TRT World: Tackling kleptocracy in post-Soviet states
The West needs to do more to stem the tide of illicit cash flowing from Central Asia into their countries. While some of the countries that once formed part of …
Read moreThe West needs to do more to stem the tide of illicit cash flowing from Central Asia into their countries. While some of the countries that once formed part of …
Read moreAs the European Union is revising the TEN-T rail freight corridors under the new Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, the effective connection of the Eurasian rail routes with the EU …
Read moreThe 2020 donor pledging conference for Afghanistan delivered ominous news to the Kabul government: it will receive 15-20% less aid than was pledged in 2016. After almost 20 years of …
Read moreThe United States and other Western countries have worked long and hard to marginalize Iran as punishment for its transgressions on the international stage. Nevertheless, Iran’s neighbors as well as …
Read moreEven with rock-bottom interest rates, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced one vulnerable country after another to default on its external debt, or to signal that it may do so soon. …
Read moreWomen in Kyrgyzstan continue to face significant hurdles in accessing justice when it comes to gender-based violence. Around 35 percent of the world’s women have experienced physical or sexual violence, …
Read moreAn investigation into civilian killings by Australian special forces in Afghanistan raises various troubling questions In the latest blow to the moral credibility of US-led military coalitions in the Middle …
Read moreAuthorities accuse critics of the measure of being NATO stooges. Authorities in Kazakhstan have in the run-up to next month’s parliamentary election mounted another drive to snoop on the public’s …
Read moreOnly the best medicine for the leader. For everyone else, bread shortages. Turkmenistan likes German doctors. The late President Saparmurat Niyazov was regularly visited by a team of Munich physicians. …
Read more$35m deferral would temporarily ease pressure amid COVID and political upheaval After repeated requests, China has offered to let Kyrgyzstan defer a scheduled debt repayment, as the impoverished Central Asian …
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