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Central Asia & Caucasus · November, 2011
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Stories about Central Asia & Caucasus from November, 2011

21 November 2011

Georgia: Photoblogger Reports on Presidential Elections in South Ossetia

Written by Ekaterina · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia and Tajikistan: Pilots Sentenced and Migrants Deported

Two Russian pilots have been sentenced in Tajikistan, meanwhile in Russia 300 illegal Tajiks have been arrested for deportation. Is there any connection? Ekaterina reports.

20 November 2011

Kazakhstan: 2,2 percent of population have Facebook accounts

Quick Reads · Kazakhstan

Russia: Nationalist slogans get spread

Written by Ekaterina · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

16 November 2011

Georgia: Voting in absentia

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Georgia

14 November 2011

7 November 2011

Russia/Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan Airlines Refuse to Check-In Russian Citizen with Armenian Surname

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

5 November 2011

Armenia: Impressions and reflections on Turkey

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

4 November 2011

Russia/Georgia: The Dilemma of Politics Blogging for Cash

Written by Dmitry Davidov · Eastern & Central Europe

One well-known Georgian political blogger writes of his dilemma in being approached for payment for a blog post. Blogging for cash is a recent shady public relations phenomenon in Russia...

3 November 2011

Kyrgyzstan: First-ever peaceful president transition

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Kyrgyzstan

Turkmenistan: Hack heaven

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Turkmenistan

Kyrgyzstan: President-elect vows to close U.S. military base by 2014

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: Blasts Spark New Fears Over the Rise of Extremism

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Kazakhstan

Early in the morning of October 31, two blasts occurred in the downtown district of Atyrau, the major city in Western Kazakhstan and the unofficial "oil capital" of the Central...

2 November 2011

Uzbekistan: New Law Forbids Alcohol Consumption in Streets and Parks

Written by Ekaterina · Uzbekistan

The president of Uzbekistan has approved a law regarding "the distribution and consumption of alcohol and tobacco products" which will come into force in April 2012. The law states that...