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Europe will help Ashkhabad maintain stability

Europe will help Ashkhabad maintain stability

09.02.2007 14:23 msk Interview

Touring Central Asia, EU Special Representative Pierre Morel visited Ashkhabad, the capital of Turkmenistan where he had discussed gas export to Europe with Saparmurat Niyazov last December bare days before the Turkmenbashi's death. Here is an interview with Pierre Morel on how he perceives the futu

Kyrgyzstan: Where will ex-premier Felix Kulov go?

Kyrgyzstan: Where will ex-premier Felix Kulov go?

07.02.2007 11:34 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan

Portraits of Felix Kulov and others from the Ferghana.Ru Gallery, Kyrgyzstan

Several Ovadan-Depe prisoners placed under house arrest

Several Ovadan-Depe prisoners placed under house arrest

07.02.2007 10:59 msk Politics Turkmenistan

Acting president and candidate for Turkmenistan presidency Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov set out to dismantle the Turkmenbashi's totalitarian regime without waiting for the outcome of the Sunday election. The latest reports from Ashkhabad indicate that several ex-senior officials were released from pri

Power struggle in Ashkhabad is but beginning

Power struggle in Ashkhabad is but beginning

05.02.2007 12:36 msk Analytics Turkmenistan

The first presidential election is about to take place in Turkmenistan. Moscow will remain number one partner.

A new idea for the Uzbek opposition: beating swords into ploughshares

A new idea for the Uzbek opposition: beating swords into ploughshares

05.02.2007 11:07 msk Analytics Uzbekistan

Photo by Efrem Lukatsky , Andijan, May, 13, 2005

The Turkmen authorities cover up the traces of the Serdar's crimes

The Turkmen authorities cover up the traces of the Serdar's crimes

02.02.2007 17:19 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

Turkmenbashi's Ovadan-Depe. Photo from Dogryyol

Islam Karimov's plans stand for political reforms, not modernization

Islam Karimov's plans stand for political reforms, not modernization

02.02.2007 15:32 msk Analytics Uzbekistan

Seven year term of office of the president of Uzbekistan expired in late January 2007. Since election has never been announced, media outlets feel free to speculate on the subject. All hypotheses and forecasts come down to three scenarios that are regarded as the likeliest: a referendum extending th

Journalist and human rights activist Umida Niyazova tortured

Journalist and human rights activist Umida Niyazova tortured

02.02.2007 14:54 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Umida Niyazova The latest reports indicate that Umida Niyazova, journalist and human rights activist arrested in Uzbekistan, is questioned and tortured. Interrogation sessions last fifteen hours.

Chinese company won the auction and bought 25% of the Uzbek national mail operator

Chinese company won the auction and bought 25% of the Uzbek national mail operator

02.02.2007 13:15 msk Business Uzbekistan

Finex Ltd. of China won the auction for 25.4% of Uzbekiston Pochtasi, national mail operator. The auction was declared in December 2005. Official sources claim that 25.4% of the stock of 2,093 shares were offered to the highest bidder at $2.448 million as the starting price. Russian Inlex and Orbita

IL-76s will be assembled in Russia

IL-76s will be assembled in Russia

02.02.2007 12:53 msk Business Russia

The Russian leadership is decided: serial assembly of IL-76 will be moved to Russia. These military transport planes are assembled in Tashkent nowadays, by the Aircraft Manufacturer named after Valery Chkalov, and have been for the last 30 years. At least 1,000 planes of various modifications were a

China ought to be feared because of its weakness, not strength

China ought to be feared because of its weakness, not strength

31.01.2007 11:09 msk Analytics China

In the meantime, all these accomplishments rest on the shaky foundation of exploitation of the millions deprived of elementary social rights. The existing treats to China's security, both internal and external ones, make its road to global leadership all the more difficult.

Andijan region: ex-hokim sentenced to a year imprisonment (sentence suspended)

Andijan region: ex-hokim sentenced to a year imprisonment (sentence suspended)

31.01.2007 08:48 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

The Tashkent Municipal Court sentenced Kobuljon Obidov, former hokim or governor of the Andijan region, to a year imprisonment (sentence suspended). Some reports indicated that Obidov was charged with orchestration of the May 2005 events in Andijan.

Environmentalist Andrei Zatoka will face trial on February 7

Environmentalist Andrei Zatoka will face trial on February 7

30.01.2007 15:23 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

According to Zatoka's wife Yevgenia, charges under four articles of the Criminal Code were pressed against the environmentalist.

The Tajik-Chinese relations: the period of wariness over, the era of cooperation begins

The Tajik-Chinese relations: the period of wariness over, the era of cooperation begins

30.01.2007 15:07 msk Analytics China

President Emomali Rakhmonov's first official visit in 2007 was to China. Is there anything geopolitically symbolic about it? There certainly is. A historian observing and studying the Tajik-Chinese relations for at least fifteen years, I now perceive them as being through with the period of initial

The Carnegie Moscow Center organized a roundtable conference on Turkmenistan, the problems it is facing and the future it is heading for

The Carnegie Moscow Center organized a roundtable conference on Turkmenistan, the problems it is facing and the future it is heading for

25.01.2007 06:31 msk Analytics Turkmenistan

A roundtable conference on Turkmenistan in the wake of Saparmurat Niyazov's demise took place at the Carnegie Moscow Center on January 23. Experts and journalists discussed options of development, geopolitical strategies, and - of course - gas export.

Arms spendings of post-Soviet Central Asian countries rose by 50% in 2007

Arms spendings of post-Soviet Central Asian countries rose by 50% in 2007

23.01.2007 14:41 msk Analytics

The New Year began. Former Soviet republics of Central Asia drafted their budgets and charted defense expenditures.

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