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Eurasia News Digest (1-15 April, 2024)

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In Moscow Attack, a Handful of Suspects but a Million Tajiks Under Suspicion
Muhammad, a Tajik migrant, said that he had found a better life in Russia. After emigrating from Tajikistan last fall, he began....

April 19, 2024 Israel , EU , Floods , Labour Migrants , border clash , Eurasia News Digest , Solar power , Foreign Agent Bill
Eurasia News Digest (16-31 March 2024)

Russia and Central Asia
US held the first B5+1 Forum
Announced by President Biden during the inaugural C5+1 Summit in September 2023 and highlighted in the corresponding New York Declaration, the B5+1 is the private-sector-led....

April 04, 2024 NATO , Labour Migrants , terrorist attack , Eurasia News Digest , EU Membership , B5+1 , South Ossetia , Global Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness , Solar power
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Implications for Central Asia
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background
Central Asia is geo-strategically significant for the Kremlin as the region border Afghanistan and Iran to the South, China to the East, and the Caspian Sea to the West. The Central Asian region is considered Russia’s sphere o....

April 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , economy , Uzbekistan , Ukraine , Tajikistan , Remittances , Eurasian Union , Labour Migrants , CSTO. Kazakhstan
Russia-Ukraine Crisis and its Impact on Central Asia
Amb Ashok Sajjanhar

Central Asia is Russia’s sphere of Influence, and Moscow is also the security provider in the region. In addition, Central Asian economies are highly dependent on remittances from the Russian Federation. Central Asia has been heavily impacted by th....

April 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , UNGA resolution , Russia , Ukraine , Economic Slowdown , Remittances , Food Security , Podcast , Energy Exports , Labour Migrants , Western Sanctions
How is Central Asia Reacting to Russia-Ukraine Crisis?
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background

Central Asia has recently been in the geopolitical spotlight with the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and political upheaval in Kazakhstan. Russia’s special military actions in Ukraine have once again drawn attention to Cen....

February 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , economy , Uzbekistan , Ukraine , Tajikistan , Remittances , Eurasian Union , Labour Migrants , CSTO. Kazakhstan
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