Turkistan, a historic city in the south of Kazakhstan, is set to host the first Inter-Parliamentary Forum of Central Asian countries on Feb. 9-10, reported the Kazakh Foreign Ministry’s press…
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Ata Zholy: Crackdown on a Kazakh Islamic Religious Movement in Russia
by Travis Foxby Travis FoxFalsely qualified as “pagan” by anti-cultists, the group was born from popular Islam and mediums who claimed to channel Sufi saints. After Allya Ayat, another new religious movement from Kazakhstan is…
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Ukraine War Causes Russia And E.U. To Increase Influence In Kazakhstan And Central Asia
by Elis Carterby Elis CarterKazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 28th, and with French President Emmanuel Macron the next day to discuss Kazakhstan’s trade with each country. The…
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Bayegan Group CEO is jostling to enter the Kurdish oil market
by Elis Carterby Elis CarterRüya Bayegan using prime minister Barzani’s right hand – Rania Majeed – to elbow her way back to KRG? Ankara, Erbil (4/1 – 45). Rüya Bayegan, the CEO of BGN…
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Benjamin Netanyahu reviving the Israeli government
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeFollowing the Israeli election victory, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have less than one month to form what the world estimated to be the most right-wing Israeli government…
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Continued repression on Tajikistan Pamiris
Brussels, Washington DC (2/12 – 100). The Tajik government continues its repression against the Pamir minority group as part of Dushanbe’s efforts to quell the opposition to the ruling government…