Silk Mirage coming out on 13 November with @BloomsburyAcad! Follow me on Substack for more about the book + events in UK + online. List of events in this post, from Clifton LitFest to Pushkin House and Oxford University - sign up at the links. #Uzbekistan https://t.co/mgqcMk2VuM

Пожалуй, моё самое откровенное интервью на данный момент – о поисках убежища, о позиции «лидеров демократического мира», о тихой напряжённости в Каракалпакстане, правах человека во всей Центральной Азии и о семье. Рахмет @AlmasKaisar и редакции @VlastKZ https://t.co/sEL6m3d8fY

Please join us at @cliftonlitfest in Bristol, UK on 15 November, where I'll be in conversation with @Peter__Leonard about my forthcoming book Silk Mirage - + lots of other great events going on at the festival! Tickets here https://t.co/ikC4Glpf1u @philipleonard

The amazing @joannalillis in conversation with @Peter__Leonard about Uzbekistan in her book Silk Mirage. Order the book and come and hear Jo and Peter at the @cliftonlitfest on the 15th November.

And there's more on the Silk Mirage tour - please join me at Oxford University to hear more about my new book on #Uzbekistan! Full list of events on my Substack here https://t.co/7p9rzllmAO

Sign up soon - tickets are selling fast for this event where I'll be in conversation with @ibrat_safo at @Pushkin_House co-hosted by @GB_Russia on 18 November - part of the Silk Mirage tour! Full list of events in UK and online here https://t.co/7p9rzllUqm #Uzbekistan

New event on Silk Mirage tour: University College London 27 Nov, details here https://t.co/NX0vTWYUZB List of events https://t.co/7p9rzllUqm - from @cliftonlitfest with @Peter__Leonard + @RSAA Reading Room with @sophieibbotson_ to @Pushkin_House @GB_Russia with @ibrat_safo

Central Asians fall under new regulations in #Russia limiting those who enter visa-free to only 90 days in the country per year - even Kazakhs and Kyrgyz, who are meant to enjoy free movement under the Eurasian Economic Union

Central Asian workers are the backbone of England’s booming wine industry. While work-shy locals manage to gather around 100 kg a day per person, the figure for Tajiks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks (and Mongolians) is closer to 500kg

Preposterous but dangerous

The sleek lines of the new Tselinny arts centre in the old Tselinny cinema. I used to live on this street when I moved to Kazakhstan in 2005 and often used to go to the cinema here. Great to see it revamped and back in action with a new remit! #almaty #Kazakhstan #arts #culture

Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal promises food security at home but raises alarm downstream. Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan fear major water losses from the Amu Darya as the project nears completion, testing fragile regional water diplomacy.

More on Silk Mirage and book tour events you can take part in (in London or online) this autumn on my Substack here, including @cliftonlitfest w @Peter__Leonard, @RSAsianAffairs w @sophieibbotson_, Oxford University, UCL #Uzbekistan

Roll up, roll up @Pushkin_House @GB_Russia event with me + @ibrat_safo talking about my new book Silk Mirage + all things #Uzbekistan has moved to larger venue due to popular demand, tickets selling fast. Register to attend in person/online on 18 Nov https://t.co/InO6KKpZ4G

Please join us on 15 November at @cliftonlitfest in Bristol, UK, where I'll be in conversation with @Peter__Leonard about my new book on #Uzbekistan, Silk Mirage. Tickets here https://t.co/KlAZqk0Qub + other Silk Mirage events (in person or online) here https://t.co/7p9rzllUqm

New Havli Weekly Roundup Kyrgyzstan sets early elections, Tokayev rails against climate “fraud,” Kazakhstan names a nuclear site, and Real Madrid thrash Kairat amid chaos in Almaty. Plus: China’s projects advance, and a notorious Turkmen prosecutor dies. Link in replies

Revered founding father or despised despotic dictator? Check out my new Substack post on attitudes to the late president Islam Karimov in the New #Uzbekistan that his sucessor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, says he is building. https://t.co/Xa8y28YQS8

Excitement building in Almaty - "capital of the world", according to the slogan on the billboard, but I already knew that! - for tonight's match between @fc_kairat and Real Madrid. Alga, Kairat! #Kazakhstan

#Kyrgyzstan sets date for snap parliamentary election for 30 November. All signs suggest this will consolidate the already significant power of Japarov, who's presiding over democratic backsliding since coming to power in the 2020 revolution

Revered founding father or despised despotic dictator? Check out my new Substack post on attitudes to the late president Islam Karimov in the New #Uzbekistan that his sucessor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, says he is building. https://t.co/Xa8y28YQS8

Please join us on 15 November at @cliftonlitfest in Bristol, UK, where I'll be in conversation with @Peter__Leonard about my new book on #Uzbekistan, Silk Mirage. Tickets here https://t.co/KlAZqk0Qub + other Silk Mirage events (in person or online) here https://t.co/7p9rzllUqm