...No rule changes done at this point, please feel free to point out anything which needs updating
Whilst this is a rule change, I suspect the changes necessary in the validator are merely defining which continent various points are in.
(They all used to be in Europe and are now all in Asia.)
The continent of Asia includes, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia east of the Urals, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan &, Uzbekistan