Research center for the study of public opinion “Ijtimoiy Fikr“, an Uzbek governmental agency in its core, has once again conducted an opinion poll(UZB), and has found out that the majority of the population of Uzbekistan support their president Islam Karimov. Ladies and gentlemen, you may accept it as an Uzbek government response to […]

Vladimir Kozlovski of the BBCRussian has reported(RUS) about the case of a woman from Uzbekistan, who was released after a long term detainment in New York. She was arrested allegedly for trying to “smuggle” a large sum of money without declaring them at customs service. When the sum taken out of the US exceedes […]

A short time ago there was an article on Fergana.ru about the expansion of Uzbek music culture in Kyrgyzstan. The article said that the Uzbek music and singers are very popular in Kyrgyzstan and that one can find fans both among ethnic Uzbeks and the Kyrgyz.
But Fergana.ru is a popular website in the whole Central […]

Many Russian newspapers had their headlines today saying “Uzbeks most criminal in Russia” or “Foreigners provoke local population”. Both statements were supported by statistics from Russian officials.
MK information agency has reported referring to the deputy chief of the Department for Criminal Investigation of the Ministry of Interior of Russia Alexei Savin that the number of […]

During the Bishkek summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), where Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are members, presidents have avoided direct criticizing of the US and NATO. But there was still some criticism and tension, which involved the member states themselves. This might become yet another challenge to test the capability of […]

The population of Russia has seen almost a ten million decline starting from 1991 up to today. The trend has only been gaining pace after the year 2000. The UN has even warned Russia in 2005 that its population of 140 million could fall by third by 2050. Death rates, when data of 1989 […]

Edited version. Originally posted here on 10.08.07
Sounds ridiculous? But Uzbeks did play a role in getting Russia its Sochi-2014 Winter Olympic Games. And here is why.

The President of the Russian Olympic Committee Leonid Tyagachev told in an interview to “Rossiyskaja Gazeta”(RUS): “I can say this with full confidence that the votes given by […]

 Once I had a conversation with an old man in a village near Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He spoke about the Soviet times, about the social welfare system, salaries, and about his years-long money savings in the Soviet Sberbank, which he never got back after the independence, and many other things, which soon got me bored and […]

Originally posted here on 09.08.07
Facts first

Last month the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan has reported of a massive clean-up among the state employees. In six months of the current year the Ministry has received about 50.000 complaints from the citizens and entrepreneurs. As a result of that 232 state employees of various […]

Sociological Conclusions
“Physical Abuse in the Law Enforcement Bodies”
(Complied though interviews with doctors and staff working in ambulance services and trauma centers in Bukhara, Karshi, Navoi)
Primary Author: Mr.Shukhrat Ganiev, RRG member
Preliminary comments
The purpose of this study is not to reinforce perceptions of the Uzbek law enforcement agencies as a source of violence and abuse; rather, […]