Peter Leonard
Central Asia Editor at Eurasianet
Quot homines, tot sentenciæ. So many heades, so many iudgementes | My writing can currently be found at the Havli Substack - https://t.co/sEW0mS4H9Y
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Mar 26, 2024 |
havli.substack.com | Peter Leonard
This has been a terrible few months for gangsters and shady kingmakers in Central Asia. If they aren’t getting killed, they’re being arrested. This week it was the turn of Rayimbek Matraimov, once an untouchable figure who used his wealth and influence to pull the strings from behind the scenes in Kyrgyzstan.
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Mar 25, 2024 |
havli.substack.com | Peter Leonard
The president of Tajikistan likes to wrap himself in the robes of Islam. Literally, in some cases. In January 2016, Emomali Rahmon performed a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, and took several members of his family along too. His office documented the event by releasing images of the leader covered only in the seamless white garment that must be worn by Muslims performing this rite.
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