Written by Shakhnoza Isakova In Kyrgyzstan, a small country of roughly five million people, rumors play a significant role in forming opinions and forecasting the future. Although Kyrgyzstan’s Russian language media is often viewed as being more objective, the editors of the Kyrgyz language press have formidable networks, giving them plenty of opportunity to spill […]
Why does Magento remain a leading e-Commerce platform?
Why does Magento remain a leading e-Commerce platform? There is a considerable number of e-Commerce platforms that have proliferated in recent years, with the sector become split between them both as a whole and on individual country levels. The Magento platform (including both Magento Community and Magento Enterprise) remains one of the most popular, with […]
UN: in expectation of the wind of changes
World War II demonstrated the necessity of collective security development. Many years ago the League of Nations didn’t manage to prevent one of the most tragically page of modern history. Thus, the League of Nations was substituted by more advanced organization, such as the UN. But now, 60 years later, we see that history repeats […]
How to defeat NSA snooping and protect classified information the old fashion way!
I recently met with a “security expert” in the private sector to discuss ways he could advise his client on how to secure classified information in the digital age in light of Edward Snowden’s revelations of National Security Agency (NSA) snooping and meta data collection techniques. I think l shocked him when l began suggesting […]
Tajikistan: President Warned After Fatal Car Crash
Written by Mahina Shodizoda There are not many netizens in Tajikistan that have remained silent about a recent car crash in Dushanbe involving a relative of President Emomali Rahmon. The incident has demonstrated once again that powerful and well-connected individuals are above the law in the country. But it has also shown that simple technological […]
Russia: Monument to Chechen Women Raises Controversy
Last Saturday, September 14, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov dedicated a monument to a group of Chechen women who had died when Russia was establishing control over the North Caucasus in the 19th century. According to the story, which some say is apocryphal, in 1819 forty-six Chechen women taken prisoner by Russian General Yermolov threw themselves […]