News Briefing Central Asia cover © IWPR FocusNews Briefing Central AsiaYears active: 2006-2012 Cotton Farms Need Debt Write-off Russian Leader to Visit Ashgabat Mid-May Migrants from Russia Won't Relocate to Kazakstan President Wants End to Almaty Construction Boom Prison Watchdog Unlikely to be Effective Is the Opposition Changing Tactics? Nazarbaev May Intervene in Kyrgyz Political Struggle Kremlin and Ashgabat to Strengthen Gas Partnership More Lenient Media Law May still be Half-Measure Show more