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RFE/RL journalists report the news in 27 languages to 23 countries where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established, including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Russia.
This week's episode features a discussion on how people from Central Asia are ending up as part of Russia's war in Ukraine, and the attempts to recruit migrant laborers from Central Asia as well.
On this week’s edition of the Majlis podcast, we discuss how Russian aggression in Ukraine is impacting everyday life in Central Asia.
After investigative journalist reported allegations of corruption against a powerful official, his office was raided and a young employee entrapped in a blackmail scheme. What does this say about the current state of Kyrgyz media?
Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev seems firmly in power now after nationwide unrest threatened his rule. But the decisions he made to keep himself in power will likely discredit him in the eyes of the people.
Order has been restored in Kazakhstan after days of unrest during which the president gave police and the army orders to shoot to kill. The consequences of that order, and of the heavy hand Kazakh law enforcement used to quell the unrest, are starting to become clear.