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What is happening in Kyrgyzstan?

Published in: 19 August 2019 Written by: Kamila Eshaliyeva All articles by: Kamila Eshaliyeva

With the arrest of a powerful former president, Kyrgyzstan’s political scene prepares to “clean house” once again.

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A roadmap for the Moscow crisis

12 August 2019

Written by: Grigory Yudin All articles by Grigory Yudin

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Corporate courts: the latest threat to democracy in Armenia

13 August 2019

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A controversial mining development in Armenia has proven to be a major test for the post-revolutionary government....
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Death by jail: what occupied Crimea does to political prisoners

15 August 2019

Written by: Alona Savchuk All articles by Alona Savchuk

This detention centre in Crimea ruins lives - and conditions inside have been compared to torture.
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How uncontrolled urban development in Uzbekistan could lead to mass unrest

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The chilly Moscow summer of 2019

Published on: 12 August 2019

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Published on: 30 July 2019

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The artist who “made Donbas human”: Alevtina Kakhidze on empathy and discrimination in eastern Ukraine

Published on: 29 July 2019

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In Kyrgyzstan, the standoff between the old regime and the new authorities reaches new heights

Published on: 10 July 2019

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Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has stripped a powerful ex-president of immunity, and now this Central Asian state is moving...

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Academics come out on strike against austerity in Estonia

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In Uzbekistan, women’s rights are changing - but not fast enough

Published on: 4 July 2019

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The republic of broken promises: how Ingushetia’s trust was won - and then lost

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Is Ukraine turning the corner on LGBT rights?

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