Tajikistan: Poverty Fears Rise As Economy Slides
Tajikistan: Poverty Fears Rise As Economy Slides Prices for basic goods are creeping up in Tajikistan, and Russia’s economic woes … Read more
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As Consumer Debt Rises in Russia, Collectors Get Violent
As Consumer Debt Rises in Russia, Collectors Get Violent A EurasiaNet Partner Post from: RFE/RL MOSCOW — Sergei has watched … Read more
Putin is the New Brezhnev
Putin is the New Brezhnev Some Russian writers and independent journalists assert that incumbent Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is doing … Read more
Economy And Sanctions Derail Russia’s Central Asian Investments
After years of embarking on promising forays into Central Asia’s economy, Russia is being forced to pare back its ambitions. … Read more
Regional Tensions Fracturing Russia’s Alliances
Russia’s post-Soviet security alliance is showing more and more signs of fracturing along regional, cultural, and political fault lines, as … Read more
Azerbaijan Denies Asking For $4-Billion Bailout
Azerbaijan on January 28 denied reports of having asked for billions of dollars in aid from the International Monetary Fund … Read more
Turkey Hunts For Alternatives To Russian Energy
Turkey Hunts For Alternatives To Russian Energy With Russian-Turkish relations bottoming out after Turkey’s downing of a Russian military jet … Read more
Azerbaijan: Is Taleh Bagir-zade Baku’s Sheikh Al-Nimr?
Azerbaijan: Is Taleh Bagir-zade Baku’s Sheikh Al-Nimr? by Eldar Mamedov, EurasiaNet The Muslim world continues to reverberate from the shock … Read more
British Inquiry Implicates Russia, Putin In Death Of Ex-Agent Litvinenko
British Inquiry Implicates Russia, Putin In Death Of Ex-Agent Litvinenko British Inquiry Implicates Russia, Putin In Death Of Ex-Agent Litvinenko … Read more
Georgia: Can Civil Society Flourish Without Secure Property Rights?
Georgia: Can Civil Society Flourish Without Secure Property Rights? by Maia Edilashvili, EurasiaNet After coming to power in 2012, the … Read more
Turkmenistan: Learning to Live With a Dollar Drought
Turkmenistan Is forbidding The Purchase of Foreign Currencies Amid Manat Collapse In what feels like a last throw of the … Read more
Russia: Burning Undesirable Books
Russia: Burning Undesirable Books Authorities in a resource-rich territory in Russia are on a witch-hunt for books deemed subversive, in … Read more
Azerbaijan: Baku’s Reserves Rapidly Evaporating Amid Fiscal Storm
Azerbaijan: Baku’s Reserves Rapidly Evaporating Amid Fiscal Storm by Durna Safarova, EurasiaNet With oil prices now barely above $31 per … Read more
Leading Figure From Uzbek Uprising Reported Dead
Leading Figure From Uzbek Uprising Reported Dead by RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service, EurasiaNet A EurasiaNet Partner Post from: RFE/RL The leader … Read more
Tajikistan: Afghan Refugees In Limbo, Adapt To Staying Put
Tajikistan: Afghan Refugees In Limbo, Adapt To Staying Put by Jeremie Berlioux, EurasiaNet The surge of refugee crises across the … Read more