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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. We strive to provide information useful to policymakers, scholars, and interested citizens both in and outside of Eurasia.
Kyrgyzstan: Bride Kidnapping Not Just a Rural Phenomenon
Asel KalybekovaMay 10, 2013. Although bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan has primarily happened in the countryside, the illegal activity is taking place in Bishkek as well. As rural migrants flood into the city, young men too poor to afford the pageantry of a traditional wedding opt instead to kidnap a bride. (Photo: Dean C.K. Cox)
Thirty years after Armenian earthquake, a New Yorker remembers …
Dec 7, 2018 · After the earthquake. (C.J. Langer/U.S. Geological Survey) When a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit his hometown, Gyumri, on December 7, 1988, 14-year-old Ara Tadevossian’s apartment building collapsed on top of him and his mother. He was trapped. But in a grim way, he was lucky: A chunk of concrete was pressing on his leg in just the right place ...
What if the Soviet Union had not Collapsed? - Eurasianet
Nov 7, 2017. As states go, the Soviet Union died young. It also never made it to where it really wanted to be: communism. The first socialist state – and empire, and then superpower – did not die innocent or, actually, without achievements. It has left humanity a rich record of stifling bureaucracy, ideological mulishness, and, last but not ...
Caucasus - Eurasianet
Oct 14, 2024 · Pashinyan intent on sealing peace deal directly with Azerbaijan. News and analysis from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and conflict zones in the South Caucasus: Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh.
Kazakhstan: Army upgrades drone readiness against backdrop
Feb 23, 2023 · Kazakhstan’s armed forces are stepping up training for unmanned aerial vehicle operators and artillery units in light of the ongoing war being waged by Russia in Ukraine, Deputy Defense Minister Sultan Kamaletdinov has said. Kamaletdinov told reporters on February 23 that lessons on how drones can be better used for the purposes of ...
A brief history of corruption in Ukraine: the Yanukovych era
After assuming the presidency, Yanukovych seemed to embrace a time-tested approach of using Ukraine’s notoriously corrupt judicial system to consolidate his political authority. He quickly moved to prosecute his main political rival, Yulia Tymoshenko, his most serious challenger in …
Central Asia - Eurasianet
Oct 8, 2024 · News and analysis from the former Soviet republics of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
A brief history of corruption in Ukraine: the Poroshenko Era
Jun 11, 2020 · Known as the “chocolate king” because of his ownership of a prominent confectionary firm, Poroshenko had amassed an estimated $1.3 billion fortune by the time he ran for the presidency. Throughout his business career, he had repeatedly proven his insider credentials within Ukraine’s powerbroker-driven system.