Uzbekistan

• September 23, 2025

  Eyeing Central Asia, Trump Clinches $12 Billion In Deals With Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

  Kazakhstan signed a deal to buy $4.2 billion worth of US locomotives and rail equipment amid a push by President Donald Trump to deepen economic ties with Central Asia.

• September 14, 2025

  China Continues Its Steady Expansion Into Central Asia On The Sidelines Of Big Summits

  As attention focused on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the SCO and a military parade last week in China, Beijing inked a slew of new deals worth billions of dollars with Central Asian governments and businesses, particularly those in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

• September 04, 2025

  Afghan Taliban Vows To Rebuild Uzbek Poet's Statue Days After Destroying It

  The Afghan Taliban’s demolition of a memorial of Alisher Navoi in Mazar-e Sharif sparked outrage among Uzbeks. The move was reversed after backlash, with promises to rebuild. The incident reveals how Taliban's rigid ideology can yield to diplomacy and economic ties, especially with Uzbekistan.

• August 31, 2025

  Putin In China And Four Other Things To Watch At This Year's SCO Summit

  China's Xi Jinping will welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin and other SCO leaders for a two-day summit as China looks to deepen its influence across Eurasia.  

• August 24, 2025

  'My Kid, My Rules': Central Asia's Child Abuse Epidemic

  In many families in Central Asia, corporal punishment is not only common, it is the norm. Slaps for poor grades, ear-pulls for disobedience, beatings "to instill discipline" -- these all remain embedded in the parenting culture.

• August 21, 2025

  Thousands Of Central Asians Enlisted To Fight Russia's War In Ukraine Through 'Coercion, Enticements'

  Russia continues to recruit Central Asian migrants and convicts to fill the ranks of its depleting armed forces in Ukraine. Russian authorities use various methods -- from enticements to coercion -- to enlist Central Asians to the Kremlin's ongoing war.

• July 30, 2025

  RFE/RL Spotlight: Meet Central Asia's Athletes Reaching The Heights Of The Premier League And Olympics

  RFE/RL spotlights five Central Asian athletes who have turned adversity into triumph. From a paralyzed man turned ultramarathoner to a blind Paralympian and a Premier League soccer pioneer, these remarkable sportspeople have shown how resilience and courage can transcend barriers and inspire others.

• July 30, 2025

  Against All Odds: How Central Asia’s Sports Heroes Are Changing Their Nations

  In a region often overshadowed on the global sports stage, Central Asia is producing extraordinary stories of courage, endurance, and identity. The personal victories of athletes who have overcome physical, political, and social barriers have become collective triumphs.

• July 26, 2025

  ‘Daughter Diplomacy’ On Rise In Central Asia As Leaders Seek To Preserve Dynasties

  In a theatrical session of dynastic diplomacy, the former president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, and his daughter, Oguljahan Atabaeva, traveled to Baku in mid-July and were received by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his daughter, Leyla Aliyeva.

• July 22, 2025

  From Burqas To Bureaucrats: The Soviet Reshaping Of Uzbekistan 100 Years Ago

  From 1925, when the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was declared a part of the Soviet Union, one photographer was able to capture the “radical social surgery” enacted by the Bolsheviks that forever changed the Central Asian state.

• July 20, 2025

  Central Asia’s Evolving Censorship: From Physical Threats To Algorithmic Purges

  Across Kazakhstan, and more broadly in Central Asia, an evolving censorship achieved by various means -- from algorithmic deletions to orchestrated account takeovers and from legal persecution to digital coercion -- is plaguing the region's fledgling independent media.

• June 09, 2025

  Central Asian Leaders Groom Their Offspring As Successors With Moscow Meetings

  When Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Uzbek leader Shavkat Mirziyoev travel to Moscow for talks with senior officials, it's just another series of meetings between leaders with deep ties. But a series of recent meetings that involved their children told a new story: the succession process is on.

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