Kyrgyzstan's mine headache, European and Eurasian integration, timekeeping in the Pamirs; weekend reads.

Astana is looking abroad for demons to blame for the violence last weekend.

The Kazakh president blamed instigators from abroad for recent violence and protests.

Sergei Shoigu embodies Moscow's concerns about whether Central Asia can manage security, internally and on its periphery.

“The head of the state is maintaining this issue under his control.”

After shoot-outs at two gun shops in Aktobe, attackers stole a bus and rammed the gates of a National Guard base.