war in Ukraine
Analytical platform CABAR.asia spoke with Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), about Central Asian countries in the light of confrontation between Russia and the West, the indirect impact of sanctions on the region, the role of China and the potential of the EAEU and the CSTO.
Food security has almost always been one of the main narratives of the Turkmen authorities, but the authorities have meant different things by it during the period of independence of Turkmenistan.
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The government of Tajikistan adopted an anti-crisis program due to the ongoing events in Russia. However, the experts say it is too late because it takes many years to prepare for such crises.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has not affected Kazakhstan directly, but the citizens already feel economic consequences of the war.
Economic sanctions against Russia imposed by the Western powers due to the war with Ukraine affected the economies of Central Asian countries, including Uzbekistan. Nevertheless, the Uzbek authorities guarantee food security.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the Russian authorities started to mobilise its resources. Natives of Central Asia, who have received citizenship of Russia, are being invited to military commissariats. Meanwhile, contract soldiers – namely, migrants who can obtain a Russian passport for their military service in the longer term, are being mobilised.
Russia ranks first in the world by the number of sanctions imposed on her because of its military actions in Ukraine. It has negatively affected the incomes of ordinary citizens and migrant workers. The economic situation forces the natives of Central Asia working in Russia to look for new income opportunities.
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Most Tajik media try to avoid covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some of them do it after receiving ‘instructions’ from the authorities, others say they fear for the Tajik migrants in Russia.
According to media experts, local media generally report military operations in Ukraine in a neutral way. The focus is made on how the consequences will affect Kyrgyzstan and its residents. (more…)
The information war, which escalated amid the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, revealed the acuteness of the issue of providing verified and impartial information for the residents of the Central Asian countries. CABAR.asia analysed how the Uzbek media cover the events in Ukraine.