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For further development of tourism sector, we need to transit from quantity to quality by switching to a higher paid market, according to experts of both countries.
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Every year minor Kazakhstanis become more aggressive, experts say.
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Tajikistan hopes to receive financial dividends from Iran, Tehran is counting on diplomatic support from Dushanbe, experts say. (more…)

The latter are fine with it, but they doubt the initiative will be implemented effectively.
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According to experts, the old social contract between the authorities and the people has run out. (more…)

Leading European and American media has focused rather on protests and harsh police responses on the presidential election day than on the voting process per se.
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Hundreds of Turkmen families living in the South of Tajikistan remained to live there after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Despite having settled long and firmly and holding Tajik passports, the Turkmen carefully preserve the traditions of their ancestors, but also respect local customs.
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Half a million votes for an opposition candidate must move the authorities in Nur-Sultan to defer to the protesters’ opinion, according to analysts. (more…)

No wonder protesting moods in Kazakhstan have taken place during the shift of power in the country. Young people have felt the possibility of social and political changes after the resignation of president Nazarbayev, experts said. (more…)

There is no exact data available on the emergence of Orthodoxy in southern Kyrgyzstan. However, according to Ekaterina Ozmitel, doctor of historical sciences, a small Orthodox community in Jalal-Abad region first appeared in the 1930s.  It gave shelter to priests, nuns and believers from Russia and Kazakhstan, who were persecuted by the Soviet government.
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