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22.05.2008 12:09 msk Uzbekistan
Samarkand administration fence with city emblem on it
22.05.2008 10:04 msk Analytics Russia
Dmitry Medvedev begins his first foreign tour in the presidential capacity. Kazakhstan and China were chosen for the first visit. That some thinking went into their selection is clear, but exactly how significant is the choice?
20.05.2008 14:03 msk Analytics Uzbekistan
Sanobar Shermatova of the RIA-Novosti Expert Council
20.05.2008 13:37 msk Analytics Kazakhstan
Aidos Sarimov (the Altynbek Sarssenbayev Foundation)
16.05.2008 21:42 msk Ferghana Valley Russia
Children are placed in orphanages for different reasons and under different situations. Some are placed there pending recovery of a mother’s health or finances. Others are orphans, while a third group find themselves undesirable to their parents.
15.05.2008 23:46 msk Business Uzbekistan
Nothing makes a country famous better than athletics." This quote from President Islam Karimov became the slogan of the republican youth Olympics Barkamol Avlod'2008 [Healthy Generation] opening May 17 in Nukus near the Aral Sea.
15.05.2008 12:27 msk Analytics Kazakhstan
Traditional May festivities notwithstanding, last week was replete with political developments and staff changes in Kazakhstan. Akims, or governors, of two Kazakh regions were replaced, those implicated in the Rahat-gate scandal were stripped of their personal possessions and state decorations, and
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
12.05.2008 22:23 msk Cotton Uzbekistan
Concern grows about irrigation problems which could adversely effect Uzbekistan’s cotton crop. Cotton now accounts for one-fifth of Uzbekistan’s hard currency revenues.
08.05.2008 20:08 msk Analytics Uzbekistan
Russian and European officials are apparently vying to regain influence in Uzbekistan with an eye on having a ready labor force. In an attempt to assure that Russian is taught in schools, Russian educators held a conference in Khorezm for local educators. A similar conference, focusing on European l
05.05.2008 14:25 msk Analytics Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan has always been skeptical of proposals by Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, to unify the region. Furthermore, Uzbekistan President, Islom Karimov, does not conceal his suspicions about the true intent of Kazakh leaders as they seek to become leaders of the region. In 2002, Ta
05.05.2008 09:29 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan
Alisher Saipov Award ceremony took place in Osh, the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan, on the International Day of Free Media on May 3. The award bears the name of Saipov, Sijesat [Politics] editor assassinated in Osh on October 24, 2007.
29.04.2008 14:41 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan has repealed all death sentences. The law entitled, "On abolition of capital punishment", that came into effect on January 1, 2008, demands that executing prisoners by firing squad be replaced by imposing life sentences or sentences of 20-25 years behind bars. As a re
24.04.2008 15:38 msk Russia
Privatization campaign launched in Kyrgyzstan generated a nostalgic longing for the Soviet Union and revived ancient ways.
23.04.2008 12:44 msk Kazakhstan Politics
Presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan have known each other for years, since the Soviet past. Both are veterans of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the erstwhile CPSU. Nazarbayev and Karimov are the only leaders to have retained supreme power in their
22.04.2008 17:33 msk Politics Uzbekistan
President Islam Karimov's last official visit to the capital of Kazakhstan was in September 2006. Analysts say that the visit these days marks the beginning of a new geopolitical axis in Central Asia, the one comprising Astana and Tashkent. As a matter of fact, Karimov's visit is taking place right
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