Uzbekistan: Desperate Car Buyers Stampede for Chevys
Chevrolet is having a hard time satisfying demand in Uzbekistan. Though the country's flagship industrial enterprise, a General Motors plant, recently produced its two-millionth unit since opening in...
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At least 16 people were injured during a rare riot in normally supine Almaty after a pop concert was abruptly cancelled late on August 31. Popular singer Kairat Nurtas, who was making a guest...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Mining Violence Flares Again as Protestors Kidnap Governor
The governor of Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul Province was taken hostage for several hours on October 7 in the latest bout of unrest related to a controversial, Canadian-owned gold mine. Hundreds of...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Arrest of Children Sparks One-Woman Protest
A lone protester in Kazakhstan used International Woman’s Day on March 8 to draw attention to the fate of a group of children who were detained along with their mothers in Astana last...
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