New Eastern Europe - November-December 2017

39 Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, there are varying levels of Islam-inspired activities, some of which hav ...

40 them who are working in Russia, have al- ready been away from their home coun- try for a while, and lead a transnational life ...

41 European countries. In other words, it would be inaccurate to say that only those lacking proper education and opportu- nitie ...

42 likely to join Islamist groups. In fact, the reality is more complex. You have to look at the specific dynamics of dif- feren ...

The crawling threat of the Crimea scenario NAUBET BISENOV Kazakhstan staunchly sides with Russia in global affairs and supports ...

44 Strategic bonds In February 2014 Zhirinovsky urged Russian authorities to annex the former five Central Asian Soviet republic ...

45 tions,” he said, adding: “There are no politically active organisations representing the Russian diaspora and it is in Russia ...

46 “It is quite unbelievable to even picture such a situation but I won’t be surprised if some local young men show support to s ...

47 Kazakhstan in principle. However, even non-nationalistic ethnic Kazakhs presume and fear that it might be implemented in nort ...

48 go to Russia to get treatment. This is outrageous, but people don’t bother to take action against such incidents”, a driver, ...

A looming humanitarian crisis in the land Orwell forgot CHRISTOPHER SCHWARTZ Turkmenistan, a desert republic of 5.6 million peop ...

50 overlooked is Turkmenistan, a desert republic of 5.6 million people on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. In a 2016 list o ...

51 international airport in the shape of a falcon (and according to some reports, it is sinking into the sand and underutilised) ...

52 we see in other countries with heavy censorship,” Nazar explains. “This is a govern- ment trying to control people’s minds. A ...

53 Referring to Turkmenistan’s recent hosting of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Mar- tial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Nishanov says, “The ...

54 to RFE/RL. The question is whether the policies of grandiosity and neutrality, for so long equally crucial to Turkmenistan’s ...

55 Kuwait is actually actively trying to broker a resolution in the recent diplomatic crisis between the other Gulf States and Q ...

In search of the enemies of the state ANNA CIEŚLEWSKA Despite a declaration of religious tolerance, the system developed by Pres ...

57 Tightening control One of the most important factors that has influenced the formation of the various Islamic tendencies in T ...

58 Domestic education has been banned, which forced Islamic teachers to go un- derground and organise small secret study groups, ...