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16.07.2008 20:34 msk Politics Tajikistan
The Tajik authorities are hoping to improve the country's image in the eyes of the international community. What information is available indicates that a special committee for information warfare has been set up under President Emomali Rakhmon. Official Dushanbe, meanwhile, is strong-arming the dom
14.07.2008 20:56 msk Politics Uzbekistan
Tashpulat Yuldashev, an independent political analyst, has left Uzbekistan due to his being harassed by government police and being denied employment because of his political views.
31.05.2008 12:04 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
The events that transpired in Kyrgyzstan defy imagination. One Aitibai Tagayev, a thoroughly obscure lawmaker, became the second highest-ranking official in the state pecking order. Barely 50, Tagayev became chairman of the Jogorku Kenesh, or parliament.
23.04.2008 12:44 msk Kazakhstan Politics
Presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan have known each other for years, since the Soviet past. Both are veterans of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the erstwhile CPSU. Nazarbayev and Karimov are the only leaders to have retained supreme power in their
22.04.2008 17:33 msk Politics Uzbekistan
President Islam Karimov's last official visit to the capital of Kazakhstan was in September 2006. Analysts say that the visit these days marks the beginning of a new geopolitical axis in Central Asia, the one comprising Astana and Tashkent. As a matter of fact, Karimov's visit is taking place right
16.04.2008 00:01 msk Politics Uzbekistan
The Tashkent authorities had the International Friendship monument in front of the Friendship of Peoples Palace dismantled on April 12 night. The monument had been erected in memory of the Shamakhmudovs who adopted 15 orphans in the Great Patriotic War and became a symbol of generosity and humanism
28.03.2008 20:53 msk Politics Uzbekistan
"The United States does not have military bases in Uzbekistan and neither has it applied for their establishment in this country," Ambassador Richard Norland said. "This issue was not on the agenda of Admiral Fallon's visit to Tashkent this January. It is not on the agenda of the US Administration a
25.03.2008 17:15 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
On Mar. 24, Kyrgyzstan celebrated the third anniversary of the People’s, or so called “Tulip” Revolution. Three years ago, as a result of the mass disturbances of the people across the country, ex -President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akaev had no choice but to abandon the country and give the power to the
25.03.2008 09:47 msk Politics Turkey, Republic of
Once again the clouds are gathering over Turkey which seemingly stood on the path of progress and stability. On Mar. 14, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the High Court of Appeals of the country Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya brought charges against the ruling Justice and Development Party (JDP) demanding it be c
20.03.2008 13:16 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
The Nooruz or the coming of spring will be celebrated in Kyrgyzstan (and in many other countries) on March 21. Three days later, the Kyrgyzes will be celebrating the Revolution Day for the first time.
12.03.2008 11:10 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
On March 17, Kyrgyzstan will commemorate participants of the rally in support of ex-deputy Azimbek Beknazarov in Bospiyek (Aksy district, Jalalabad region) in 2002. Law enforcement agencies opened up on the demonstrators then, killing six.
11.03.2008 14:15 msk Politics Uzbekistan
President of Turkmenistan Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov will become a doctor again this morning - Honorary Doctor of the Tashkent Academy of Medicine. (This is how day two of Berdymuhammedov's state visit to Uzbekistan is scheduled to begin.) Berdymuhammedov will be shown ancient Samarkand after that.
11.02.2008 09:59 msk Kazakhstan Politics
Kazakhstan's forthcoming chairmanship in the OSCE scheduled for 2010 compels Europe to focus attention on this Eurasian country, vast and rich in natural resources. Former (1994 to 1997) Prime Minister Akejan Kajegeldin, 55, remains one of the prime sources of data on Kazakhstan for European leaders
24.01.2008 19:52 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
The true reasons behind the appointment of Omurbek Suvanaliev (a.k.a. Corrado Cattani), the Naryn province governor, are still unclear for most of Kyrgyz Parliament and White House residents. However, this sweeping transformation from the head of the presidential administration's defense department
11.01.2008 13:28 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
What is the ethnic and gender composition of the new parliament of Kyrgyzstan? How many youths sit on the Jogorku Kenesh? Does its composition reflect the regional division that exists in the republic?
10.01.2008 15:05 msk Kyrgyzstan Politics
Kurmanbek Bakiev. Photo by the presidential press service
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