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As Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, spiraled into chaos last month over rising energy costs and anger at the government, the…
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Around 7:30 p.m. on the evening of Jan. 6, Yerlan Zhagiparov left his home to see what…
It feels like a scene from the Cold War.An unpredictable Russian president amassing thousands of troops on the border of…
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — At least 5,800 people have been detained and more than 2,000 injured during several days of violence…
MOSCOW — The embattled president of Kazakhstan has the pedigree of an international technocrat. The son of prominent intellectuals, he…
Kazakhstan’s explosion into unrest this week presents a stark warning to the strongman autocrats of the world: Leaving office is…
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The authoritarian leader of Kazakhstan said Friday that he had authorized the nation’s security forces to “fire…
Long adept at stoking unrest in the West, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia sent troops to the Central Asian…
Protestors filled the streets of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, on Wednesday night.Credit…Abduaziz Madyarov/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesAll night and into…
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