Shamshad Abdullayev, one of the most important contemporary Russian-language poets and founder of the so-called “Fergana School of Poetry” (in fact, there was no “poetry school”, but only an association of like-minded artists.

Legislators in the Russian Federation are working to restore order among migrants better than the executive branch. Lobbyists of legal migration do not give up, and illegal migration has not been eradicated,

Kyrgyzstan has become a major hub for routing exports of sanctioned cars to Russia. One Moscow-based dealership flaunts an array of luxury vehicles, acquired despite the sanctions.

The new Monitoring of communication modes and the Rating of friendliness of post-Soviet countries authored by a team of experts from the National Research Institute for the Development of Communications (NIIRK) was published on Wednesday,

Ukraine says that more than 50 of the soldiers it is holding captive are Central Asians. Having seen frontline action in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, they must now wait to see how high on Moscow's lists they are when it comes to prisoner swaps with Kyiv.

The U.S. was a notable flip-flop, for the first time siding with Russia in voting against such a resolution. Were there any notable changes in Asia-Pacific voting?

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 27. The largest number of tourists to Azerbaijan came from Russia in 2024, said Florian Sengstschmid, CEO of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board (ATB), Trend reports. Sengstschmid presented these figures during the opening of the international real estate summit, Move - Real Estate Forum, in Baku.

In 2024, Tajikistan welcomed 1.6 million foreign visitors, with 1.4 million arriving as tourists, marking a 16.7% increase compared to 2023, the country's Committee for Tourism Development announced on Tuesday.

TASHKENT -- China led in foreign-invested enterprises in Uzbekistan with 3,467 companies, local media reported on Monday, citing the country's statistics agency. As of Feb 1 this year, the total number of enterprises and organizations with foreign investments operating in Uzbekistan reached 15,163, according to the report.