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President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev formed a new government

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev formed a new government

12.01.2007 14:21 msk Analytics Kazakhstan

Most ministers of the old government retained their positions. The president's favorite Karim Masimov, 41, became the new prime minister. With his sheepskins from Russian and Chinese universities, economist Masimov came up with a number of ambitious strategic ideas concerning the future development

The future ruler of Turkmenistan is known

The future ruler of Turkmenistan is known

27.12.2006 11:18 msk Analytics Turkmenistan

Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov will become the second president of Turkmenistan. Election of the president will take place on February 11, but the throne by traditions of the Soviet nomenclature is already reserved for the chairman of the commission for the funeral of the late President Saparmurat Niyaz

Saparmurat Niyazov's death sheds some light on the domestic political life the late president kept a deep dark secret

Saparmurat Niyazov's death sheds some light on the domestic political life the late president kept a deep dark secret

25.12.2006 11:33 msk Analytics Turkmenistan

On the photo: Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov, 49, acting president of Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan: The opposition has no objections to a provisional government

Turkmenistan: The opposition has no objections to a provisional government

25.12.2006 11:15 msk Analytics Turkmenistan

Saparmurat Niyazov, 66, the first and lifetime president of Turkmenistan who died last week, was interred in the family mausoleum in his native village of Kipchak. Well-informed and trustworthy sources in Ashkhabad maintain that Niyazov's circle of confidants was undecided on personnel composition o

Ferocious power struggle in Turkmenistan may result in profound geopolitical changes. Russian experts comment on the situation in the wake of the Turkmenbashi's passing

Ferocious power struggle in Turkmenistan may result in profound geopolitical changes. Russian experts comment on the situation in the wake of the Turkmenbashi's passing

22.12.2006 16:22 msk Analytics Turkmenistan

Aleksei Malashenko of the Moscow Carnegie Center:

Ethnic conflicts are a taboo for Kazakh media outlets

Ethnic conflicts are a taboo for Kazakh media outlets

20.12.2006 12:22 msk Analytics Kazakhstan

Independence Day celebrated in Kazakhstan on December 15 was spoiled for the villagers of Druzhba, a settlement in Alma-Ata outskirts, by the rumors of impending pogroms of the local Uigur community. The pogroms never took place, fortunately, but the local population fears that they might occur the

Situation in Afghanistan requires urgent solution

Situation in Afghanistan requires urgent solution

13.12.2006 18:54 msk Afghanistan Analytics

Two-day conference "Afghanistan and Regional Security: 5 Years After the Talibs" is taking place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

The population is paying for what is supposed to be free

The population is paying for what is supposed to be free

08.12.2006 14:09 msk Analytics Turkmenistan

The state program that makes the population entitled to free electric power, gas, running water, and salt will continue in Turkmenistan until 2020 as Ferghana.Ru has already reported. Gundogar reports indicate that all of that has to be paid for all the same, because of the size of state allowances.

International conference on problems of Afghanistan to take place in Dushanbe

International conference on problems of Afghanistan to take place in Dushanbe

06.12.2006 13:52 msk Afghanistan Analytics

International Conference "Afghanistan and regional security: 5 years after the Taliban" will take place in Dushanbe on December 11-12. It is to be organized by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Tajik Academy of Sciences, Alexander Knyazev's Public Foundation, and Dushanbe-based Center of Conf

The forthcoming NATO summit in Riga will confirm the West's inability to cope with the Taliban

The forthcoming NATO summit in Riga will confirm the West's inability to cope with the Taliban

24.11.2006 16:33 msk Afghanistan Analytics

NATO summit will take place in Riga, Latvia, on November 28-29. Sergei Rogov (Director of the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Alexander Khramchikhin (the head of the Department of Analysis of the Institute of Political and Military Analysis), and Dmitry Danilov (

The European Union may offer Uzbekistan friendship in exchange for energy resources

The European Union may offer Uzbekistan friendship in exchange for energy resources

25.10.2006 16:41 msk Analytics Uzbekistan

Residents of Andijan in the central square. May 13, 2005. Photo by AP "The pressure Russia is applying [to European countries] in the energy sphere is upsetting. The European Union is on a lookout for other sources of power and alternative oil and gas routes. I'd say it is a correct thing to do. Doi

Political scientist Ikbol Mirsaitov: Activeness of Hizb-ut-Takhrir should be countered with ideology

Political scientist Ikbol Mirsaitov: Activeness of Hizb-ut-Takhrir should be countered with ideology

26.04.2006 17:04 msk Analytics

Disintegration of the Soviet Union put into motion an informal integration of unofficial religious structures that recognize no frontiers and know no obstacles for interaction. Kyrgyz political scientist Ikbol Mursaitov is convinced that the second wave of Islamic mobilization in under way in Centra

The Tashkent Aircraft Factory will work for the Peoples Liberation Army of China

The Tashkent Aircraft Factory will work for the Peoples Liberation Army of China

22.02.2006 15:18 msk Analytics

The recent visit of a Duma delegation to Uzbekistan once again drew experts' attention to the Tashkent Aircraft Factory named after Chkalov. The delegation included Andrei Kokoshin, Chairman of the Committee for CIS Affairs and Compatriots, who it seems played the part of lobbyist of the Russian mil

Mukhammad Salikh urges the West to support «a peaceful revolution» in Uzbekistan

Mukhammad Salikh urges the West to support «a peaceful revolution» in Uzbekistan

30.01.2006 12:48 msk Analytics

With help from the international community, the opposition in exile may be counted on to launch the democratic changes and economic reforms the Uzbek people is longing for. This is what Uzbek writer and politician Muhammad Salikh, Islam Karimov's enemy of old, is trying to convince the Western elite

Neutralization of student disturbances in Tashkent in 1992: what it was like

Neutralization of student disturbances in Tashkent in 1992: what it was like

24.01.2006 00:03 msk Analytics

Some incidents remain in the focus of public attention for years and decades even though information on what really happened is relatively scarce. One of the most acute events of the early 1990's took place fourteen years ago, on January 16, 1992, when student riots on the campus in Tashkent were br

Leader of Uzbek gunmen Takhir Yuldash hiding in the Tribe Zone between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Leader of Uzbek gunmen Takhir Yuldash hiding in the Tribe Zone between Pakistan and Afghanistan

21.09.2004 16:56 msk Analytics Pakistan

"Uzbek insurgent commander", "leader of Uzbek gunmen", "leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan", "Al Qaeda Number 10 Man", "Number One enemy of Karimov's regime" - this is but a short list of the names newspapers call Takhir Yuldashev by.

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