Advertisement On October 13, Kyrgyzstan will host the annual Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) heads of state summit in Bishkek. In attendance will be Russian President Vladimir Putin – his apparent first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March 2023 on war crimes allegations stemming from the … Read more
Advertisement As hip Chinese businessmen sip on beverages in Dushanbe, halfway to Murgab, at nearly 12,000 feet, in Tajikistan’s remote Pamir region where Afghanistan lays literally a stone’s throw away across the Panj river, rugged but equally confident Chinese foremen direct the operators of monster-looking excavators expanding the region’s unnerving narrow cliff-side roads. In this … Read more
Advertisement On July 6, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Uzbekistan announced that the concert of Grigory Leps, a Russian singer and songwriter, was canceled due to “some technical issues.” Leps, who openly supports Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was supposed to perform on October 23 at the “Friendship of Nations” Palace in Tashkent. But … Read more
Advertisement All five Central Asian presidents joined Russian President Vladimir Putin for the annual May 9 Victory Day parade. Alongside Putin and the presidents of Armenia and Belarus, the gathered presidents watched a scaled-down military parade at Red Square and placed flowers at the nearby Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The May 9 holiday marks … Read more