RFE/RL CENTRAL ASIA REPORT
11/21/2011 9:25:15 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the five countries of Central Asia.For more stories on Central Asia, please visit and bookmark our Central Asia page . |
 Russian Patriarch To Visit Kyrgyzstan The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, is expected to visit Kyrgyzstan next month. More  Tajik Railways Wants Probe With Uzbeks Of Alleged Terrorist Blast ajik Railways has proposed conducting a joint investigation with Uzbek officials of an explosion last week on a railroad in southern Uzbekistan. More  Uzbek Seeks Political Asylum In Russia An Uzbek who swam across a river from Russia to reach Estonia is applying for political asylum in Russia following his release from jail there. More  Kyrgyz 'HIV Moms' Resume Protest Mothers of HIV-positive children have staged another protest at the Kyrgyz parliament building in Bishkek. More  Uzbek-Afghan Railway Blast Local reports say an explosion has occurred on a railway connecting Uzbekistan with Afghanistan. More  Tajik Authorities Close Down Madrasah, Express Concern At 'Islamization' Authorities in the southern Tajik town of Qurghon-Teppa have closed down a madrasah prosecutors linked to "Islamization" -- and fined five mosques for sanitary reasons. More  Podcast: U.S. Tries To Be More Civil, Plus Iran's Deep Voice Of Satire In Episode 45 of The Blender, we sit down with Dr. Tomicah Tillemann, a senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to find out why Washington is trying to be more civil. We also introduce you to RFE/RL's Farshid Manafi, just voted AIB's International Radio Personality of the Year, and to Dan Telegin, Russia's post-punk, lo-fi genius. More  Journalists Barred From Attending Trial Of Kyrgyz Official's Son Journalists have been barred from attending the trial of the Bishkek mayor's son for vehicular manslaughter. More  Tajiks Caught In Russian Crossfire Over Pilot Jailings Tajik nationals in the Russian capital say they're afraid to go out as relations between Moscow and Dushanbe continue to sour over the curious case of two Russian-employed pilots jailed in Tajikistan for smuggling. More  Kazakh Leader Calls Snap Election Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has dissolved the lower house of parliament and called early parliamentary elections for January 15-16. More  Tajik Border Guards Reject Uzbek Charges Of Drug Trafficking The Tajik border guard service has denied its personnel engage in drug-trafficking, as alleged by its Uzbek counterpart. More  Jailed Kazakh Uranium Tycoon's Second Trial Starts Hearings in a case against Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the jailed former chief of Kazakhstan's Atomic Agency (KazAtomProm), have begun in Astana. More |
