistan's Seydi labor camp in the Lebap region. The photos above were taken in 2007 by human rights defenders who cannot give their names for safety reasons. US MILITARY GIVING UP ON KYRGYZSTAN An American KC-135 aircraft prepares to take off for the last refueling mission carried out from the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan, in 2014. Since then, Kyrgyzstan has given up on military cooperation with the US in favor of Russia and China, a senior American generalhas testified.
GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES Georgia and Abkhazia: Soviet-era Dam Binds and Divides. Ken Stier Mar 6, 2017. A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate.PERSPECTIVES
1 day ago · Following Azerbaijan’s victory over Armenia in the 2020 Second Karabakh War, the country has seen a large-scale revival of attention to an obscure, extinct group once prominent in the region: the Caucasian Albanians. In particular, the Azerbaijani government and associated scholars have been DASHBOARD: VACCINATING EURASIA Our updated dashboard: Vaccinating Eurasia - June. GEORGIA Approved: AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinopharm Campaign began March 15. What's available: Georgia began with 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca sourced through Covax. 43,000 more doses of AstraZeneca arrived on May 6. People over age 45 became eligible for the AstraZeneca shot on May 11.. Georgia began using the GEORGIA GETS RARE PLAUDITS FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE Along with coronavirus, Georgia has had an outbreak of something the country hasn’t had in years: public confidence in the government. Nearly a month after COVID-19 first arrived in Georgia, the number of confirmed cases had reached only 44 by March 20, with no fatalities. To many observers, even long-time critics, this is evidence that the UZBEKISTAN: TOP LAWMAKER CALLS FOR DEPORTING THE LGBT 1 day ago · The head of one of Uzbekistan’s leading political parties has suggested depriving gays, lesbians and transgender people of citizenship and deporting them as a way of ending the national conversation on LGBT issues. Alisher Kadyrov, who heads Milliy Tiklanish, or National Revival, which bills KYRGYZSTAN: JAPAROV PLAYS POLITICS WITH DETENTIONS Kyrgyzstan is in the grip of a major wave of arrests of prominent politicians. The head of the security services vows that more are to come. In most cases, the giant Kumtor gold mine, which has for now been wrested from the hands of its Canada-based operator, is being used as a cudgel. Various PODCAST | EXPERT OPINIONS: RESEARCHING KLEPTOCRACY IN In the latest episode of Expert Opinions - Russia, Eurasia, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews anti-corruption investigator Thomas Mayne about kleptocracy and what it means for democracies all UZBEKISTAN: CLERICS DECLARE FATWA AGAINST DANGEROUS Islamic authorities in Uzbekistan have promulgated a fatwa equating driver death caused as a result of speeding to suicide in an extreme bid to promote the cause of road safety. The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, or MBU, said in its ruling, which was adopted late last month but made public on June 3 CAUCASUS | EURASIANET Biden formally recognizes Armenian genocide. The unprecedented White House statement was welcomed by Armenians around the world, and viewed in the Caucasus through the lens of last year’s war with Azerbaijan. Joshua Kucera Apr 25, 2021. TAJIKISTAN SHARES IRRIGATION WATER WITH KAZAKHSTAN Geopolitical analysts routinely point to Central Asia as a likely potential flashpoint for conflicts over water resources, but one fresh development is serving to show how more virtuous scenarios are also possible. This week, the mountain nation of Tajikistan agreed to JAVID AGHA | EURASIANET 1 day ago · Both in Azerbaijan and Armenia, the history of these medieval people is misunderstood and is being manipulated forpolitical ends
HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE In late January, as some wealthy countries were opening vaccination clinics, Tashkent resident Rustam Djabborov took to Facebook to make an announcement of his own. A journalist by trade, Djabborov referenced an article he had written a few months before, where hepromised to
CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS Nice wheels: Tajik President Emomali Rahmon inspects purchases of Chinese military vehicles in February. (government handout) A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. FOLLOWING WAR WITH ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN GAINS CONTROL OF Vejnali/Tondirget Discovered in the late 1950s and confirmed to hold up to 6.5 tons of gold, in recent years Vejnali has been mined by a company called Gold Star, which was the fourth-largest taxpayer in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2019 according to the State Revenue Committee. Little is known about the company, though a 2020 financial report seen by Eurasianet shows a 1 billion dram ($2 million) loss. GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate. UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESSCHINA MILITARY BASE CANADATRUDEAU CHINESE MILITARY Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. US MILITARY GIVING UP ON KYRGYZSTAN An American KC-135 aircraft prepares to take off for the last refueling mission carried out from the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan, in 2014. Since then, Kyrgyzstan has given up on military cooperation with the US in favor of Russia and China, a senior American generalhas testified.
