For Putin’s CIS colleagues, extending one’s rule through constitutional amendments is an old trick

How desertification threatens the countries of Central Asia, and how it can be stopped

In Kyrgyzstan, the freest country in Central Asia, press freedom is under threat

And why bad experiences of work in Russia do nothing to dampen the country’s attractiveness in neighbouring countries

In Kyrgyzstan, the new year started with a media storm surrounding domestic violence and murder