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- 20 February 2013
- Protests Topple Bulgarian Government, Russian Oligarch Donates Billions to Charity
Plus, Belarus sentences a border guard over the teddy bear incident, and Uzbeks are marooned at the border with Kazakhstan.
- By Ioana Caloianu, Ky Krauthamer, Anna Novosad, Richard Parrish, and Nino Tsintsadze
- 14 February 2013
- In Uzbekistan, an Undeclared Race to the Top
The ‘candidates’ are keeping quiet, but the autocratic president’s 75th birthday prompts speculation about who might replace him.
- By Makhmud Ismoilov
- 13 February 2013
- YouTube Files Russian Lawsuit Over Banned Video, Tashkent Close to UK Arms Deal
Plus, Bulgarians stage protests over high energy prices and Putin wants to bring politicians’ foreign assets home.
- By Joshua Boissevain, Ky Krauthamer, Anna Novosad, Richard Parrish, and Nino Tsintsadze
- 8 February 2013
- Lines in the Sand
- As recent violence shows, conflict over the loopy borders and scattered enclaves of the Ferghana Valley is always close at hand.
- By Bakyt Ibraimov
- 6 February 2013
- Strasbourg Court Ruling Infuriates Warsaw, War Novel Enrages Azerbaijani Public
Plus, hard currency becomes scarce in Uzbekistan and Lithuania endures a cold winter to spite Gazprom.
- By Joshua Boissevain, Ky Krauthamer, Anna Novosad, Richard Parrish, and Nino Tsintsadze
- 1 February 2013
- A Grim Rights Report for Central Asia, Latvia Takes Euro Stride
- Plus, northern Kosovo’s Serbs stage a mass protest and Armenia scuttles a domestic violence measure.
- By S. Adam Cardais, Joshua Boissevain, and Nino Tsintsadze
- 31 January 2013
- Russia Quits U.S. Crime-Fighting Pact, Hackers Tell Uzbeks Official Media Spread Lies
Plus, a European court slams Hungary over placement of Roma students and Estonia presses on with a controversial new museum.
- By Nirvana Bhatia. Ioana Caloianu, Anna Novosad, Richard Parrish, and Nino Tsintsadze
- 24 January 2013
- Among the Mugat
A Tashkent photographer penetrates the secretive world of Central Asia’s last nomads.
- By Dengiz Uralov
- 14 January 2013
- Muscovites March Against Adoption Ban, Dacic ‘Faces Facts’ on Kosovo
Plus, Czechs cast the first vote in their history for a president and Turkmenistan prepares to off-load some assets.
- By Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, Anna Novosad, Richard Parrish, and Nino Tsintsadze
- 10 January 2013
- Belgrade Reportedly Eyes a Kosovo DMZ, Calls for Saakashvili to Resign Snowball
Plus, Estonia succeeds where others fail in battling TB and and exiled Uzbek journalist explains what drove her to emigrate.
- By Ioana Caloianu, Anna Novosad, Richard Parrish, Nino Tsintsadze, and Nirvana Bhatia.
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