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Some see a catch-and-release approach – arresting monied figures, getting cash from them and then letting them go.

Some suspect that Ankara may be involved, although there is no evidence yet for that claim.

Kumtor is being used as cudgel to go after politically influential players.

Officials hope tax breaks may promote job creation in the economically depressed area.

Bishkek says travel restrictions will remain in place until border tensions are resolved.

Many traders, though, have long been managing to get their wares onto the platform.

The new boss has started the job breaking promises and facing serious accusations.

Both countries should prioritize the well-being of ordinary people in the complex border region, write two analysts from Human Rights Watch.

Any border deal will have to consider shared water infrastructure.

Bishkek wants to milk this cash cow for all it's worth.

Kyrgyzstan is flogging its section of the would-be track, but how successfully?

Authorities seemed unperturbed by vote violations when they were first told about them.

Once again, a new government is targeting the country’s most lucrative mine.

Tashiyev's standing has been compromised, but he will likely ride out the crisis.

When night fell, men demanded weapons, eager to go take up the fight. They snarled threateningly and called us "spies."

More authority will be wielded, in principle, by a national people's congress.

Tajik authorities have only glancingly acknowledged the crisis.

Our latest from the border: Eurasianet correspondents on both sides report burned homes, raw anger and pings of occasional gunfire.

Dozens are dead, thousands have been evacuated and many homes have been burned to the ground.

At least five people have been killed in the fight over water.

There are strong indications security services are involved in smear exercises.

At the same time, some improbable characters are allowed to walk free.

Sorting garbage is rare in Central Asia. “Recycle and thrive” argues that these countries are missing an opportunity.

The country’s power companies are $1.5 billion in debt, but attempts to raise household electricity prices have previously run into violent public resistance.

New technologies have allowed archeologists to re-examine how domestic animals spread from the Middle East to Asia.