http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/06/14/the-coke-wars-continued/ Open discussion about current issues in Uzbekistan Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:37:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/06/14/the-coke-wars-continued/#comment-1429 rumil Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:34:20 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/06/14/the-coke-wars-continued/#comment-1429 Ben, how do I get in ? I can't log in any more. Ben, how do I get in ? I can’t log in any more.

]]> http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/06/14/the-coke-wars-continued/#comment-1416 Ataman Rakin Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:03:36 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/06/14/the-coke-wars-continued/#comment-1416 The whole thing takes allures of 'Dallas in the steppe' and it is tragicomical is the sense that it is *very* typical for reality in this part of the world: hard cash foreign investments will not materialise without a 'krysha', or without being in cahoots with regime goons; yet it are the very same ones who facilitated/wooed you into the market who can, and sooner or later will, pluck and destroy you. A prime example of how 'business pragmatism' can turn against you. :twisted: The whole thing takes allures of ‘Dallas in the steppe’ and it is tragicomical is the sense that it is *very* typical for reality in this part of the world: hard cash foreign investments will not materialise without a ‘krysha’, or without being in cahoots with regime goons; yet it are the very same ones who facilitated/wooed you into the market who can, and sooner or later will, pluck and destroy you. A prime example of how ‘business pragmatism’ can turn against you.

]]> http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/06/14/the-coke-wars-continued/#comment-1415 Nick Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:50:38 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2006/06/14/the-coke-wars-continued/#comment-1415 I think there's actually a <a href="http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/sloth/2003-09-24b.html" rel="nofollow">warrant out in the US for Gulnora's arrest</a> on charges relating to the circumstances of the divorce. It's also worth revisiting <a href="http://www.registan.net/?p=3586" rel="nofollow">one of Nathan's posts</a> on the matter. I think there’s actually a warrant out in the US for Gulnora’s arrest on charges relating to the circumstances of the divorce. It’s also worth revisiting one of Nathan’s posts on the matter.

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