TURKMENISTAN: RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS LANGUISH IN DESERT Top: Seydi exterior, interior, 2007; Google Earth satellite photo; Bottom: OSCE seminar in Ashgabat on penitentiary reform with European experts, November 2011 HOME | EURASIANETTHE BUG PITFUAD SHABAZOVYAU TSZ YANFEATUREDPODCASTSYELNUR ALIMOVA News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia UZBEKS WEIGH VACCINES: RUSSIAN VS. CHINESE In late January, as some wealthy countries were opening vaccination clinics, Tashkent resident Rustam Djabborov took to Facebook to make an announcement of his own. A journalist by trade, Djabborov referenced an article he had written a few months before, where hepromised to
CHINA MAY WANT MORE BASES IN TAJIKISTAN, PENTAGON SAYS Nice wheels: Tajik President Emomali Rahmon inspects purchases of Chinese military vehicles in February. (government handout) A new Pentagon report has warned that China may be eyeing new military bases in neighboring Tajikistan, where the People's Liberation Army already operates at least one clandestine outpost. FOLLOWING WAR WITH ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN GAINS CONTROL OF Vejnali/Tondirget Discovered in the late 1950s and confirmed to hold up to 6.5 tons of gold, in recent years Vejnali has been mined by a company called Gold Star, which was the fourth-largest taxpayer in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2019 according to the State Revenue Committee. Little is known about the company, though a 2020 financial report seen by Eurasianet shows a 1 billion dram ($2 million) loss. GEORGIA AND ABKHAZIA: SOVIET-ERA DAM BINDS AND DIVIDES A massive Soviet-built hydroelectric plant on the de facto border of Georgia and Abkhazia is now closed for structural repairs, cutting the breakaway territory’s primary source of electricity, and forcing the two estranged partners to cooperate. UZBEKISTAN ORDERS FRESH PROBE INTO K2 BASE CONTAMINATION A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster readying to take off from the Karshi-Khandabad Air Base in January 2005. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) Uzbekistan’s government has said it will conduct a fresh investigation into the territory of a former U.S. base over new claims it was a site of chemical and radiation contamination. TAJIKISTAN: SECRET CHINESE BASE BECOMES SLIGHTLY LESSCHINA MILITARY BASE CANADATRUDEAU CHINESE MILITARY Reaching first base: Chinese presence in Tajikistan. The presence of a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan is a secret so open at this point that even Tajik officials are making little effort to THAI MASSAGE PARLORS MUSHROOM IN GEORGIA’S TOURIST MECCAS A "no sex" sign in English, Georgian — and graphic images. In the Georgian government’s business registry there are more than 80 massage establishments across the country that are either owned by Thai nationals or include “Thai” in the name; dozens more Georgian-owned massage shops in the database with generic names like “Lotus” or “Lucky Massage” appear to be of the same genre. US MILITARY GIVING UP ON KYRGYZSTAN An American KC-135 aircraft prepares to take off for the last refueling mission carried out from the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan, in 2014. Since then, Kyrgyzstan has given up on military cooperation with the US in favor of Russia and China, a senior American generalhas testified.
TURKMENISTAN: RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS LANGUISH IN DESERT Top: Seydi exterior, interior, 2007; Google Earth satellite photo; Bottom: OSCE seminar in Ashgabat on penitentiary reform with European experts, November 2011PERSPECTIVES
16 hours ago · Following Azerbaijan’s victory over Armenia in the 2020 Second Karabakh War, the country has seen a large-scale revival of attention to an obscure, extinct group once prominent in the region: the Caucasian Albanians. In particular, the Azerbaijani government and associated scholars have been UZBEKISTAN: TOP LAWMAKER CALLS FOR DEPORTING THE LGBT 12 hours ago · The head of one of Uzbekistan’s leading political parties has suggested depriving gays, lesbians and transgender people of citizenship and deporting them as a way of ending the national conversation on LGBT issues. Alisher Kadyrov, who heads Milliy Tiklanish, or National Revival, which bills DASHBOARD: VACCINATING EURASIA Our updated dashboard: Vaccinating Eurasia - June. GEORGIA Approved: AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinopharm Campaign began March 15. What's available: Georgia began with 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca sourced through Covax. 43,000 more doses of AstraZeneca arrived on May 6. People over age 45 became eligible for the AstraZeneca shot on May 11.. Georgia began using the KYRGYZSTAN: JAPAROV PLAYS POLITICS WITH DETENTIONS Kyrgyzstan is in the grip of a major wave of arrests of prominent politicians. The head of the security services vows that more are to come. In most cases, the giant Kumtor gold mine, which has for now been wrested from the hands of its Canada-based operator, is being used as a cudgel. Various PODCAST | EXPERT OPINIONS: RESEARCHING KLEPTOCRACY IN In the latest episode of Expert Opinions - Russia, Eurasia, a podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, Masha Udensiva-Brenner interviews anti-corruption investigator Thomas Mayne about kleptocracy and what it means for democracies all UZBEKISTAN: CLERICS DECLARE FATWA AGAINST DANGEROUS Islamic authorities in Uzbekistan have promulgated a fatwa equating driver death caused as a result of speeding to suicide in an extreme bid to promote the cause of road safety. The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, or MBU, said in its ruling, which was adopted late last month but made public on June 3 GEORGIA GETS RARE PLAUDITS FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE Georgia gets rare plaudits for coronavirus response As countries around the world struggle to manage the pandemic, Georgia has become an unlikely success story. TAJIKISTAN SHARES IRRIGATION WATER WITH KAZAKHSTAN Geopolitical analysts routinely point to Central Asia as a likely potential flashpoint for conflicts over water resources, but one fresh development is serving to show how more virtuous scenarios are also possible. This week, the mountain nation of Tajikistan agreed to JAVID AGHA | EURASIANET 16 hours ago · Both in Azerbaijan and Armenia, the history of these medieval people is misunderstood and is being manipulated forpolitical ends
KYRGYZSTAN: TURKISH-BORN FOUNDER OF GULEN-BACKED SCHOOLS The Turkish-born founder of a network of prestigious schools in Kyrgyzstan has gone missing, prompting his supporters to suspect he may have been kidnapped by Turkey's security services. Police in Bishkek reported on June 1 that a car belonging Skip to main contentEURASIANET
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