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Turkey: Kyrgyz Nomads Struggle to Make Peace with Settled Existence - EurasiaNet
Tensions have eased since, though, to the extent that Kyrgyz and PKK fighters sometimes meet for tea in the surrounding mountains, according to one villager who declined to be named. Little did the Pamiri Kyrgyz dream, when they first left Afghanistan ...
Turkey: Ankara Seeks to Raise its Profile within NATO? - EurasiaNet
A NATO diplomatic source, who asked not to be named, told EurasiaNet.org that "all sides are happy" now. Details of the arrangement, have not been announced, and it is unclear whether the EU officials will attend the entire summit.
Kyrgyzstan: Justice Elusive for Kidnapped Brides - EurasiaNet
They are not only proponents of bride kidnapping, but they sometimes initiate it,” said the advocate, who asked to remain anonymous because the shelter works directly with the police. Talas, an isolated region in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, is believed to ...
Georgia: Using “Different Methods” to Scrutinize Supporters of Billionaire ... - EurasiaNet
One Ozurgeti woman, who asked not to be named, had a different take on progress, though. “When people are poor and starving, new roads don't mean a thing,” she said. “I think 80 percent of the people feel this way, but don't express it because they are ...
Kazakhstan: Concern Rising Over Ethnic Kazakh Returnees - EurasiaNet
“[President Nursultan] Nazarbayev called us, and we came,” said one young oralman from Uzbekistan, who refused to give his name. “If he hadn't called, we wouldn't have come.” Trading in the market “provides just enough to fill the pot,” the young man ...
Kazakhstan: Washington Quietly Cajoling Astana on Reforms - EurasiaNet
Clinton was “encouraged by the wide range of our positive cooperation in our strategic partnership,” including on nuclear security and Afghanistan, said a State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity. But Clinton also had a mild rebuke ...
Turkey: Could Istanbul's Building Boom Spur Crime? - EurasiaNet
One police officer, who declined to give his name, liked the fresh air and open space, and said that crime was no different from elsewhere in Istanbul, but added that maintaining security was hard. “People here are like closed boxes.
Russia-Central Asia Expert Becomes China's New Military Intel Chief - EurasiaNet
A retired PLA major general, who refused to be named, said yesterday that despite Chen's specialisation in Russian, eastern European and Central Asian affairs, he could also handle relations with Western countries with ease. "Xiong Guangkai - a former ...
Kyrgyzstan: HIV Infections Highlight Systemic Hospital Breakdown - EurasiaNet
She asked that her name not be used because of the prospect of discrimination. “It's just terrible to lose everything all of a sudden,” she told EurasiaNet.org in a telephone interview. First among her demands, she said, was that “those who are guilty ...
OSCE: US to Push for Rapid-Reaction Diplomacy in Central Asia - EurasiaNet
“I anticipate some problems with this,” a senior OSCE official told EurasiaNet.org, speaking on background. “We want this kind of rapid deployment. We have to empower the chair-in-office and the CPC,” the OSCE official added, referring to the Conflict ...
Uzbekistan & Tajikistan: Visiting Clinton Offers NDN Appreciation, Cautions on ... - EurasiaNet
In the Uzbek capital Tashkent, Karimov reportedly told Clinton -- according to a senior State Department official speaking on background -- that he wants to go down in the history books as a reformer. “The Secretary noted the need for progress on ...
Syria Clouds Turkey's Sunny Parade With Iran - EurasiaNet
"There are differences [between us] over Syria because we think the protests are popular movements whereas they [the Iranians] think they are instigated from abroad," the insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told RFE/RL. ...
Georgia: Putin Tweaks Tbilisi on Ossetian Annexation - EurasiaNet
“There is definitely Georgia fatigue [in Washington],” said one foreign consultant to the Georgian government, speaking in a private capacity and on condition of anonymity. “There are the reliable, reflexive Georgia supporters … and those who are ...
Turkmenistan: Soldiers' Mothers Converge on Abadan, Demanding Answers - EurasiaNet
Mothers of soldiers killed in the explosion in Abadan last week are descending on the ruined town of Abadan now, demanding to see their children, dead or alive, a source who requested anonymity told EurasiaNet today. Authorities have refused to give ...
Turkey: Imams Take Voice Lessons - EurasiaNet
“Before class I was not using my breath correctly, after [this] class I can recite the Koran better because of the scales I learned," said one Imam, who declined to give his name. Sadri Karabas, from Kars in eastern Turkey, said he sought out voice ...
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek Looks to Georgia as Role Model for Justice Overhaul - EurasiaNet
“Imagine what might happen if you fire throngs of people accustomed to using firearms without giving them any [financial] support,” an official close to Atambayev told EurasiaNet.org. Cash-strapped Kyrgyzstan would need heaps of aid money to ensure ...
Kyrgyzstan: Reporting Glitch Enabling Manas Transparency Woes - EurasiaNet
At the time of the award, fuel was sourced from various countries using local Kyrgyz companies and for this reason Kyrgyzstan was listed as the place of performance,” the DLA representative, speaking on background, said. ...
Kyrgyzstan Holds up UN Status for Organization Run by Uzbek President's Daughter - EurasiaNet
A reporter from the independent online Uzbek website uznews.net contacted the SISF office in Tashkent, but a representative who declined to give his name ...
Armenia: Egypt Events Energizing Opposition in Yerevan - EurasiaNet
The driver, who declined to give his name, voiced disappointment over the outcome of the protest movement in 2008, and expressed the belief that ...
Georgia: Planned Evictions Reignite Debate Over IDP Rights - EurasiaNet
Like other IDPs interviewed by EurasiaNet.org, the woman declined to give her name from fear of alleged government reprisals. “Children are supposed to ...
Violence Picks Up in Tajikistan - EurasiaNet
The officials, who requested anonymity, said that after three hours of fighting the border guards requested air support. A combat helicopter opened fire on ...
Otunbayeva's son, the CIA, and other mysteries of Manas - EurasiaNet
"There has been a giant fight with [US Central Command] over this," said the official, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. ...
Turkmenistan Weekly Roundup - EurasiaNet
Worse, through sources that requested anonymity, he learned that the Turkmen Ministry of State Security was making a deliberate threat against his life, ...
Afghanistan: Karzai Puts Peace Hopes in Hands of Warlords - EurasiaNet
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a European diplomat said the High Peace Council was comprised simply of “the usual suspects and that, in itself, ...
Turkmen Human Rights Activist Threatened, Web Site Attacked - EurasiaNet
On October 9, Tuhbatullin was told by a reliable source who requested anonymity that Turkmenistan security forces were planning some kind of physical attack ...