Over 10 weeks, RFE/RL hosted discussions on Twitter Spaces on various issues that affect daily life in Central Asia. We looked at global issues from the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine and climate change through a prism of local experiences and opinions.
Is the Russian language losing its dominance in Central Asia? The number of Russian speakers in the region has indeed declined since the disintegration
Organized crime operates across national borders to keep up, investigative journalists need to do the same. TED Fellow Bektour Iskender gives the inside scoop on his efforts to unveil secret, insidious operations in his home country of Kyrgyzstan, and how he worked with a team of journalists to uncover corruption and spark a national movement. He shares three key insights on how global networks of investigative journalists protect the world not just from smugglers and thieves but from dictators and warmongers.