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Central Asia: Doing Business is Easiest in Kyrgyzstan – report

Central Asia: Doing Business is Easiest in Kyrgyzstan – report

15.09.2008 11:01 msk Business Russia

Kyrgyzstan is the most conducive country in Central Asia for doing business, the World Bank Doing Business 2009 report states.

Questions Remain Despite Clarifications on Arms Seizure from US Diplomats House

Questions Remain Despite Clarifications on Arms Seizure from US Diplomats House

05.08.2008 21:55 msk Politics Russia

American special military services are training Kyrgyz counterparts. Photo by Agentura.ru Despite officially released confirmation that arms seized earlier from the US officials were brought for a military training, many questions remain regarding the incident.

Uzbek Capital Pompous Renovations are Costly

Uzbek Capital Pompous Renovations are Costly

23.07.2008 22:28 msk Russia

While almost every district of the Uzbek capital Tashkent undergoing lavish renovations ahead of 2200 anniversary celebrations, some officials exploit this opportunity to suck up money from the state budget for pompous and often unnecessary constructions. At the same time, many residential areas get

Chingiz Aitmatov. Beginning and end of epic

Chingiz Aitmatov. Beginning and end of epic

16.06.2008 15:56 msk Arts Russia

Beloved writer, Chingiz Aitmatov, was buried Saturday with great pageantry in Kyrgyzistan.

Russia: President Dmitry Medvedev will make his first foreign visits to Kazakhstan and China

Russia: President Dmitry Medvedev will make his first foreign visits to Kazakhstan and China

22.05.2008 10:04 msk Analytics Russia

Dmitry Medvedev begins his first foreign tour in the presidential capacity. Kazakhstan and China were chosen for the first visit. That some thinking went into their selection is clear, but exactly how significant is the choice?

Disabled child from the Ferghana Children's Home needs highly specialized aid

Disabled child from the Ferghana Children's Home needs highly specialized aid

16.05.2008 21:42 msk Ferghana Valley Russia

Children are placed in orphanages for different reasons and under different situations. Some are placed there pending recovery of a mother’s health or finances. Others are orphans, while a third group find themselves undesirable to their parents.

The Kyrgyzs' future is determined by the Soviet past and nomadic traditions

The Kyrgyzs' future is determined by the Soviet past and nomadic traditions

24.04.2008 15:38 msk Russia

Privatization campaign launched in Kyrgyzstan generated a nostalgic longing for the Soviet Union and revived ancient ways.

No more cheap Central Asian gas for Gazprom

No more cheap Central Asian gas for Gazprom

12.03.2008 11:06 msk Business Russia

Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan will start selling gas to Gazprom at European tariffs as of 2009 in accordance with the decision made at the meeting of senior executives of Gazprom, Kazmunaigaz, Uzbekneftegaz, and Turkmengaz yesterday. Gazprom Press Service reports that these countries inte

President of Russia congratulated his Uzbek opposite number

President of Russia congratulated his Uzbek opposite number

25.12.2007 13:08 msk Politics Russia

Press Service of the Kremlin reports that President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin phoned President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov with congratulations on victory in the presidential election on December 23.

Uzbekistan: No agreement on gas price with Gazprom

Uzbekistan: No agreement on gas price with Gazprom

23.12.2007 17:36 msk Business Russia

Russian Gazprom delegation failed to reach an agreement with the Uzbek part on mutually beneficial prices for the Uzbek gas export and the Turkmen gas transit for 2008. The negotiation took place in Tashkent yesterday.

Almost 150,000 immigrants from Tajikistan work in Moscow

Almost 150,000 immigrants from Tajikistan work in Moscow

09.11.2007 13:00 msk Business Russia

Communal services in Moscow thrive on the use of cheap labor of illegal immigrants colloquially known as Gastarbeiters. According to calculations offered in Izvestia, street sweepers from Tajikistan alone "earn" upper echelons of Moscow communal services nearly 300 million rubles every month. Throug

The heads of the Russian and Uzbek Security Services signed the protocol about close collaboration

The heads of the Russian and Uzbek Security Services signed the protocol about close collaboration

16.10.2007 17:44 msk Russia

The TV company «Zvezda» reports with reference to ITAR-TASS, on Thursday, October, 11 in Bukhara the fifth talks of Russian & Uzbek Security Services delegations took place. They decided to improve the interaction in struggle against international terrorism & extremism. The head of Russian delegatio

Alisher Usmanov: what's in the arsenals...

Alisher Usmanov: what's in the arsenals...

14.09.2007 10:37 msk Russia

Media outlets report that Alisher Usmanov, the head of Gazprominvestholding and business tycoon (he controls Metalinvest), has bought and returned to Russia the golden collection of Soviet cartoons. To be more exact, Usmanov bought the air lease rights from Films by Jove and turned them over to the

How do immigrants from CIS countries become Muscovites?

How do immigrants from CIS countries become Muscovites?

03.09.2007 13:19 msk Migration Russia

The capital of Russia celebrates Moscow Day on September 1. Needless to say, it is Muscovites Day as well. As things stand meanwhile, Moscow is being built by the people colloquially known a Gastarbeiters from the former Soviet republics. Many of them make some money and immediately leave for the di

The Uzbek wounded by a Moscow police officer operated on

The Uzbek wounded by a Moscow police officer operated on

21.05.2007 09:55 msk Russia

Last Sunday, a Moscow police officer shot one Mansur Mirzayev, an Uzbek Gastarbeiter from Andijan working as a loader at the marketplace in Zhulebino. Mirzayev, 22, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound and operated on. Doctors of the 15th Hospital say that he will live.

Uzbek culture party for the chosen in Moscow

Uzbek culture party for the chosen in Moscow

18.05.2007 15:32 msk Arts Russia

Forum of Uzbek Culture and Arts will arrange another party for the chosen on the premises of the Forum Hall in Moscow on May 18. (The first such rout took place in Moscow on May 25, 2006.) Gulnara Karimova is inviting politicians, scientists, business tycoons, and prominent representatives of showbi

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