Filling The Geopolitical Void In Central Asia – Analysis

By Bruce Pannier*

**Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan:* *The Poorest Countries in Central Asia**

(FPRI) — Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are probably the most dependent on Russia of all the Central Asian states. Some 1.1 million migrant laborers from Kyrgyzstan and 1.6 million from Tajikistan worked abroad in 2021, most in...