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Central Asia: Water Shortage Due to Lack of Regional Agreements, Prompt Decision-Making

Central Asia: Water Shortage Due to Lack of Regional Agreements, Prompt Decision-Making

15.07.2008 22:51 msk Central Asia Interview

Lack of coordination over shared water usage between Central Asian states has led to significant shortages of water for irrigation at the height of the growing season, Vadim Sokolov, Deputy Director of Scientific and Information Centre at the Interstate Committee for Water Management in Central Asia

Bukhara Hospitals Packed with Wounded from Night Explosions, Eyewitness Says

Bukhara Hospitals Packed with Wounded from Night Explosions, Eyewitness Says

10.07.2008 22:55 msk Interview Uzbekistan

“When we were fleeing Kagan heavy blast broke out and we lied bending our heads as if in some action movie. Then we continued running away.” (Eyewitness narrative)

Academician Bekdjan Tashmukhammedov: Rainfall control may double Uzbekistan's water resources

Academician Bekdjan Tashmukhammedov: Rainfall control may double Uzbekistan's water resources

08.07.2008 10:56 msk Interview Uzbekistan

Professor Bekdjan Oibekovich Tashmukhammedov is the head of the Physics of Membranes Laboratory at the Institute of Physiology and Biophysics of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences. Chairman of the MAB UNESCO National Committee, Professor Tashmukhammedov actively promotes radically sophisticated solutions

Ahmad Wali Masoud believes that investment in Afghanistan may be quite profitable

Ahmad Wali Masoud believes that investment in Afghanistan may be quite profitable

02.07.2008 12:16 msk Afghanistan Interview

Experts admit to being baffled by what is happening today in Afghanistan. Many militias and clans are battling with each other, foreign military contingents are spread throughout the country, the economy is thoroughly crime-ridden, and other factors contribute to a very complicated scenario. Also, a

Fabrizio Vielmini: «Moscow lacks a clear strategy of action in Central Asia»

Fabrizio Vielmini: «Moscow lacks a clear strategy of action in Central Asia»

27.06.2008 14:22 msk Central Asia Interview

Fabrizio Vielmini, North Italian journalist and political scientist, was one of the participants in the international conference, "Afghanistan, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Central Eurasian Security and Geopolitics" that took place on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan on June 11-12. A

Mutabar Tajibayeva: «I'm not going to abandon human rights activities»

Mutabar Tajibayeva: «I'm not going to abandon human rights activities»

24.06.2008 10:58 msk Interview Uzbekistan

In order to jail this woman, a lot of people were needed: the police, the SNB ( Slujba natsional’noy bezopasnosti – National Security Service, the successor of the Soviet KGB), representatives from the Presidential administration, prosecutors and judges. During the trial sessions the entire city of

Valery Ivanov: "We have built 142 base objects in Afghanistan for its economy…"

Valery Ivanov: "We have built 142 base objects in Afghanistan for its economy…"

22.06.2008 17:21 msk Afghanistan Interview

Valery N. Ivanov is a valid State Councilor of Russian Federation of the third rank (retired). At present he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Russian-Afghan Business Council. V.Ivanov had been working at different times at different posts in Afghanistan, 22 years altogether, as a transla

Telman Gdljan: I'm convinced that the Cotton Scandal would have never been possible these days

Telman Gdljan: I'm convinced that the Cotton Scandal would have never been possible these days

10.06.2008 17:16 msk Interview Uzbekistan

A recent newspaper series has published stories about those people who played a key role in post-communist Russian history. Telman Gdljan, a major investigator with the Prosecutor General's Office of the USSR from 1983 to 1990, was the first of such people to be interviewed. Gdljan was the news in t

Kyrgyzstan: What enemies will the brother protect the president from?

Kyrgyzstan: What enemies will the brother protect the president from?

04.06.2008 21:53 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

Janybek Bakiyev. Photo from Gazeta.Kg web-site

Michael Andersen: EU policy in Uzbekistan only a matter of geopolitical interests

Michael Andersen: EU policy in Uzbekistan only a matter of geopolitical interests

13.05.2008 10:36 msk Interview Uzbekistan

Uzbek authorities recently postponed a media conference that was to be co-sponsored by the European Union. This media forum was to take place in Tashkent in late May, and was slated to become an element of the EU-Uzbek human rights dialogue to confirm progress made by the Uzbek regime. According to

Artist Vyacheslav Useinov: One has to swim against the current

Artist Vyacheslav Useinov: One has to swim against the current

16.04.2008 13:35 msk Interview Uzbekistan

Vyacheslav (Yuri) Useinov's personal exhibition "Fractal Realism" opens in the Fine Arts Gallery of the National Bank of Uzbekistan on April 17. The prominent Uzbek artist owes the exhibition to help from the Swiss Agency of Development and Cooperation, Center of French Culture, Sarkor Telecom, and

Kyrgyzstan: Kurmanbek Bakiyev's comment on the rumors

Kyrgyzstan: Kurmanbek Bakiyev's comment on the rumors

31.03.2008 18:41 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev returned from a nearly month-long course of medical treatment in Germany on March 28. Clearly healthy, he was met at the airport with applaud - with all of the country watching it on TV screens. In the meantime, few had believed he would ever come back becau

Opposition leader Azimbek Beknazarov threatens the Kyrgyz authorities

Opposition leader Azimbek Beknazarov threatens the Kyrgyz authorities

06.03.2008 18:31 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

Azimbek Beknazarov Massacre in the Kyrgyz village of Aksy (Jalalabad region) six year ago keeps fomenting unrest and conflicts between society and the regime even now. It is the so called Aksy Question that may disrupt fragile political stability in Kyrgyzstan.

Uzbekistan: State officials use the Internet to leak what information they need known

Uzbekistan: State officials use the Internet to leak what information they need known

22.02.2008 14:20 msk Interview Uzbekistan

Rumors that Rustam Azimov and nobody else is slated to become the next prime minister of Uzbekistan have been circulating for months now. Uzmetronom was the first to broach the matter of premier's replacement on February 21. Kazakhstan Today took it up. Ditto Lenta.ru. The government of Uzbekistan i

Kyrgyzstan: Omurbek Tekebayev predicts deterioration of the political situation soon

Kyrgyzstan: Omurbek Tekebayev predicts deterioration of the political situation soon

20.02.2008 10:58 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek newspaper Reporter interviewed Omurbek Tekebayev, leader of the prominent Ata-Meken party and erstwhile deputy and chairman of the Jogorku Kenesh (national legislature), on results of his trip to the United States and on the future of the alternative public parliament.

Mysterious state of Turkmenistan dispels myths and stereotypes

Mysterious state of Turkmenistan dispels myths and stereotypes

24.12.2007 10:07 msk Interview Turkmenistan

Natalia Antelava, BBC correspondent in Central Asia, made her first visit to Turkmenistan in November 2007. Initially there for the international oil and gas conference she covered, Antelava chose to stay somewhat longer to get better knowledge of everyday life in Turkmenistan. She visited the city

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