The Russian authorities have released a video of the weekend suicide attack on police in Chechnya’s capital by the radicalised…
Central Asia
Uzbekistan opens up with reforms
Reforms continue in Uzbekistan as President Shavkat Mirziyoyev tries to reduce the former Soviet state’s isolation through a diplomatic charm…
Uzbekistan denies dictator’s daughter in Dubai
The Uzbek Prosecutor-General’s Office has denied rumours that Gulnara Karimova (pictured in 2009), the supposedly jailed daughter of late dictator…
Erdogan harassed over rights on German trip
An awkward state dinner for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was held in Berlin after German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier mourned…
Vostok seals Chinese bonds
Russia’s week-long military exercises have continued with displays of its self-propelled, multiple-rocket launcher as western analysts warn about the growing…
Russia to hold largest exercise since 1981
Russia says it will hold its biggest military exercise since 1981 in September, involving Chinese and Mongolian forces. The news…
Uzbeks and Tajiks celebrate restored ties
Residents on either side of the Tajikistan-Uzbekistan border are benefiting from prominent interactions between the presidents and national security ministries…
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