
Chris Rickleton
Central Asia Correspondent at Radio Free Europe
@RFERL Central Asia. Ex-@AFP @Eurasianet @globalvoices. Views my own.
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2 months ago |
rferl.org | Chris Rickleton
A decade ago, when Uzbekistan's first president, Islam Karimov, was still alive, it would have been difficult for a Western journalist to research and write a book covering the country, its society, and its political regime.
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Mar 28, 2025 |
romania.europalibera.org | Chris Rickleton
Acum mai bine de un sfert de veac, un primar popular al Istanbulului a fost destituit din funcție și încarcerat pe baza unor acuzații pe care susținătorii săi le-au criticat ca fiind motivate politic. A reapărut ulterior, pentru a deveni cel mai longeviv lider din istoria modernă a țării sale. E vorba de Recep Tayyip Erdogan și e președintele de azi al Turciei.
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Mar 28, 2025 |
evropaelire.org | Chris Rickleton
Rreth një çerek shekulli më parë, një kryebashkiak i njohur i Stambollit u rrëzua nga detyra dhe u burgos për akuza që mbështetësit e tij i kundërshtuan si të nxitura politikisht, para se të kthehej më vonë për t'u bërë udhëheqësi që ka shërbyer më së gjati në historinë moderne të vendit të tij. Ai ishte Recep Tayyip Erdogan, presidenti i sotëm i Turqisë.
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Mar 27, 2025 |
rferl.org | Chris Rickleton
Over a quarter-century ago, a popular Istanbul mayor was stripped of his position and jailed on charges that his supporters decried as politically motivated, later reemerging to become the longest-serving leader in his country’s modern-day history. That was Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s current president. But Erdogan is now facing a political crisis that could be the most serious in his increasingly authoritarian reign of more than two decades.
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Mar 23, 2025 |
rferl.org | Dmitry Sukharev |Chris Rickleton
Despite Western bans on exports to Russia, vehicles costing hundreds of thousands of dollars are still readily available to the super-rich. Is an agency responsible for guarding top-level officials involved in the trade?
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