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04.09.2006 16:04 msk Politics Russia
This is the first time since disintegration of the Soviet Union that the president of Uzbekistan is on an official state visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan. The meeting between Islam Karimov and Nursultan Nazarbayev today was full of mutual praise and confident statements. The visitor said he could
04.09.2006 14:51 msk Kazakhstan Politics
The newspaper Karavan featured a piece by Rahat Aliyev, the husband of president's daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva, titled "Republikostan or Kazakh Sultanate: The Choice Is Ours". Aliyev maintains that monarchy, not republic, is the best possible arrangement for Kazakhstan.
02.09.2006 12:10 msk Kazakhstan
On August 31, the Alma-Ata Regional Court passed sentence on the murderers of Altynbek Sarsenbayev, his driver, and bodyguard. Rustam Ibragimov formerly of Kazakh secret services was sentenced to death as the assassin. His accomplices including ex-head of the senatorial apparat Yerjan Utembayev drew
02.09.2006 12:08 msk Politics Tajikistan
A photo album and six books dedicated to Emomali Rakhmonov's life between 1992 and now were published in Tajikistan. "They will become a teaching aid for whoever studies history of independence of Tajikistan," Presidential Press Service announced. Along with everything else, the books explain to the
30.08.2006 09:58 msk Religious life
Christian Megaportal in Uzbekistan reports with references to anonymous local sources that the police broke up a Evangelic Seminar in Termez and arrested everyone present.
30.08.2006 09:30 msk Business Russia
According to the Russian Central Bank, individuals transacted $210 million from Russia to Uzbekistan in the second quarter of 2006.
28.08.2006 14:02 msk Ferghana Valley
Four gunmen stand trial in Osh. They attacked Tajik and Kyrgyz border guards on May 12, 2006. The trial began at 3 p.m. local time.
28.08.2006 11:25 msk
© Ferghana.Ru photo 20, Yakassarai Street in Tashkent is an address mentioned in all reference books on Central Asia published in Japan. This is a museum dedicated to the presence of Japanese POWs in Uzbekistan in the wake of World War II.
28.08.2006 11:13 msk Kazakhstan Migration
About 24,000 foreigners from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Russia have gone legal and received certificates of immigrants in Kazakhstan. Most immigrants are menial workers at construction sites and vendors. Applications for legalization are forwarded to the authorities by their employers (
25.08.2006 18:28 msk Kazakhstan
Residents of Aktau maintain that the riots that began there on August 20 are not over even now. Conflicting reports coming from this city on the Caspian coast leave the impression that the local authorities have concentrated on attempts to filter information rather than to try and stabilize the situ
23.08.2006 14:37 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
"Whenever I visit the Museum of Victims of Repressions in Tashkent, I'm always beset by the feelings of sorrow and alarm," a young man told Ferghana.Ru. The young man called himself a relative of one of the Uzbeks tried and sentenced to imprisonment for involvement with the opposition. "So many inno
23.08.2006 14:15 msk Migration
Independent web site Uzbekinfo.org reports that 41 refugee from Andijan currently residing in the United States intends to return to Uzbekistan on August 24. Thirty-five refugees live in Pennsylvania, three in Ohio, and three in Maryland.
23.08.2006 10:16 msk Arts
Hamid Ismailov. Photo by Ferghana.Ru Day of Uzbek literature was arranged at the Edinburgh Book Fair. Excerpts from the works by Mamadali Mahmudov and Dadahon Hasanov were read aloud within the framework of Writers In Custody program. Writer Mahmudov had been in custody for years and not even appeal
21.08.2006 14:09 msk Religious life Tajikistan
One of the most prominent Tajik politicians who would have certainly affected the outcome of the presidential election come November, Said Abdullo Nuri died in Dushanbe on August 9. His followers were expecting it. Cancer in advanced stages had compelled Nuri to abandon active politics months ago. U
17.08.2006 08:06 msk Religious life
Kyrgyz Ombudsman Tursunbai Bakir uulu suspects that Muhammadrafik Kamalov, imam of the Qorasuv mosque, was assassinated.
16.08.2006 13:19 msk Kazakhstan Migration
Kazakh Republican Movement Ult Tagdyry [Fate of the Nation] released an appeal to the Russian diaspora in Kazakhstan .
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