RFE/RL CENTRAL ASIA REPORT
21.01.2013
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 . |
 Tajiks To Unblock Websites The Tajik government's Communications Service chief says the Facebook social network and the website of RFE/RL's Tajik Service will be accessible again in two or three days. More  RFE/RL's Tajik Website, FB Blocked The Facebook social network and RFE/RL's website in Tajik are inaccessible in Tajikistan again. More  Fence Around Uzbek Sokh Exclave Kyrgyz officials have started installing barbed-wire fences around Uzbekistan's Sokh district. More  Freedom House Laments Eurasian Declines, 'Return Of Iron Fist' In Russia The non-Baltic former Soviet Union now rivals the Middle East as one of the most politically and socially repressive regions in the world, according to the latest edition of "Freedom in the World," the annual report compiled by U.S.-based rights watchdog Freedom House. More  Sokh: In One Tiny Territory, A World Of Problems They say good fences make good neighbors. But Central Asian residents watching a barbed-wire barricade go up between their Ferghana Valley villages may not all agree. More  Uzbekistan Among Few Countries Keeping Exit Visas Uzbekistan has found itself in even lonelier company this week after Cuba moved to scrap exit visas -- leaving the Central Asian state in a shrinking pool of countries still keeping such travel restrictions on their citizens. More  Same Old Refrain For Beleaguered Kazakh National Anthem Russian and Kazakh news agencies report another anthem mix-up for Kazakhstan before the Saryarqa hockey club from the Kazakh city of Qaraghandy faced off against a local team in Tver, Russia. More  Second Recording Released In Tajik 'Kompromat' War A second recording in a brewing scandal over alleged high-level corruption in Tajikistan has emerged online. In the recording posted on YouTube, a man alleged to be a son-in-law of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon is heard offering a bribe to a Tajik businessman. More  Russia's Muddled Policy Driving Migrant Workers Into Shadows Russia's migration policy is plagued by contradictions. On one hand, the Kremlin would like to fill gaps in the labor market and reap additional tax revenues by legalizing millions of illegal foreign workers. But persistent anti-immigrant attitudes prevent this from happening. More |
