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Registan.net reports bad news from Uzbekistan, while neweurasia reports some good news.
Yulia reports that there are fears in Kyrgyzstan that ethnic Russians may leave for Russia in response to Vladimir Putin's call for Russians living outside of Russia to move back. She also notes that many ethnic Kyrgyz continue to leave for Russia in hopes of finding work and wonders how long it will be before the country's population consists solely of the bureaucrats who seems unable to keep people from leaving.
Tom Terry responds to an attack on him and Eagle TV, the station he manages in Mongolia, made during a session of parliament by the Speaker of the body.
Will Turkmenistan's next ruler be the current president's son? Peter of neweurasia examines the speculation that this will be the case.
Onnik Krikorian writes about contemporary music in Armenia. He compares the situation as it was about seven years ago, and notes some slight improvement in the ability of artists to find success without connections and rich sponsors.
Geoffrey Philp remembers the day Bob Marley died.
Vanessa Decort publishes a series of recent photos from Suriname on Flickr.