Turkmenistan
TURKMENISTAN: Repressive regime has grandiose plans
President Sapamurat Niyazov spoke by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday...
TurkmenistanTURKMENISTAN: Healthcare horror
President Sapamurat Niyazov has decreed that around 15,000 healthcare workers be sacked from...
TurkmenistanTURKMENISTAN: Opposition will struggle to gain trust
The opposition-in-exile face a struggle in gaining the trust of the domestic populace. Language...
TurkmenistanUKRAINE/RUSSIA: Stakes are high in gas standoff
Ukraine and Russia will begin design work on the western section of the Novopskov-Uzhgorod...
UkrainePROSPECTS 2004: Little change in store in Central Asia
Although the region's leaders observed the peaceful revolution in Georgia in November with...
Central AsiaCENTRAL ASIA/CAUCASUS: Oil product sales set to surge
The major oil producers in Central Asia and the Caucasus are re-orienting their export...
CENTRAL ASIA/AFGHANISTAN: Arms availability a concern
New research shows, contrary to common assumptions, that there are no major arms trafficking...
Central AsiaKYRGYZSTAN/UZBEKISTAN: Risk of ethnic conflict rising
These border incidents are part of a wider mosaic of relations between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks...
Kyrgyzstan
