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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
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Published in: oDR: OpinionAt this time of tension, EU needs to remember Nagorno-Karabakh
A message to the EU (and the US): despite a possible escalation in Ukraine, don’t forget the other major conflict in...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureWhile displaced Afghans starve, international help is nowhere to be found
Withdrawal of funding, logistical problems and fear of the Taliban mean that thousands of Afghans are enduring a...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHundreds died in Kazakhstan’s ‘Bloody January’. Who were they?
In partnership with Kazakh media Vlast, we tell the stories of those who were killed or injured – some of whom are...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureOn the ground in Kazakhstan’s protests: what really happened?
What began as peaceful rallies over gas price hikes became widespread violence as Kazakhstanis took to the streets...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Feature‘I had no hope left’: Ex-NATO contractor forced to walk across Afghan border
When the Taliban began door-to-door searches for NATO contractors, Moheeb was left with no choice but to attempt to...
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationKazakh leader’s grandson under McMafia order was mystery client at collapsed London ‘golden visa’ firm
UK accused of allowing ‘oligarchs to come and go with impunity and stash their cash here’
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Published in: oDR: NewsKazakhstan’s former president linked to $7.8bn in assets in UK company
Experts urge British government to unmask offshore owners of UK-registered firms after uncovering of vast assets...
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Published in: oDR: InterviewWhat really happened in Kazakhstan? A feminist perspective
The recent protests in Kazakhstan are over, but confusion reigns. Feminist and LGBT activist Zhanar Sekerbayeva...
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Published in: oDR: NewsReporting on Kazakhstan’s chaos amid internet shutdowns and violence
Journalists have been subject to detentions or attacks, while internet blackouts left them unable to communicate for days
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Published in: oDR: InterviewAnger, injustice and politics brought people to the streets in Kazakhstan
Exclusive: veteran human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis tells openDemocracy about how the tumultuous protests...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe week that changed Kazakhstan forever
As Russian troops enter the country, hopes of a peaceful resolution are dashed
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Published in: oDR: OpinionAs Kazakhstan burns over inequality, the elite’s wealth is safe and sound in London
London is home to some £530m in luxury property owned by the country’s ruling class
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureBeaten, begging and in hiding: Life for the Afghans the UK left behind
In August, thousands of people who worked for the UK in Afghanistan were left to the Taliban’s mercy. openDemocracy...
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Published in: oDR: NewsTen years after a brutal massacre, Kazakhstani oil workers’ fight continues
Oil workers are stepping up their battle for independent union organisation and better pay and conditions in the...