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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s former prosecutor-general Aida Salyanova has been arrested over the early release in 2013 of one of the country’s most notorious crime bosses, Aziz Batukaev.
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KABUL (TCA) — Almost half of all rural Afghans now face some level of food insecurity, a UN agency said on June 3, as an historic drought and deteriorating security grip the country, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A delegation from Kazakhstan participated in the 25th International Conference on The Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan. During the event, the delegation consisting of the Ambassadors-at-Large Yerlan Khairov and Batyrkhan Kurmanseit as well as representatives of Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company conducted a series of meetings with leading technology companies and organizations of Japan, Kazakh Invest said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan has increased the number of countries whose citizens can obtain tourist visas in a simplified procedure and expanded the e-visa validity period in a bid to boost tourism, Xinhua news agency reported with reference to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The upcoming developments in Kazakhstan in the months to come will show whether the June 9 snap presidential elections are just a face change or they will lead to the emergence of an entirely new political model. We are republishing the following article on the issue, written by Rafis Abazov*:
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Radio Azatlyk, with reference to sources in the Turkmen government, reports that some 1,879,413 people left Turkmenistan for permanent residence abroad or for permanent jobs, Chronicles of Turkmenistan independent foreign-based news website reported.
One of the Radio Azatlyk sources said that the results of the census held in 2012 were classified for this reason. The results of the census turned out to be unexpected even for the authorities.
“When this data was presented to the President, he was furious as this greatly discredited his governance,” an Azatlyk source reports.
According to the sources of the Radio, no more than 3.3 million people currently reside in Turkmenistan. Sources of Chronicles of Turkmenistan reported that according to the 2012 census, the population of Turkmenistan amounted to 4,751,120.
The majority of those who left Turkmenistan headed to Turkey, Russia and Ukraine.
The sharp decline in the population led to a shortage of army conscripts, which might result in extending a term of the military service. The news outlet Turkmenyurt TV has already reported about possible extension of compulsory military service from two to three years.
In late 2018 Chairperson of Turkmenistan’s State Statistics Committee Khalykdurdy Gurbanov briefed President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on preparations for the nationwide census, which is scheduled to be held in 2022.
