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Published in: oDR: FeatureFearful of a call-up to fight, Russians flee to Kazakhstan
Russians are leaving their country in droves to avoid being called-up to fight in Ukraine, heading for neighbouring...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureIs Kazakhstan’s film industry on the brink of international success?
Netflix has shown interest in films made in Kazakhstan, but the industry needs to win an audience at home too
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Published in: oDR: OpinionHappy birthday to my country, Armenia. I hope one day our trauma is over
OPINION: I’ve witnessed war, earthquakes, unrest, revolution and a pandemic. Now I’m packing my emergency bag again
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Published in: Home: FeatureBack to black: What Afghanistan’s new focus on coal tells us
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’s new golden age of coal reveals a country that is going back to old-fashioned ways
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Published in: oDR: FeatureJust working for wood: life inside Tajikistan’s silk industry
Silk production is still a major part of the country’s economy – and women bear the brunt of this harsh work
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Published in: oDR: FeatureAnti-union laws have punished Kazakhstan’s workers. But the fight isn’t over
Workers in Kazakhstan have faced pressure for years but continue to fight for their rights and social justice, new...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisA guide to the violent unrest in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan region
Uzbekistan has been rocked by its largest protest in nearly two decades. What happened – and who’s to blame?
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThe assassination that shook the Pamir Mountains to the core
Tajikistan has stepped up its offensive against the Gorno-Badakhshan region. I knew the man at the top of its hitlist
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Published in: Home: OpinionStalemate between Putin and NATO in Ukraine puts us all at risk
As NATO-backed pressure mounts on Russia’s troops, so too does the risk from weapons of mass destruction
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisPutin’s invasion of Ukraine didn’t cause the food crisis. Capitalism did
Small farmers are the world’s primary suppliers of food. It’s imperative we listen to them, not the big corporates
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow Kazakhstan’s mothers formed a protest movement – and what they want
The mothers claim they were first on the streets during the January protests, the largest and most violent in the...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionTurkmenistan cut our abortion rights overnight. Our ‘allies’ did nothing
Access to abortion for Turkmen people has been shortened to five weeks. There’s been silence from those who could...
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Published in: Home: FeatureNo, decolonising your bookshelf doesn’t mean getting rid of Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the right-wing press will inflame any debate on decolonisation,...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisWhat Russia-Ukraine war means for disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory
Thousands of Russians have fled to the Armenian capital of Yerevan. But the war has far bigger implications for the...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisTajikistan has a special relationship with Russia. Could war change that?
The difference between the silence of ‘official’ Dushanbe and the views found on Tajikistan’s streets could not be starker
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Published in: oDR: Feature‘I can't feed my family’: Migrant workers in Russia hit hard by Ukraine war
With many Central Asian states reliant on cash sent back home from those working abroad in Russia, sanctions are...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWestern hypocrisy: What Joe Biden gets wrong about Russia
Those in the Middle East know the kind of destruction seen in Ukraine all too well – the West was the perpetrator
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow Kazakhstan society is divided over the Russia-Ukraine war
In Kazakhstan, where a Soviet past still lingers, there are clear generational divides in opinion towards Putin’s invasion
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border conflict is putting pressure on media
Since 2022 conflicts on the troubled border left three people dead and sparked protests over independent media
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhere was the outpouring of empathy when my country was at war?
As an Armenian, I feel our pain was ignored. And my trauma means I’m struggling to empathise as I should with Ukraine today