Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday 10 September 2012


RFE/RL Central Asia Report
 
RFE/RL Central Asia Report
10.09.2012
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the five countries of Central Asia.

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Kyrgyz Protests Seek Bakiev Extradition Kyrgyz Protests Seek Bakiev Extradition
Scores of people have demonstrated at the Belarusian Embassy in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, demanding the extradition from Belarus of former President Kurmanbek Bakiev and his brother, Janysh. More
 
Kazakh Responses To Oil Strike 'Abusive' Kazakh Responses To Oil Strike 'Abusive'
A leading rights group has accused Kazakhstan’s government and several oil firms of systematic violations of the rights of thousands of oil workers. More
 
Deep Dive: The Aga Khan In Tajikistan Deep Dive: The Aga Khan In Tajikistan
For a week in late July, Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province was in crisis. On July 24, two days after a top security official, General Abdullo Nazarov, was killed in Badakhshan, an estimated 3,000 government troops were deployed to the region. More
 
Compromise Kyrgyz Prime Minister Faces Tough Challenges In Divided Country Compromise Kyrgyz Prime Minister Faces Tough Challenges In Divided Country
Kyrgyzstan's divided parliament has confirmed Jantoro Satybaldiev as prime minister. He takes over as tensions within the legislature and across the country continue to simmer in the wake of the bloody 2010 rioting in the southern city of Osh. But he just might be the ideal figure to bridge Kyrgyzstan's divides. More
 
New Kyrgyz PM Formally Installed New Kyrgyz PM Formally Installed
President Almazbek Atambaev has signed decrees formally appointing Kyrgyzstan's new cabinet and prime minister. More
 
Steppe Eagle Military Maneuvers Kick Off Steppe Eagle Military Maneuvers Kick Off
Kazakhstan's Defense Ministry said the "Steppe Eagle 2012" international peacekeeping maneuvers started in the Ile Military Training complex in the southern Almaty region on September 6. More
 
Vendors Protest After Tajik Market Fire Vendors Protest After Tajik Market Fire
Hundreds of Tajik vendors who lost their goods in a deadly fire at a marketplace on the Dushanbe outskirts have held a march in the Tajik capital to demand that authorities compensate them for their losses. More
 
Mass Brawl At FSB Academy In Moscow Mass Brawl At FSB Academy In Moscow
Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security says two young Kyrgyz nationals were hospitalized after a fight among Central Asian students at the Academy of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow. More
 
Putin To Visit Bishkek Putin To Visit Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning an official visit to Bishkek on September 20. More
 
Tajik Officers Start Russian Classes Tajik Officers Start Russian Classes
Russia has announced the start of Russian-language courses for Tajik law enforcement officers. More
 
Letter From Uzbek Prison Purportedly Reveals Regime Of Torture Letter From Uzbek Prison Purportedly Reveals Regime Of Torture
A letter purportedly smuggled out from Uzbekistan's most notorious prison has shed more light on the practice of torture in the facility. More
 
Bows, Bells, Balloons, And Butterflies -- It's Back To School Bows, Bells, Balloons, And Butterflies -- It's Back To School
The first day of school -- a time of butterflies in the stomach and big bows in the hair. RFE/RL photographers went back to school themselves to capture children in some of our broadcast countries on their first day back after the summer holidays. Even though September 1 fell on a Saturday this year, schools in countries throughout the former Soviet Union still welcomed students, while in other regions children started the school year on September 3. More
 
Kyrgyz Adoption Official Arrested Kyrgyz Adoption Official Arrested
Kyrgyzstan has announced the arrest on suspicion of bribe-taking of an official of the Social Protection Ministry who worked to arrange the adoption of Kyrgyz children by foreigners. More