Azerbaijani Researcher, Aliyev Critic Bahruz Samadov Charged With Treason – OpEd
Bahruz Samadov, a 28-year-old researcher, journalist and peace activist, was detained by Azerbaijan’s State Security Service on August 21. Samadov
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Author: Dor Shabashewitz
Dor Shabashewitz is a Russian-Israeli journalist and political analyst with a background in social anthropology. He is a long-time contributor to RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service. His primary research interests are ethnic minority rights and migration in Russia and Central Asia, including his home region of Astrakhan.
Articles by Dor Shabashewitz :
Uzbekistan Joins List Of Countries Unsafe For Anti-War Russians – OpEd
Georgy Pirogov, 34, left Russia shortly after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine and moved to Tbilisi, Georgia, where he worked
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Tuvalu’s New Treaty With Australia Effectively Makes It An Associated State – Analysis
Last week, Australia announced a new treaty with the small island nation of Tuvalu in the South Pacific. The agreement
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Abduction Of Russian Dissident From Kyrgyzstan Is Another Sign Of Growing Authoritarianism – OpEd
Kyrgyzstan has had the reputation of Central Asia’s most democratic country for decades. However, since Sadyr Japarov became the nation’s
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Moscow’s War On Indigenous Siberian Cinema May Have Long-Reaching Implications
The Sakha people, also known as the Yakuts, are the largest indigenous ethnic group in Siberia. They inhabit the eponymous
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