Silk Road Reporters
Friday, September 25, 2015 - 06:31
While the West remains fixated on Moscow’s assistance to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, closer to home Russia and the post-Soviet space are taking the IS threat very seriously.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 06:41
While six Azerbaijani journalists remain imprisoned, Azerbaijani government is on its next witch hunt, this time against the reporters of the popular independent online platform Meydan.TV.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:46
The Kazakh government has made battling corruption a top priority, but results so far are mixed, as it is a deeply ingrained problem across the post-Soviet space.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 07:50
The following letter, signed by a group of six human rights advocacy organizations, addresses Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General regarding the recent intimidation, pressure and obstruction of the work of a lawyer in the city of Kostany.
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 05:55
Of all the post-Soviet Central Asian nations, Uzbekistan under its president Islam Karimov has pursued the most doggedly independent stance towards Russia.
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 06:51
But instead of addressing the issues, the authorities have moved to begin cracking down on basic rights of opposition, preventing their citizens from speaking out.
Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 05:48
Russian-Georgian relations have been rocky ever since the two nations fought a brief but bitter five day war in August 2008.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 06:30
On July 8 in the Caucasus, hardly the globe’s most quiescent region at the best of times, a two-week-long drill, the “Agile Spirit 2015” joint NATO-Georgian exercise began at the Vaziani airbase near Tbilisi.
Friday, July 17, 2015 - 05:22
While Azerbaijan has been hit by a wave of sharp criticism from Western nations over its human rights record in recent months, Moscow has swooped in to expand its strategic influence in the country.
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 05:45
Once the much anticipated European Games came to an end at the end of June and all the guests left Baku, the government of Azerbaijan has resumed repressions of civil society with the same ferocity of before.