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Published on: 27 August 2013

Written by: Emil Pain All articles by Emil Pain

As the level of inter-ethnic violence reaches disturbing proportions, Emil Pain asks if Russia’s protest moment has...

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Published on: 21 September 2012

Written by: Gulzat Botoeva All articles by Gulzat Botoeva

Videos recently widely circulating on social networks in both Russia and the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan...

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Published on: 20 September 2012

Written by: Bhavna Dave All articles by Bhavna Dave

The stream of migrants from Central Asia seeking work in Russia is considerable, but racism and the migration laws...

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Published on: 19 September 2012

Written by: Medina Aitieva All articles by Medina Aitieva

The life of a migrant worker is never easy. The upheavals of the past 20 years in the former USSR have resulted in...

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Published on: 18 September 2012

Written by: Abdujalil Abdurasulov All articles by Abdujalil Abdurasulov

Inter-communal conflict in Kyrgyzstan flared up in 2010. Since then ethnic Uzbeks, the largest racial minority, have...

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Published on: 18 September 2012

Written by: Madeleine Reeves All articles by Madeleine Reeves

The collapse of the Soviet Union left desperate human situations in its wake: prices shot up, wages weren’t paid and...

Why was a warlord allowed to sue a British journalist?