For many of Russia’s neighbors, the war in Ukraine has accelerated the process of breaking out of Moscow’s orbit and abandoning loyalty to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime. While governments ...
Harrowing images of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have shocked the public—but also raised tough questions about whose lives matter in the West. Critics have focused on the telling contrast in ...
The January unrest in Kazakhstan revealed to its leadership the dangers of ignoring systemic inequality, corruption, and a repressive political environment and put the need for comprehensive socioeconomic and political ...
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Russia’s tech workers are looking for safer and more productive professional pastures. By one estimate, up to 70,000 computer specialists, spooked by a sudden frost in the ...
MOSCOW — A Russian rocket blasted off successfully Friday carrying a trio of Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian space corporation Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and ...
Months after historic the anti-government uprising in Kazakhstan, the public is learning the real scope of police violence against the ruling regime’s opponents. When protests erupted in early January, Kazakh ...
“By the decision of the extraordinary XXI Party Congress, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart (Tokayev), was unanimously elected Chairman of the Nur Otan Party,” his office said ...
MOSCOW — Kazakhstan’s leader has trumpeted ambitious economic reforms following the worst unrest in the country of 19 million in three decades. The measures are aimed at reducing the state’s ...
The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics showcased China’s reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Olympics could improve human rights, and ...
The former Soviet republic has been roiled by clashes that escalated from peaceful protests against a car fuel price increase. Authorities have blamed bandits and international terror cells, despite evidence ...
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