The increased airport security is an ordeal. I was fine with that and planned in enough time to reach my easyjet flight from London-Luton to Berlin. Long queues, delayed departures, all that was pretty much calculated.
Being a little tired from an overdose of house-moving and tidying, I forgot to remove a cream from my […]
What follows is one part of a cross-blog initiative that commemorates the 1991 Moscow coup and evaluates the years in between.
Introduction
Created during the National Delimitation of 1924 Uzbekistan had become by 1991 one of the most important single-industry (cotton) republican economies in the USSR. The capital Tashkent was one of the largest Soviet cities […]
I have been following Bunyod Bek’s stories that he has been writing for the BBC Uzbek. Today’s story reminds me a lot about five years I spent in Tashkent. First I came to study at one of the very prestigious schools (Well corrupt and full with richi guys). Education wise it was very good, […]
A promising new Uzbek blog was set up some while ago. Ayollar Bekati (women’s bus-stop) discusses all things relevant to being a woman in Uzbekistan and attracts a growing readership and some vivid discussions.
Thanks to Shohruh, here are some translations of recent topics. They include:
Domestic violence against children - a story of a […]
Whilst quickly browsing Craig Murray’s website a comment by Mr Murray on the recent terror-plot brouhaha caught my eye:
‘By chance, were I still in post I would have been seeing the papers in this case as one of the suspects is an Uzbek.’
As this story from Scotland on Sunday reveals, the arrest of a […]
I read something very interesting at the BBC Uzbek’s website about our leaders’ ability to shout and swear to get things done. I remember watching some programmes on UzTV some time ago. Karimov goes somewhere to meet local leaders, hokim, elderly people, etc. He accuses hokim for appointing his family members to all key […]
Thanks to Shohruh for the translation and Nick for some editing.
Recently on BBC Uzbek:
According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a new wave of censorship has begun in Uzbekistan. The Neweurasia blog has now been unreachable in Uzbekistan for a few weeks now.
This is the story of Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Tashkent. From his arrival in August 2002 to his suspension by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in October 2004 Murray grew increasingly disillusioned with the conduct of relations between Washington, London and Tashkent.
This disillusionment, which manifested itself in widely-publicised speeches and […]
