RFE/RL Central Asia Report
07.10.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the five countries of Central Asia.
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Gulnara Karimova's Twitter Account Vanishes
Gulnara Karimova, a dictator's daughter, once used Twitter to ask that she not be called a dictator's daughter. Now that very Twitter account has disappeared. More 
Uzbek Family Stuck At Moscow Airport
Russian rights defenders have stopped the deportation of an Uzbek family at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. More 
Kyrgyz Police Disperse Mine Protest
Police in Kyrgyzstan have dispersed protesters who had taken hostage a regional official for several hours in the northern region of Issyk-Kul. More 
Tajiks Extend Candidate Deadline
The chief of Tajikistan's Central Election and Referendums Commission said the original October 7 deadline was moved back to October 10 after the Communist, Socialist, and Democratic parties all complained they had not been given enough time to collect supporter signatures under the original cutoff. More 
Russian Nationalism: Made In Uzbekistan
A Russian ultra-nationalist discovers his ultra-nationalistic garments are made in Uzbekistan -- and he is none too pleased. More 
Belarus, Kazakh Presidents Hold Talks
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has met his Belarusian counterpart, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who is paying a two-day official visit to Kazakhstan. More 
The Legacy Of Russia's Consitutional Crisis
Join Brian Whitmore and guests for this week's Power Vertical Podcast as they discuss how the seeds of Vladimir Putin's authoritarian system were sown two decades ago, in the fateful autumn of 1993. More 
Kazakhstan Deports Pastor Over Speeding Tickets
A Protestant pastor who was a legal resident of Kazakhstan for eight years was deported for committing misdemeanors, the latest instance of the increasing intolerance of any religious activity outside state-sponsored Islam and Russian Orthodoxy. More |
