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This week we take a look at:

- Kazakhstan seizing part of the Russian Space Program
- Bank reforms in Kyrgyzstan
- A Russian governor seeking refuge in Kyrgyzstan
- Mirzioyev announcing a referendum
- Earthquakes in Tajikistan
- A football tournament coming to Central Asia
- Turkmenistan announces snap election
- Ashgabat placing even more restrictions on Exit Visas.

And our deep dive into
- Analysing the Results of the Kazakh Parliamentary Elections

Joining us this week:
-  Aigerim Toleukhavona (Eurasianet)

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This week we take a look at:

- Sec. Blinken's Visit to Central Asia
- Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan heating up
- Kazakhstan's backing of Beijing's "Ukraine Peace Plan"
- The women's marches
- Constitutional amendments being proposed in Uzbekistan
- The son of a Tajik opposition leader being arrested
- Tajikistan infrastructure under scrutiny
- Isreal to open a new mission in Turkmenistan
- Russia is pushing closer energy ties with Ashgabat

And our deep dive into
- Iranian Influence in Central Asia

Joining us this week:
-  Alex Vatanka (Middle East Institute)

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This week we take a look at:

- Nazarbayev being stripped of his immunity
- A sanctioned Russian businessman buying up a Kazakh airport
- The fight to bring a bank back to Kazakhstan
- A Kyrgyz president being released from prison
- 6 Kyrgyz presidents meeting in Dubai
- Uzbekistan resuming work on the UZB-AFG trainline
- Criminal arrested with radioactive material in UZB
- An avalanche in Tajikistan
- Record numbers of Tajik's applying for Russian citizenship
- The increasing exodus from Turkmenistan 


And our deep dive into
- Gendered Violence in Central Asia

Joining us this week:
-  Tamar Dekanosidze (Equality Now)

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This week we take a look at:

- Major policy changes at the Kazakh border.
- Russia forging ahead with plans for a gas network across the region.
- Astana refusing to punish journalists over their coverage of the War in Ukraine.
- Border delimitation progress between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
- Bishkek taking ownership of a new set of Turkish drones.
- Uzbekistan bracing for a series of floods.
- Karakalpak activists being jailed.
- Problems worsening for the Tajik internet infrastructure.
- The cost of living crisis worsening throughout Turkmenistan


And our deep dive into
- The Coup in Ashgabat, the Return of Gurbanguly.

Joining us this week:
- Luca Ancheschi (Uni of Glasgow)

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This week we take a look at a political party being registered in Kazakhstan, politicians pushing back against name changes for Bishkeks administrative districts, a former president's trial devolving, the proposal for a natural gas union between three states, trials beginning for anti-regime protesters, big developments in the Tajik banking sector, further accusations of Turkmenistan sanction busting, and we take a deep dive into how the Russian migrants fleeing the draft at home into Central Asia are impacting the stability of the region.  

Joining us this week:
- Yan Matusevich (The Graduate Centre)

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This week we take a look at a former Security Services Cheif of Kazakhstan on trial for treason, Russian pressure on Astana to lower the price of grain, Kyrgyzstan cracking down on the free press, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan approving a huge water deal, China stepping up its military coordination with Tajikistan, accusations of the Tajiks getting involved in Ukraine war, and Turkmenistan demand Turkmens return home for the census, whilst also trapping other at home. But first, we turn to the big story in the region this week The Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan and the reelection of Tokayev.

Joining us this week:
- Aigerim Toleukhanova (Eurasianet)

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