Joanna Lillis
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:31
Officials have raided the editorial office of one of Kazakhstan’s last independent newspapers, as it emerged that a court has ruled in secret to close it down.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:02
The mixed messages illustrate the diplomatic tightrope that Nazarbayev is walking as he seeks to maintain Kazakhstan’s close relationship with Russia while keeping a wary eye on the implications of Russian encroachment into former Soviet states.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 11:19
Now that Russian forces are firmly ensconced in Crimea, Central Asian leaders will likely have a hard time trusting the Kremlin on issues relating to economic and political sovereignty.
Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 06:58
In 2010, it became clear that Washington’s support for both Akayev and Bakiyev had been a huge policy miscalculation, as democratic-leaning leaders took hold of the Kyrgyz government in a popular uprising.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:45
“The questions that remained open during the trial largely confirm our suspicions and suppositions that the upper echelons of power are implicated in this crime.”
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:44
“The questions that remained open during the trial largely confirm our suspicions and suppositions that the upper echelons of power are implicated in this crime.”
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:44
“The questions that remained open during the trial largely confirm our suspicions and suppositions that the upper echelons of power are implicated in this crime.”
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 08:01
Kazakhstan has never been a bastion of press freedom, but the arrests of four Almaty bloggers in the past week have put Internet commentators in the country’s cultural capital on high alert.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 07:55
Gay and bisexual men in Kyrgyzstan are routinely subject to violence, sexual abuse, and extortion by police, a report by global watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) published on January 29 found.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 09:07
Kazakhstan’s intelligence service believes that around 100 citizens from Central Asia’s richest state are fighting global jihad in foreign lands, it has revealed.