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An update on delimitation of the borders of Kyrgyzstan

An update on delimitation of the borders of Kyrgyzstan

07.12.2007 11:33 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan inherited a whole bunch of complicated border problems from the USSR. Each of these problems may foment an actual international conflict. The state borders are the subject of heated debates among Kyrgyz politicians. Here is an interview with a specialist. Salamat Alamanov is chairman of t

Kazakh investors need a predictable elite in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakh investors need a predictable elite in Kyrgyzstan

15.10.2007 12:00 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

The Bishkek Press Club approached Kazakh political scientist Eduard Poletayev for comments. Here is an interview with Poletayev on how the developments in Kyrgyzstan are viewed in Kazakhstan and on what is expected by way of the outcome of the referendum and parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan.

Ajdar Kurtov: Five naive questions concerning presidential election

Ajdar Kurtov: Five naive questions concerning presidential election

11.10.2007 16:41 msk Interview Uzbekistan

Practically all experts, observers, and even participants of the forthcoming presidential election in Uzbekistan in December 2007 admit that its outcome is essentially a foregone conclusion. Ajdar Kurtov, an expert with the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies, is convinced that the population of

Henry Platter-Zyberk: Viewing the Shanghai Organization of Cooperation as a rival of NATO is a mistake

Henry Platter-Zyberk: Viewing the Shanghai Organization of Cooperation as a rival of NATO is a mistake

15.08.2007 16:13 msk Interview

Ferghana.Ru correspondent met with Henry Plater-Zyberk, senior analyst of the British Academy of Defense and specialist in Russia and Central Asia, on the eve of the summit of the Shanghai Organization of Cooperation in Bishkek.

Natalia Bushuyeva: I did my best to work as if there were no censorship in Uzbekistan

Natalia Bushuyeva: I did my best to work as if there were no censorship in Uzbekistan

13.08.2007 22:32 msk Interview Uzbekistan

Natalia Bushuyeva was one of the few journalists with the courage to remain in Uzbekistan and make truthful reports on life in this country. The frustrated authorities eventually grew sufficiently enraged with the journalist to press criminal charges against her. Bushuyeva was compelled to flee Uzbe

Bairam Shihmuradov: As long as Berdymuhammedov does not stop at it

Bairam Shihmuradov: As long as Berdymuhammedov does not stop at it

13.08.2007 10:01 msk Interview Turkmenistan

The process is under way. The news that eleven men were released in Turkmenistan (very many of them imprisoned in connection with the so called 25 Sanjar or November 25 episode) indicates that the new administration has finally launched the process of revision of the stiff sentences to whoever had t

Sergei Yezhkov: Speaking my mind and being heard is all I aspire for

Sergei Yezhkov: Speaking my mind and being heard is all I aspire for

08.08.2007 11:21 msk Interview Uzbekistan

Sergei Yezhkov is a free-lance journalist from Tashkent, once chief of the department of law of the republican Pravda Vostoka newspaper. Yezhkov established Uzmetronom in early 2006. The web site in the Russian language, one providing truthful information on life in Uzbekistan, immediately became po

Central Asia: Integration discourse continues

Central Asia: Integration discourse continues

03.07.2007 22:52 msk Interview Tajikistan

Orientalist Vladimir Plastun is Professor of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Novosibirsk State University. He spent over two decades in Iran, Afghanistan, India and published over 300 papers on sociopolitical events in the region (Iran, Afghanistan, India, and their neighbors). Several yea

An interview with Rahat Aliyev

An interview with Rahat Aliyev

06.06.2007 11:53 msk Interview Kazakhstan

Rahat Aliyev, former ambassador of Kazakhstan to Vienna and President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law, elaborates on his arrest in Austria, plans, family situation, and Kazakh political system. Charged in Kazakhstan with illicit seizure of land plots and buildings, forgery, extortion, and abductio

Latin alphabet in Uzbekistan: difficulties of transition

Latin alphabet in Uzbekistan: difficulties of transition

04.06.2007 12:05 msk Interview Uzbekistan

Ferghana.Ru continues its series of publications on transition to the Latin alphabet in Uzbekistan. Why would the authorities order it? What are the pros and cons of the new alphabet? Who is the Latin alphabet being incorporated into everyday life? Answers to these and other questions are given by U

An interview with Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov

An interview with Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov

04.06.2007 11:02 msk Interview Kazakhstan

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov visited Moscow last week. Masimov claims that Astana will participate in all gas pipeline projects that promise benefits to Kazakhstan.

Jamarhan Tujakbai: The next president will wield lesser power

Jamarhan Tujakbai: The next president will wield lesser power

27.04.2007 22:16 msk Interview Kazakhstan

Jamarhan Tujakbai "I'm convinced that the next president of Kazakhstan will wield lesser power. As a matter of fact, the current head of state may make this decision with regard to whoever will come to replace him. The very logic of the authoritarian regime prompts him to try and remain the one and

Roza Otunbayeva: We do not insist on the president's resignation

Roza Otunbayeva: We do not insist on the president's resignation

02.04.2007 11:51 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

Roza Otunbayeva. Photo by Ferghana.Ru Visit Ferghana.Ru Gallery for other photos of politicians of Central Asian countries Roza Otunbayeva, the politician ex-president Askar Akayev called "locomotive force of the opposition" two years ago, met with Osh journalists. Otunbayeva is coordinator of the n

Honestly and Sans Frontiers is the motto of a new and unusual Internet project in Kazakhstan

Honestly and Sans Frontiers is the motto of a new and unusual Internet project in Kazakhstan

16.03.2007 16:05 msk Interview Kazakhstan

Inkar.Info or Internet Radio began its work in Kazakhstan on March 1. Here is an interview with the author of the unusual project, prominent Kazakh journalist and publicist Sergei Duvanov.

Ex-premier Felix Kulov elaborates on his plans to return to the opposition

Ex-premier Felix Kulov elaborates on his plans to return to the opposition

07.03.2007 13:58 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

Former prime minister Felix Kulov called a press conference in Bishkek on March 5.

Jarmahan Tujakbai: Do not expect anything more serious than a redecoration from Nazarbayev

Jarmahan Tujakbai: Do not expect anything more serious than a redecoration from Nazarbayev

16.02.2007 21:47 msk Interview Kazakhstan

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev may declare political reforms in the country come Monday, February 19. If he does, it will mean early parliamentary election in Kazakhstan later this year. Here is an interview with Jarmahan Tujakbai, former chairman of the lower house of the national par

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