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Sanctioned Russian Buys Into Kazakh Airport in Border Region
The firm hopes to create a regional aviation hub just over the Kazakh border.
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Uzbekistan: Cotton Harvest Monitors Face Intimidation
Uzbekistan has pledged more transparency in a cotton industry blighted by a reputation for relying on child labor and press-ganging of unwilling...
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Uzbekistan: Scandal Descends on Jewel of Avant-Garde Art
It was supposed to be a day of festivities at a world-famous art museum out in the desert of western Uzbekistan. Instead, the stench of scandal sullied...
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Uzbekistan: Fashion Industry Flourishing in Post-Gulnara Era
Uzbek fashion designer Saida Amir is part of a crop of talented, go-getting designers pushing Uzbekistan's garment industry forward following the removal...
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Kazakhstan: Hospital Baby Sale Racket Exposed
An Almaty hospital has been caught trading in children, selling newborns to desperate childless parents for a few thousand dollars apiece.
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Uzbekistan: Police Detain, Sexually Abuse Rights Campaigner
Prominent human rights activist Yelena Urlayeva was detained and abused by police while monitoring the Uzbek government's use of forced labor in its...
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Kazakhstan Strikes Down ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law After Olympics Outcry
Kazakhstan has struck down a controversial law that would have outlawed "propaganda" of homosexuality to minors, amid signs the legislation was damaging...
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Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev Apologetic for Lopsided Election Results
"I apologize that for super-democratic states such [high] figures are unacceptable," said President Nursultan Nazarbayev oh his election victory. "If...
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Uzbekistan: Forced Labor, Extortion Rife in 2014 Cotton Harvest – Watchdog
Every year the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan creates a storm of controversy over the use of forced and child labor.
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Kazakhstan: The Slumbering Steppe
One day last summer, Viktor Kazachenko set off across the steppe from his village in northern Kazakhstan, driving to the nearest town on some errands...
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Uzbekistan: Rattled by Russian Expansionism, Tashkent Looks East
Russia's aggressive actions toward Ukraine are vexing Central Asian states.
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To Limit Russian Meddling, Astana Entices Kazakhs from Abroad
Astana is rebooting a program to lure ethnic Kazakhs living abroad to move to Kazakhstan. Observers believe Astana's revived interest in the program...