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16.05.2006 08:35 msk Business
Accords on direct cotton export from Uzbekistan to some Russian regions were recently signed in Tashkent. Direct export will bypass numerous "intermediaries" who boost the end price by at least 30%.
16.05.2006 00:21 msk Business
On the eve of the anniversary of the tragedy in Andijan on May 12, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov thanked Vladimir Putin for help and said he was prepared to sell extractive industry (oil, gas, gold, uranium) and industrial objects themselves (Tashkent Aircraft Manufacturer and Angren Metal C
11.05.2006 20:49 msk Religious life
Muhammadrafik-kori Kamalov is one of most prominent religious leaders of Kyrgyzstan and imam of the mosque in Qorasuv for over 22 years. The mosque in question is one of the largest in Kyrgyzstan - 6,000 believers simultaneously pray there Fridays. Imam Kamalov is a relative of two other religious l
05.05.2006 08:45 msk Human Rights
"Lena-apa, the police has me again." I regularly hear these words on the phone in my apartment and on the cell phone - mornings, afternoons, and evenings. The callers are refugees, almost invariably Uzbeks. Citizens of Uzbekistan account for the majority of immigrants who fled political or religious
03.05.2006 15:11 msk Business
Tekhsnabeksport and Rusburmash intend to establish a Russian-Uzbek joint venture to mine uranium in Aktau, a source in the government circles of Uzbekistan said. The Navoi Mining and Smelting (uranium production, enrichment, and export monopolist in the republic) and the State Committee for Geology
27.04.2006 18:23 msk Arts
Composer Dmitry Yanov-Yanovsky, art director of the annual Ilkhom-XX modern music festival, cancelled the 11th Festival scheduled to take place on the premises of the Uzbek State Conservatory. The announcement was made on April 26. This is probably the end of the festival because Yanov-Yanovsky resi
26.04.2006 17:06 msk China Religious life
"Celil's home in Burlington is full of voices - voices of his friends, wife, and children. Only one voice is missing, his own," the article in The Toronto Star yesterday began. The material describes the saga of Huseyincan Celil, citizen of Canada, arrested in Uzbekistan. [Ferghana.Ru gave a thoroug
26.04.2006 17:04 msk Analytics
Disintegration of the Soviet Union put into motion an informal integration of unofficial religious structures that recognize no frontiers and know no obstacles for interaction. Kyrgyz political scientist Ikbol Mursaitov is convinced that the second wave of Islamic mobilization in under way in Centra
25.04.2006 13:36 msk Business
AK&M news agency quoted Polyus Zoloto General Director Yevgeny Ivanov as saying last Friday that the company has no plans with regard to acquisition of assets in Uzbekistan.
16.04.2006 21:43 msk Afghanistan
"... I'm convinced that what happened in Andizhan was impossible without some serious preparations and the experience gunmen had accumulated in Afghanistan and other hot spots. The Ferghana Valley is the territory that spawned Yuldashev, Namangani, and other so called "charismatic" ringleaders. When
14.04.2006 15:02 msk Religious life
The Karasai District Court of the Alma-Ata region ruled to confiscate 50 hectares of land where Krishna believers had lived and earned their bread until now. The largest community of Krishna believers in Central Asia is without homes now as the land is to be turned over to the district administratio
14.04.2006 10:31 msk Religious life
Internet sources report 22 arrests but Andrea Berg who represents Human Rights Watch in Tashkent claims to have verified information on 18. All arrestees are charged under Article 242-2 of the Criminal Code (organization of, leadership in, involvement with religious extremist, separatist, fundamenta
13.04.2006 18:08 msk Business
Return of some of the funds "stolen by Askar Akayev's family" to the state treasury was announced at the conference of leaders of Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies. The state reclaimed more than $7 million worth of funds and over 1.04 billion soms worth of assets. According to Deputy Prosecutor Genera
08.04.2006 21:17 msk Business
Web site Security.uz reported with references to UzA news agency that the number of Internet users in Uzbekistan in the first quarter of the year amounted to 1.08 million. The figure was revealed at the meeting of the Cabinet structures for information systems and telecommunications.
08.04.2006 21:16 msk Religious life
No information on the draft law is available at this point. It is only known that its endorsement by the national parliament will outlaw meetings of the religious communities lacking official registration. The draft law bans missionary work and "conversion of believers" or Proselytism.
08.04.2006 21:15 msk Business
Over 100 employees of the Gansi AF Base (Manas Airport near the capital city of Bishkek) went on strike protesting against a cut in wages. Radio Azattyk or RL Kyrgyz Service reports that all protesters are locals.
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