RFE/RL Central Asia Report 09.09.2013 A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the five countries of Central Asia.For more stories on Central Asia, please visit and bookmark our Central Asia page. |
 China, Uzbekistan Sign Economic DealsUzbek President Islam Karimov and Chinese President Xi Jinping have signed agreements worth a reported $15 billion in key Uzbek sectors such as oil, gas, and uranium production.More  Chinese President Arrives In TashkentChina's President Xi Jinping has arrived in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, on the latest stop of his Central Asian tour.More  Kazakhstan: $30 Billion In China DealsKazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev says Kazakhstan and China will sign more than 20 agreements worth a total of around $30 billion, including several deals in the key energy sector.More Kazakhstan is introducing legislation intended to simplify the process of hiring foreign workers. The chief of the Kazakh Interior Ministry's Migration Department, Serik Sainov, said on September 6 the legislation will be adopted by the end of the year.More  Kyrgyz Family Murdered In BatkenFour members of a Kyrgyz family have been shot dead in their house in Kyrgyzstan's southern Batken Province, which borders Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.More  Turkmenistan: A Trip Home, After 15 YearsRFE/RL Turkmen Service correspondent Yovshan Annagurban Annagurban traveled back to his home country for the first time in 15 years. What he found was a Turkmenistan that in some ways had changed dramatically -- and in other ways hadn't changed at all.More |