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12.01.2007 14:21 msk Analytics Kazakhstan
Most ministers of the old government retained their positions. The president's favorite Karim Masimov, 41, became the new prime minister. With his sheepskins from Russian and Chinese universities, economist Masimov came up with a number of ambitious strategic ideas concerning the future development
12.01.2007 10:02 msk Human Rights
The OSCE must seize the opportunity to press Turkmenistan about its grave shortcomings as a democratic and law-governed state, as the country enters a new phase following President Niazov´s death, according to human rights organizations meeting in Vienna on 11 of January. A presidential election is
11.01.2007 11:53 msk Kazakhstan Politics
Ferghana.Ru approached a prominent Kazakh expert who agreed to comment on the latest staff shuffles in the upper echelons of state power. "Abykayev was number two man in Kazakhstan. This resignation now is his "punishment" for the death of opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbayev. Abykayev was replace
10.01.2007 13:03 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Imprisoned human rights activist Ihtiyor Hamroyev called his father Bahtiyor Hamroyev (Chairman of the Jizak regional organization of the Uzbek Society for Human Rights) on the phone to say that he had been coerced into giving false testimony in front of a videocam. Hamroyev was forced to denounce t
10.01.2007 11:41 msk Migration Russia
Centrasia non-profit partnership was established in Moscow in 2006. Judging by its program documents, Centrasia will make an emphasis on development of cultural and business contacts between Russia and Central Asian countries and on legal assistance to immigrants from the region. Centrasia will also
09.01.2007 13:24 msk Interview Uzbekistan
Political immigrants and refugees from Uzbekistan encounter numerous difficulties abroad. Their future is anything but clear. Unable to stand the predictably problematic period of adaptation, some of them succumb to official Tashkent's propaganda and return to Uzbekistan.
29.12.2006 21:53 msk Politics Turkmenistan
A delegate of the Halk Maslahaty (People's Council of Turkmenistan) who insisted on anonymity says that the Mary velajat or region will be run by security structures pending election of the president on February 11, 2007.
29.12.2006 21:51 msk Business Russia
Participants of the Consortium of Investors (Uzbekneftegaz, Lukoil Overseas, Petronas Carigali Overseas, CNPC International, and KNOC Aral) signed the Joint Activities Accord and Common Operator Accord by way of fulfillment of the split production accord with regard to the Uzbek part of the Aral Sea
29.12.2006 12:09 msk Politics Turkmenistan
Russia's stand on Turkmenistan essentially comes down to its wish to see Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov elevated to president. Not because the Kremlin likes Berdymuhammedov but because the "legitimate heir" i.e. the Turkmenbashi's son is not in the Russian orbit.
27.12.2006 11:20 msk Business Turkmenistan
A Turkmen expert who insisted on anonymity agreed to talk to Ferghana.Ru on speculations in the media over stability of Turkmen gas import into Russia whose interruptions may affect Russian gas balance and even gas export to East and West Europe.
27.12.2006 11:18 msk Analytics Turkmenistan
Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov will become the second president of Turkmenistan. Election of the president will take place on February 11, but the throne by traditions of the Soviet nomenclature is already reserved for the chairman of the commission for the funeral of the late President Saparmurat Niyaz
26.12.2006 10:08 msk Business Kazakhstan
Unexpected demise of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov pushed into the foreground an event of considerable importance for Russia and all of Central Asia, i.e. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's negotiations in Beijing. Construction of oil and gas pipelines from Kazakhstan to China was discus
26.12.2006 09:38 msk Politics Turkmenistan
Nurmuhamed Hanamov, one of the leaders of the Turkmen opposition and Republican Party chairman, told Vremya Novostei that Defense Minister Agageldy Mamedgeldyev and almost 120 civil servants were arrested in Ashkhabad yesterday. If there is even a kernel of truth in these reports, then analysts were
25.12.2006 11:33 msk Analytics Turkmenistan
On the photo: Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov, 49, acting president of Turkmenistan
25.12.2006 11:26 msk Turkmenistan
Even with the dictator gone, the Turkmen repressive apparat wouldn't let go of the citizenry.
25.12.2006 11:24 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Press Center of the Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Activists reports that Jadgar Turlibekov, a prominent human rights activist from Kashkadarja, was amnestied on December 24, 2006.
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