Vladimir Rozanskij

No longer just young people, civil servants over 45 are also emigrating. Turkey, Russia and the United Arab Emirates are the preferred destinations. There could be a million emigrants from Turkmenistan. To work at home they are forced to pay bribes, just like to escape to other countries.

They live in the north of the country and number a total of 12,000. Few still speak their native language. The greatest threat comes from damage to forests and woodlands. For them, the land must be respected and exploited as needed.

They had obtained loans in US currency then more than quadrupled over the years. Uzbek sum value increased from 4,100 to 11,430 per dollar since 2017. Unable to repay the debts, they are now accused of fraud. Some already behind bars. President Mirziyoyev had encouraged the financial operation to increase agricultural potential.

The opponent considered a foreign agent, therefore a traitor to the state. A "Stalinist" trial. The judge was already sanctioned by the US. In the past Kara-Murza has escaped two poisoning attempts. Fears that the regime wants to eliminate him in prison.

The first aim is to circumvent Western sanctions over Ukraine war. The synergy is to keep oil prices high. For the countries in the region, 'Russia also has the right to assert its zone of influence'. Europe and the US seem resigned to this redefinition of the balance.

The initiative is by parliamentarian Karakat Abden. Human rights activists launch petition to dismiss it. The tradition of the objectification of women persists. Parts of the establishment see mixed marriages as a threat to the nation.

A survey of web searches reveals that the population of the region is less afraid of military mobilisation. Anticipation grows for Vladimir Putin's exit from the scene. there is no longer any hesitation in using the term 'war' for the special operation. Irony criticism of the Moscow regime rony.

Closed by Baku, it serves to connect Yerevan with Nagorno Karabakh, an Armenian enclave in Azerbaijani territory. Tension over the status of the village of Tegh. The local population tried by the dispute. Every negotiation has to reckon with the indomitable character of the Armenian population in the area.

Proponents are independent candidates who were not elected at recent polls for the national parliament. Tokaev regime accused of vote falsification. Many political activists have long been imprisoned. There is no difference between the "new" Kazakhstan and Nazarbaev's old one.

This year for Muscovite Catholics the Easter Way of the Cross without being able to leave the area around the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Mgr Paolo Pezzi: "Our path is embedded in communion with Christ". The 'foreign' roots of the capital's Catholic community. "Christ did not choose the cross, it was given to him".

Chinese and Russians step up cooperation on Internet control. Foreign sources of unwelcome information targeted. A project born in 2017 and strengthened after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Great focus on Aleksej Naval'nyj's opposition movement.

Some 41% of elected deputies are under 40 years of age. Women make up 26% of the members of the Medžlis. Country still under the control of the Berdymukhamedov family. Population anxious about the economic situation seeks the solution to problems in magic. Discontent with politics and the organs of power.