Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, has since 1999 made reestablishing influence over Russia’s “near abroad” a ...

Like Ukraine, the former Soviet states of Central Asia could soon face Russian incursions if the West continues to let Putin ...

The Ferghana Valley has been the most restive area in Central Asia since the five Central Asian states became independent ...

New research shows the dried Aral Sea region is rising due to Earths mantle, adjusting to lose water weight. The man-made ...

Pope John Paul II has begun a visit to troubled Central Asia and won praise from the leader of Kazakhstan for "protecting the world from Islamophobia." President Nursultan Nazarbayev thanked the pope ...

The five Central Asian nations -- Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan -- held their first summit with the European Union on April 4. Speaking at the event, Shavkat ...

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, a group that was designated as a terrorist ...

In a report originally published by Unbias the News, journalist Katie Marie Davies looks back on how Soviet eco-activism ...

The characterisation of China as a “passive Black Knight” makes sense of this apparent dichotomy. While China will shore up ...

In Central Asia, Russian is still the language of education ... The region inherited its public higher education system from the Soviet era. A diverse range of privately owned universities ...

Leaked correspondence between Switzerland-based lender Reyl Intesa Sanpaolo and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) shows that Switzerland’s financial regulator has investigated ...