The end of Russia’s energy empire in Central Asia: pipelines, politics, and payback
Russia’s Central Asian energy empire is collapsing—and investors still betting on Moscow are making a costly mistake.
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Tajikistan welcomes Putin with full honors, ignoring ICC arrest warrant
The ICC has charged Putin with war crimes over the deportation of Ukrainian children, requiring member states like Tajikistan to arrest him if he enters their territory.
Russia tricks Central Asian workers into Ukraine war with fake job promises
Two Uzbek and Tajik migrants born in 1984 are among the latest foreign nationals killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Russian recruited with promises of quick money
Russia falsely promises work on occupied areas to migrants from Central Asia but sends to trenches instead
Russia lures migrants from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan by offering them high-paying jobs in "reconstruction" on occupied Ukrainian territories and a potential Russian citizenship, but many end up in the military service due to unprotected rights and manipulations.
Russians target Central Asian migrants for military recruitment in occupied Ukraine
Ukraine's National Resistance Center says that Russian forces are coercing draft-age men into contracts through threats of arrest and property confiscation.
Media: Investigation uncovers Russia’s potential sanctions evasion through transit manipulation
The scheme redirects goods meant for Central Asia and the Caucasus to Russia by manipulating shipping documents.
UK intel: Russia tightens grip on naturalized citizens with military service requirement
Russia's new law strips citizenship from naturalized citizens who don't register for military service, possibly to use the law as a form of legal coercion to boost military recruitment amid anti-migrant sentiment, per UK intelligence.
Ukraine condemns participation of Central Asian and Caucasian leaders in Moscow military parade
On May 9, 2023, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the participation of the Armenian Prime Minister and…
Kremlin rapidly losing control of ‘private military company’ story
Personnel of Russian private military companies, which are illegal according to Russian law, have appealed to the International…
Russian private military companies proliferate ‘to make money on war’
Despite the fading of the Wagner private military company which attracted so much attention earlier because of evidence…
Russia’s private military companies a more toxic form of Latin American death squads, Pastukhov says
Many countries have private military companies, Vladimir Pastukhov says; and there is no reason that Russia should not…
Moscow dispatches even more ‘private military companies’ to Syria and Africa
Moscow has now dispatched another of what it calls “a private military company” to fight in Syria, a…
Moscow may have to open ‘third front’ to prevent Central Asian refugee influx into Russian cities, MGIMO expert says
Moscow may be forced to dispatch as many as seven army divisions to Central Asia lest the destabilization…