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Experts are concerned about the growing incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the country. (more…)
Power crisis in Kyrgyzstan has gained momentum in recent years. Electricity produced within the country fails to cover the needs of the population, and the country faces energy shortages. Electricity imports rise every year. While authorities do not rule out ‘regulatory blackouts’.
The parliament of Kyrgyzstan adopted amendments to the law “On non-profit organisations” and the Criminal Code without discussions at first reading. The amendments were initiated by a group of MPs led by Nadira Narmatova. They provide for the introduction of the concept of ‘foreign representative’ (similar to the Russian law on foreign agents).
In Uzbekistan there are remote mountain villages inhabited by ethnic Tajiks. They retain their ancient customs, and their everyday life is radically different from their neighboring Uzbek kishlaks.
n 2022, the Russian Federation issued documents to a record number of new citizens from Central Asia. A sharp increase was provided by 173 000 residents of Tajikistan who received Russian citizenship. The scale of this phenomenon turned out to be such that individual Russian authors began to write about “the great transmigration of peoples,” and social networks flooded with disturbing publications about the issues of labor migration, ghettos and ethnic crime in Russia.
Eco-settlers have been living near Uralsk, West Kazakhstan region, for over 20 years. They named their location “Vedrukh”, a settlement of ancestral homes. The settlement has its rules: no smoking, no alcohol, and the main thing – to live in harmony with nature. The main task of eco-settlers is to plant as many trees as possible and pass their land plots, ancestral homes one hectare each, on to their descendants. (more…)
Today a person shares personal information almost with all: online platforms, government institutions, private companies. These data can be leaked to the internet, or even worse they can be stolen. Therefore, one needs to learn how to protect personal information. (more…)
In Kyrgyzstan, the risk of childhood obesity is 40%*. By 2030, the number of children aged 5-19 with obesity will reach 180 thousand. 40% of the population of Kyrgyzstan are children under the age of 18 who spend their leisure time watching TV. (more…)
The problem of Kazakhstan, as well as other ex-Soviet countries, is the assurance that religion a priori carries threat, in particular, to the political structure and cultural identity, experts say. Therefore, religion laws contain provisions that discriminate against religious people. (more…)
Uralsk still has a community of Old Believers of the Russian Orthodox Church. The parish officially has 50 parishioners, yet fewer people attend church services. Believers repair their church that was built in 1888 at their own cost, observe traditions of the Russian Orthodox Church, which existed until the 17th century and thank authorities of Kazakhstan for not oppressing them. (more…)