Security services in Turkmenistan are taking dozens of alleged followers of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen into custody, according to their family and friends. “They take people, keep them for 30 or 40 days, and …
Barely a day seems to pass these days without Uzbekistan’s President-elect Shavkat Mirziyoyev circulating a fresh initiative smacking of democratization. The latest proposal from Mirziyoyev, who was elected with a Soviet-style 88 percent of …
A team of International Monetary Fund specialists have concluded their latest visit to Turkmenistan and returned with some sobering observations on the state of the energy-dependent nation’s economy. One key takeaway from a statement …
The Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Moscow has commented on why 5 Russian riot police vans were near the Embassy on December 9. Embassy press secretary Gulbarchyn Bayimbetova said the riot police reacted to a …
The Central Asian countries will remain the main priority in Uzbekistan’s foreign policy, said Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov speaking at the OSCE Ministerial Meeting in Hamburg, Germany. “Preserving and protection of peace and stability …
Turkmenistan is implementing large-scale projects to develop the country’s giant gas field Galkynysh, reports AzerNews. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced about this in his message to participants of the international conference Oil and Gas …
Tolo News: As the country battles a resurgent Taliban, without the assistance of foreign combat troops, one country appears to hold the key to whether Afghanistan can cling to democracy or succumb to the Taliban, …
Kazakhstan’s state security service has detained several people suspected of stealing oil and fuel from a refinery and being linked to radical Islamists, it said on Wednesday. The large-scale raid took place in the …
Uzbekistan intends to increase the fruit and vegetable production to 26 million tons by the end of 2020, against the current 19 million tons. As estimated, the annual growth of fruit and vegetable production …
Russia has promised a “large quantity” of military aircraft to Tajikistan over the next year. The aid is part of a deal that the two countries signed in 2012, but which has taken on …