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Luggage packed, planes boarded—to Riga! A brief story of small and medium business in Uzbekistan

Luggage packed, planes boarded—to Riga! A brief story of small and medium business in Uzbekistan

28.04.2015 20:45 msk Business Human Rights Uzbekistan

It would be difficult to overestimate the role small and medium businesses and enterprises play in any country’s economic development. The experience many developed nations have suggests that this particular sector ensures an economy enjoys necessary flexibility and capacity to appropriately respond

Crude Accountability: “Karachaganak:Children in Exchange for Oil”

Crude Accountability: “Karachaganak:Children in Exchange for Oil”

23.04.2015 10:06 msk Business Central Asia Human Rights Kazakhstan

The film “Karachaganak:Children in Exchange for Oil” deals with tragedy that occurred in the Kazakh village of Berezovka on 28 November 2014. Emissions from the Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field have resulted in the mass poisoning children in the village. The situation in Berezovka is critic

The Uzbek Cotton: The Government’s Riches, the People’s Curse

The Uzbek Cotton: The Government’s Riches, the People’s Curse

15.04.2015 11:17 msk Business Cotton Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan

Images of cotton fields and workers are provided by the author

Uzbekistan: More gas for export, less for domestic consumption

Uzbekistan: More gas for export, less for domestic consumption

26.01.2015 00:31 msk Business Central Asia China Human Rights Uzbekistan

The construction of the fourth branch of the Uzbek section of the Central Asia—China gas pipeline will launch in the second half of 2015. An unidentified representative of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNCP) told the RIA Novosti news agency that the construction is estimated to cost $800

Kyrgyzstan in the European Economic Union despite all doubts

Kyrgyzstan in the European Economic Union despite all doubts

25.12.2014 13:40 msk Analytics Business Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Russia

On 23 Dec 2014, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev signed a document, which brought his country into the fold of the European Economic Union Treaty. Talks on the conditions of Kyrgyzstan’s joining the union lasted literally until the very last hour. A source in the Kyrgyz foreign ministry told Ferg

What foreign investor? A brief story of the Dutch, the Chinese and 50m USD

What foreign investor? A brief story of the Dutch, the Chinese and 50m USD

04.12.2014 11:57 msk Analytics Business Uzbekistan

Reports on the purported intentions of a Dutch company to invest in the textile industry in Uzbekistan went viral online. After all, an alleged amount of 50m USD is quite a significant amount to capture Uzbek and Russian online media outlets’ attention. This agency was no exception, because our audi

Only Janaozen female convict released

Only Janaozen female convict released

22.11.2014 12:01 msk Business Human Rights Kazakhstan

Roza Tuletayeva, a female convict in the Aktau Prison, has been released. According to Galym Ageleuov, the president of the Liberty Public Fund, mass media outlets, human rights activists and any interested in the events in Janaozen were able to obtain information only thanks to Ms. Tuletayeva.

Uzbek President will visit Prague after all. If case he wins next elections. Anyone doubtful he will fail?

Uzbek President will visit Prague after all. If case he wins next elections. Anyone doubtful he will fail?

07.10.2014 09:37 msk Business Politics Uzbekistan

Uzbek President Islam Karimov, whose trip to Prague was cancelled and indefinitely postponed, will be able to travel to the Czech Republic in 2015, in case he wins the next elections and remains president.

TeliaSonera and Uzbekistan: A mismatch?

TeliaSonera and Uzbekistan: A mismatch?

10.09.2014 23:50 msk Analytics Business Politics Uzbekistan

Several sources of Fergana.Ru in Tashkent partially confirm information on the probable departure of the TeliaSonera Swedish-Finnish Telecommunications Concern from the mobile communications market of Uzbekistan. The reasons behind such a move are quite obvious.

Speak Up for success

Speak Up for success

09.07.2014 23:47 msk Business Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

Speak Up is part of the largest language school network in Poland, which belongs to the international capital group Empik Media & Fashion. In 2012 revenues of the Group were about PLN 3.2 billion (over 1 trillion USD).

Who makes up with rate of the national currency of Uzbekistan?

Who makes up with rate of the national currency of Uzbekistan?

25.06.2014 20:22 msk Analytics Business Interview Uzbekistan

Interview with Shermamat Abdullozoda, who held senior positions in the Ministry of Finance and the Treasury of the Republic Of Uzbekistan.

Birdamlik at ten: The leader’s personality stronger than ideas

Birdamlik at ten: The leader’s personality stronger than ideas

09.06.2014 12:12 msk Analytics Business Interview Politics Uzbekistan

The Birdamlik political opposition movement hosted a convention in St. Louis, USA, late April, and stirred a fair amount interest in the movement. We have written many articles on the founder of the movement, Mr. Bakhodir Choriyev, and his ideas for a nonviolent regime change in Uzbekistan; we have

Uzbekistan: The Karimov regime is still firm

Uzbekistan: The Karimov regime is still firm

20.02.2014 11:05 msk Analytics Business Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan

The destruction of the shadow business empire Gulnara Karimova built does not indicate her father, the president of Uzbekistan, is growing weak; on the contrary, this is a sign of his might.

Uzbekistan: Veteran US NGO Worker Paralyzed by Stroke Risks Ending Up on Streets of Tashkent

Uzbekistan: Veteran US NGO Worker Paralyzed by Stroke Risks Ending Up on Streets of Tashkent

25.11.2013 21:42 msk Business Politics Uzbekistan

Richard Glaub, a US citizen who worked as director of the National Democratic Institute in Uzbekistan for six years, now lives in Tashkent and is in a desperate, bedridden state.

More children die on cotton fields in Uzbekistan

More children die on cotton fields in Uzbekistan

22.09.2013 00:16 msk Business Cotton Human Rights Uzbekistan

On 15 Sep 2013, a 6-year-old child suffocated to death under a heap of raw cotton in Bukhara Region in western Uzbekistan . The boy did not go to school on that day, but went to a cotton field to help his mother. He climbed into a trailer and fell asleep. Those collecting cotton did not notice him a

Nadejda Atayeva: Seven-year imprisonment sentence and property confiscation for human rights activism

Nadejda Atayeva: Seven-year imprisonment sentence and property confiscation for human rights activism

29.08.2013 08:45 msk Analytics Business Human Rights Interview Migration Politics Uzbekistan

Photo: Nadejda Atayeva at a hearing on forced labour at the European Parliament, November 2011

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