Kyrgyzstan

October 22, 2026 Raja Abdulrahim and Nariman El-Mofty

Archers Mount Their Steeds in Pursuit of Centuries-Old Warrior Spirit

Horseback archery is making a comeback at a time when modern warfare has become high-tech and impersonal. The sport was featured at the World Nomad Games.

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October 22, 2026 Raja Abdulrahim and Nariman El-Mofty

Archers Mount Their Steeds in Pursuit of Centuries-Old Warrior Spirit

Horseback archery is making a comeback at a time when modern warfare has become high-tech and impersonal. The sport was featured at the World Nomad Games.

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October 13, 2026 Showkat Nanda, Valerie Hopkins and Paul Sonne

They Came to Russia for Work. Now They Are Under Fire.

Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and warehouses have led to casualties among the foreigners easing Russia’s labor shortage.

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September 24, 2026 Aaron Krolik

The ‘Monster’ Behind Russia’s Global Effort to Evade Western Sanctions

A Moscow firm uses shell companies and cryptocurrency to launder money, and a custom app to forge trade records, to help Russia bypass sweeping financial restrictions.

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September 15, 2026 Paul Sonne and Aigerim Turgunbaeva

It’s Boom Time in Kyrgyzstan, Courtesy in Part of the War in Ukraine

The economy of the Central Asian nation grew by 11 percent last year, partly by becoming a key conduit for goods flowing into Russia.

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September 15, 2026 Paul Sonne, Leila Medina, Thomas Vollkommer, Joey Sendaydiego and Sergey Ponomarev

Kyrgyzstan Is Russia’s Trading Loophole

Kyrgyzstan has turned into a crucial middleman for Russia to import goods from China since the start of the Ukraine war. Paul Sonne, our Moscow bureau chief, traveled to Kyrgyzstan to see its skyrocketing economic growth.