Night train to Dushanbe – a travelogue of Uzbek-Tajik relations

For many years, relations between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have been fraught with tension. Some analysts even dubbed the ties between the two countries a Central Asian ‘cold war’. But luckily, things are slowly improving. The return of the Tashkent-Dushanbe night train is a testament to this bilateral thaw. The… Read More

Saving Snow Leopards: how scientists fight for the survival of a species

Snow leopards – an exclusively Asian species of large mammals of the cat family – live on the territory of 12 countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Russia, Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, India, China. With the help of modern technologies, scientists are monitoring snow leopards’ behaviour and… Read More

Hitting the road: the first female bus drivers in Uzbekistan

Leaving the island: Japarov’s campaign to silence independent media