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Can the West bump Russia out of Central Asia?

Despite its focus on the war in Ukraine, Russia shows no signs of letting go of its legacy influence in Central Asia.
China's major airlines have extended free refund and rescheduling policies for Japan-bound tickets as weekly Sino-Japanese ...
Nasa's Jonny Kim and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky have touched down in Earth after 245 days on the ISS.
Astronaut Jonny Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky touched down in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after ...
Azerbaijan and Armenia are exploring opportunities for economic collaboration as the normalization process evolves following the peace agreement initi ...
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim flew home from the International Space Station alongside two Roscosmos cosmonauts landing in the ...
After months of rumors that Astana is cracking down on one of Russia’s most important sanctions-busting routes, Ukraine’s foreign intelligence service appears to have confirmed it.
Gold enters 2026 at record highs after an exceptional rally driven by strong central bank demand, macro uncertainty, and a ...
Jomart Tokayev met with Alexey Borodavkin, the Russian Ambassador to Kazakhstan, citing a statement from Akorda.
Kazakhstan will begin supplying oil directly to China for the first time, bypassing Russian pipelines. Until now, Kazakhstan ...
Intensifying geopolitical shifts in Central Asia are straining the region’s multivector diplomacy, but frameworks like C5+1 ...
The Russian Academy of Sciences is reviving a project to divert Ob River water to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, risking ...