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- 2 March 2010
- A Semi-Soviet Union is Born
Many Kazakhs fear the new Russian-led customs union will be a very unequal partnership.
- By Kenjali Tinibai
- 24 February 2010
- Deprivation, Disease, and Death
Tremendous crowding and shortages in Turkmen prisons mean that too many who go in never come out.
- By EurasiaNet
- 23 February 2010
- Bad Behavior
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TOL podcast: Freedom House’s Christopher Walker on Kazakhstan’s OSCE missteps and their meaning.
- By Jeremy Druker
- 22 February 2010
- Going to Extremes
- One nine-letter word has been a godsend to autocrats who want to put a respectable face on their excesses.
- By Alyaksandr Yanusik
- 17 February 2010
- Slow-Motion Catastrophe
Some Mongolians are in the grips of a humanitarian crisis that will last at least through the winter. From EurasiaNet.
- By Andrew Cullen
- 15 February 2010
- Democracy, Donors, and Local Elections
A commentary from a decade ago protested that the West ignores the authoritarian reality in Kyrgyzstan.
- By L.M. Handrahan
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