Ethnologist and social anthropologist Igor Savin on the roots of the conflict in southern Kazakhstan

How cash and connections tilt the scales of Tajikistan’s Themis

Clashes break out in southern Kazakhstan after an attack on police

In Kyrgyzstan, the freest country in Central Asia, press freedom is under threat

And why bad experiences of work in Russia do nothing to dampen the country’s attractiveness in neighbouring countries

What’s behind the reshuffle in Uzbekistan’s Cabinet of Ministers?

Otanazar Oripov on what was said at the recent meeting between members of Uzbekistan’s first opposition party and the minister of justice

In Kyrgyzstan, the new year started with a media storm surrounding domestic violence and murder