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29 September 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Governance, Photography

After a busy summer, we bid you welcome to a new roundup of notable online conversations from Central Asia and the Caucasus, brought to you by neweurasia and read out...

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19 August 2006

Former Soviet Union: 15 Years Since the August Coup

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Today is 15 years since the beginning of the events that some people consider (RUS) Russia's Orange Revolution - but which are better known as the August Putsch. This year,...

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10 August 2006

Voices from Central Asia

Written by Ben Paarmann · Weblog

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13 June 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Weblog

The Pamirs in sight, Kyrgyzstan Welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. This edition reaches you from sunny Berlin,...

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30 May 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Weblog

Vakhs valley, March 2006, Erik Petersson, Dushanbe Pictures. Welcome to the latest roundup from the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you by neweurasia. First off, apologies for the...

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25 April 2006

Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Weblog

Zhenkov Cathedral, Almaty, Kazakhstan Welcome to the latest roundup from the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you (almost) bi-weekly by neweurasia's Ben, James, Peter and Luke. As usual,...

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Updates about Turkmenistan

18 April 2011

English

Amangelen Shapudakov, an 80-year-old activist, has been forcibly confined to a pyschiatric hospital by Turkmen authorities after he accused a local official of corruption during an interview with RFE/RL, Schwartz writes.

• Adil Nurmakov

English

As Turkmenistan’s authorities quietly move to shut down the system of Turkish secondary schools, Annasoltan communicates with an alum of one of these schools to get an insider’s view.

• Adil Nurmakov

22 March 2011

English

As revolutionary tremors continue to be felt throughout the Middle East, Turkmenistan is rolling out its usual assortment of repressive tactics, but with new robustness and an extra anti-youth edge, reports neweurasia’s Annasoltan.

• Adil Nurmakov

7 March 2011

English

Annasoltan writes that the Turkmen authorities have sentenced two popular young singers to imprisonment and says that apparently the singers have run afoul of official ideology and the government’s vision of morality.

• Adil Nurmakov

English

The presence of radical Islamism in Turkmenistan is almost a legend, as the government is adamant that the threat is practically non-existent and under thorough control. neweurasia’s Annasoltan goes online to discover the truth, and what she finds is something very unpleasant.

• Adil Nurmakov

English

Christya Riedel says that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline for Turkmen natural gas line is going to be one of the largest pipelines in the world upon its completion in 2014.

• Adil Nurmakov

14 February 2011

English

A fake Hip Hop concert announcement on the Internet reveals something about the character of Turkmenistan’s young generation, and the complexity of hope, fantasy, and reality, reports neweurasia’s Annasoltan.

• Adil Nurmakov

Comments on "Turkmenistan"

Turkmenistan: Jesus saves Turkmenistan on TV

To the various places of Turkmenistan. Let's make a short story animated cartoon together.

I don't really know what hapenning in Bulgaria. We should hear more from Bulgarian bloggers. One thing I can say....
Reality is different. The report in only an point of vew.
The intensive coverage of high-level corruption in the national media distracts from the political issues that should be discussed between...

esselamünaleykümverahmetullah gardaş nasılsın eyimisin.ingilizce bilmeğyom yazıları pek ağnayamadım.türkmencede gullanılan yazılarıda okuyamadım.gavurlar bizi bölük bölük yapmışlar,yazılarımızı değişdirmişler. birbirimizinen gonuşamağyoz.hadi Allaha emanet...