Each newsletter is a dispatch from a single location—it could be a city or a hotel, a valley or a café—somewhere between Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Every issue will include reading recommendations, a unique recipe and underreported tales.

Geopolitics, history and mountains.

Kleptocracy Series is Dilmira's Substack aimed at serialising her doctoral thesis on state crime and kleptocratic reputation laundering.

Commentary and news from Central Asia