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08.08.2007 11:26 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
Melis Eshimkanov, deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh (national parliament of Kyrgyzstan), turned down the offer of ambassadorship.
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
08.08.2007 08:46 msk Turkmenistan
Ex-minister of agriculture Paizygeldy Meredov, 64, was arrested in Ashkhabad. What information is available at this point indicates that the charges pressed against the former Cabinet member concern financial fraud involving cotton export operations. Sacked by Saparmurat Niyazov in 1994, Meredov rem
06.08.2007 11:45 msk Religious life
The Islamic Cooperation Organization of Central Asia (Organization) released a statement on August 6 condemning the idea to bomb Mecca and Medina in response to nuclear terrorist acts against the United States suggested by Representative Tom Tankredo, candidate for US president.
06.08.2007 11:43 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan
The last month of the summer 2007 reactivated political life in Kyrgyzstan. Two prominent adversaries of the Kyrgyz regime are the talk of the day. They are Felix Kulov, former premier who became the opposition leader, and Bermet Akayeva, ex-president's daughter who insists on running for the parlia
06.08.2007 11:39 msk Kazakhstan
Body of Anastasia Novikova, 26, NTK TV network anchor missing since 2004, was shipped to Alma-Ata, yesterday. Sources in law enforcement agencies say off the record that Rahat Aliyev, ex-ambassador to Austria and former son-in-law of the president, may be involved. Observers are of an entirely diffe
06.08.2007 11:37 msk Politics Turkmenistan
President Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov was elected chairman of the Democratic Party, the only political party in Turkmenistan. The election took place at the Democratic Party congress in Ashkhabad the other day. The post belonged to the late President Saparmurat Niyazov. Berdymuhammedov was also elect
05.08.2007 22:06 msk Analytics Tajikistan
Failure of the World Bank International Project on the Lake Sarez Risk Mitigation for 2000-2006. Russian version
02.08.2007 12:36 msk Business Uzbekistan
Photo: part of the territory of the Chkalov Aircraft Factory in Tashkent as seen from the orbit (courtesy of Maps.Google.Com)
01.08.2007 10:04 msk Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan
Well-informed and trustworthy sources claim that the son of Kobiljon Obidov, ex-hokim or governor of the Andijan region of Uzbekistan, was detained on the territory of Russia approximately a month ago and turned over to the Uzbek authorities.
01.08.2007 09:10 msk Religious life Tajikistan
Tajik lawmakers will consider amendments to the law "On freedom of conscience, religious associations, and other organizations" in a couple of weeks. The amendments will restrict religious freedom.
31.07.2007 15:46 msk Politics Turkmenistan
Lieutenant General Amkurat Rejepov, former chief of the presidential security service, and his son Nurmurad Rejepov, ex-officer of the National Security Service, were sentenced to imprisonment in Turkmenistan.
31.07.2007 15:44 msk Media Review Uzbekistan
The Uzbek Press and Information Agency closed Odamlar Orasida or Among People, a popular weekly specializing in religious matters and enlightenment.
30.07.2007 20:53 msk Kazakhstan Politics
Kazakh Association of Sociologists and Political Scientists convened an opinion poll in all major cities of Kazakhstan and discovered electoral activeness of the population to be under 50%.
30.07.2007 10:45 msk Kazakhstan Politics
Rahat Aliyev, Kazakh president's former son-in-law and central figure of the worst political scandal in Kazakhstan in years, appealed to the ambassadors accredited to the OSCE headquarters. With criminal charges awaiting Aliyev in Kazakhstan, he himself is in the capital of Vienna where he was alrea
30.07.2007 10:10 msk Kazakhstan Politics
Publicity campaign is under way in Kazakhstan. Political parties make the same old promises: to up, support, reinforce, and so on. Needless to say, three political parties are energetic at this point: presidential People's Democratic Party Nur Otan, Ak Jol loyal to the regime, and National Social De
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