This is a first installment of a series describing the 5th World Nomad Games that took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, earlier this year. The ...

Join Sheila Fitzpatrick for a discussion of her new book Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War. When World War II ended, about one million people whom the Soviet Union ...

It’s been 33 years now since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 into 15 separate countries. And what a ride it’s been. The ...

With the nuclear disposal work entering its final stages, Min-Kush, a town in central Kyrgyzstan, hopes to move on soon from its radioactive past. Three decades on from Soviet independence, Kyrgyzstan ...

The power grab over rare-earth minerals in Central Asia could be among the issues that will work to Donald Trump's advantage.

In the volatile Caucasus region, Russia and Iran, often seen as united in their aims, are vying to secure trade routes and ...

In a mask and a hazmat suit, Ermek Murataliyev drives a truck filled with Soviet-era radioactive waste along the winding ...

Russia and China continue to work together in service of their shared objectives. These include keeping the United States and ...

Astana has emphasized its commitment to strengthening its role as a close partner of BRICS while also stating that it will ...

"A Gazelle pickup truck carrying the illegal cargo was heading from Central Asia to a warehouse in the Vladimir Region ... The top Russian diplomat thanked his African colleagues lauded the former ...

A new study led by Oxford University and involving Swansea University has found that the treatment of cancer in twelve former ...