Local patronage networks that provide economic and social resources for cities and villages are found across Central Asia.

Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP On X (formerly Twitter) on Jan. 28 Franak Viačorka, a senior aide to exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, listed the countries that congratulated the ...

Worst off is Kyrgyzstan, which has no known natural resource to export ... used to be part of the Soviet Union and still have effective secret police and local dictators to ruthlessly suppress dissent ...

As leader of a branch of Shiite Islam, the Aga Khan mixed business projects and humanitarian initiatives as he built a ...

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin joined the small group of leaders congratulating Lukashenko on his "victory" in another presidential election. Belarusian oppositionist Pavel Latushka ...

The DEIK chief also reflected on Syria's rebuilding after last month's ouster of longtime dictator Bashar Assad ... challenges for goods exported to Russia through Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, though he ...

But when civic organizing and political dissent overflow from the realm of social media onto the streets of cities like Minsk, Khartoum, and Caracas, dictators shut down ... Internet freedom in ...

The Hong Kong, China men's ice hockey team on Monday night was defeated by Kyrgyzstan, 5-6, in the quarter-finals ranking round at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin. The SAR squad were up 5-4 with ...

Languages: English. Law enforcement authorities in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday announced the arrest of a suspected arms trafficker who is accused of shipping weapons from the United States to sell in ...

By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor “The world’s longest-serving fascist dictator has ruled for 36 years over his country and its sprawling colonies,” explains a synopsis on IFFR’s website.

A top head coach candidate for the New York Jets was recently called a “dictator” by a respected former NFL quarterback, but that hasn’t stopped the coach from being heavily sought after on ...