News about politics, economics and social trends in the post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia

Jan 30, 2025 · There is not much to be done to counter Putin’s iron grip on Russian society.

Jan 23, 2025 · News and analysis from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and conflict zones in the South Caucasus: Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh.

2 days ago · (Photo: gov.kz) The World Bank’s most recent food security update shows that food price inflation rates pushed higher in 2024 in most countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia. But the two countries that had the highest rates at the outset of 2024, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, saw food price inflation moderate over the course of the year.

Eurasianet is an independent news organization that covers news from and about the South Caucasus and Central Asia, providing on-the-ground reporting and critical perspectives on the most important developments in the region.

Jan 29, 2025 · Top Trump Administration officials have set countering China’s growing global influence as a top foreign policy priority. In Central Asia, US officials will face an uphill struggle in trying to reduce Beijing’s expanding economic footprint. Beijing has reinforced its …

Aug 27, 2009 · Eurasianet is an independent news organization that covers news from and about the South Caucasus and Central Asia, providing on-the-ground reporting and critical perspectives on the most important developments in the region.

6 days ago · Following up on last year’s referendum that endorsed the pursuit of nuclear energy in Kazakhstan, the government is moving quickly to lay the groundwork for at least two reactors. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has expressed a desire to eventually construct a “nuclear cluster” in the country ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Aliyev speaks during an interview on January 7 where he launched a verbal broadside against Armenia and its leaders. (Photo: president.az) Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev’s surprise rhetorical attack on Armenia is raising doubts that a peace deal between Baku and Yerevan can be reached anytime soon.

Jan 21, 2025 · News and analysis about China's relationship with the former Soviet republics