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17.02.2015 12:38 msk Analytics Politics Uzbekistan
Will the population of Uzbekistan again vote for Islam Karimov, who is again nominated for presidency in an apparent and brazen violation of the Constitution? Having analyzed the current situation in the country and the local population’s attitudes, a Tashkent-based observer arrives at the following
13.02.2015 14:31 msk Analytics Central Asia Ferghana Valley Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Religious life Uzbekistan
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29.01.2015 17:51 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Interview Politics Religious life Uzbekistan
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia Daniel Rosenblum told the Voice of America that over 300 modern military machines would be granted to Uzbekistan in the next few months. To be more specific, 308 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles and 20 more armoured recovery to main
26.01.2015 00:31 msk Business Central Asia China Human Rights Uzbekistan
The construction of the fourth branch of the Uzbek section of the Central Asia—China gas pipeline will launch in the second half of 2015. An unidentified representative of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNCP) told the RIA Novosti news agency that the construction is estimated to cost $800
16.01.2015 21:30 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Speaking during a show on National Public Radio , Nisha Biswal , the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, said despite serious problems in the field of human rights in Uzbekistan, the US is prepared to practice “strategic patience” towards this country.
26.12.2014 15:00 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Migration Uzbekistan
Two days ago, several more innocent people were convicted for alleged anti-state activities and religious extremism in Uzbekistan. It is a very sad recurring event in this Central Asian country. Human rights activists almost daily toll the bells on torture in pretrial detention facilities and unfair
17.12.2014 00:33 msk Books Central Asia Interview Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan
The cover page of the book “The Soviet Village: Between Colonialism and Modernism” by Sergey Abashin (ISBN 978-5-4448-0219-9 ISSN 1815-7912).
04.12.2014 11:57 msk Analytics Business Uzbekistan
Reports on the purported intentions of a Dutch company to invest in the textile industry in Uzbekistan went viral online. After all, an alleged amount of 50m USD is quite a significant amount to capture Uzbek and Russian online media outlets’ attention. This agency was no exception, because our audi
12.11.2014 17:57 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia China Interview Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Several weeks ago ISIS (also known as ISIL and Islamic State) forces reached Turkey’s borders, destroying all ‘infidels’ in their path, by which they mean both Christians and Muslims belonging to other branches of Islam. Support for ISIS has also extended beyond its region: Afghan and Pakistani memb
24.10.2014 13:41 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia China Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Politics Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Carnegie Moscow Center presented the “Exploring the Prospects of Russian-Turkish Cooperation in a Turbulent Neighborhood” report compiled by the Carnegie Center and the Global Relations Forum (GRF) in Istanbul. The two organizations established a Working Group dedicated to exploring the potential fo
16.10.2014 10:39 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
A new letter DRD Partnership circulated late Tuesday is entitled “Recent reports about Gulnara are false and deliberately misleading.” “Gulnara” here is the elder daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov, while DRD Partnership is a London-based consulting company that calls itself “an official repr
12.10.2014 23:11 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Politics Tajikistan Uzbekistan
Statues of Alisher Navoi and Abdurakhman Jami in Samarkand. The great Turkic poet Alisher Navoi, the founder of the old Uzbek language through his creative works, was also known as the Farsi-speaking poet Alisher Fani. The great Tajik poet Abdurakhman Jami, a mentor and a friend of Navoi’s, said abo
07.10.2014 09:37 msk Business Politics Uzbekistan
Uzbek President Islam Karimov, whose trip to Prague was cancelled and indefinitely postponed, will be able to travel to the Czech Republic in 2015, in case he wins the next elections and remains president.
06.10.2014 10:40 msk Politics Uzbekistan
On September 11, the Central Elections Committee of Uzbekistan turned the green light for political parties: they can now officially launch their pre-election campaigns, which was supposed to start mid-September. The actual parliamentary elections for seats in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis
29.09.2014 04:01 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan
Human Rights Watch presented a report entitled “‘Until the Very End’: Politically Motivated Imprisonment in Uzbekistan” in Warsaw, Poland. The 121-page document is based on 150 in-depth interviews with the relatives of political prisoners, their lawyers, human rights activists and former Uzbek offic
23.09.2014 12:12 msk Human Rights Interview Politics Uzbekistan
Many Russian and European mass media circulated images depicting Gulnara Karimova rudely held by hands by people in fatigues. Ms. Karimova’s “official representative,” Locksley Ryan of Davidson Ryan Dore , provided the images in question.
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