Kyrgyzstan’s presidential campaign has started off with the arrest of a main contender for the post. Omurbek Tekebayev’s fate shows the country remains far from democratic. Русский
Президентская кампания в Кыргызстане началась с ареста одного из главных претендентов на пост главы государства. Арест Омурбека Текебаева демонстрирует, что демократической страны из Кыргызстана пока не получилось. English
We don't know whether Uzbekistan's leader is alive or dead. But the system he created will live on.
The self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ has been seizing more and more territory in the Middle East, and now has its eyes on Central Asia.
An ethnic Russian is killed at a Moscow street market, supposedly by a migrant from the Caucasus; the ensuing riot by nationalist extremists leaves one dead, twenty people injured and hundreds arrested. Daniil Kislov looks at what lies behind the hostility directed at migrant workers in Russia.
