Only four candidates out of six were given a “green light” by Central Election Committee to start their pre-election campaign. All leading newspapers and internet sites of the country have published biographies and programs of all four candidates. All of them are in Russian. Once the English versions are available, we will post them […]
Previously, we wrote about the upcoming elections in Uzbekistan and about the pre-election campaign activities of the candidates. Initially six, but currently four (two of them dropped out, as they could not collect 5% of electorates signatures) candidates for presidency have already publicized their programs (platform). You can have a look at them here, […]
His name is Alisher Usmanov. Today, you can hardly find anyone in Russia, UK and Uzbekistan, who would not know about this person. For the first, Alisher Usmanov is known as a billionaire businessman, who is never greedy, when it comes to save (Russian) national treasures (like Mstislav Rostropovich’s collection and intellectual right […]
According to the latest news coming from Uzbekistan, the circle of candidates for presidency is becoming narrower from day to day. Two out of six candidates are already out of the process. They are candidates of two relatively small political parties – Hurshid Dustmuhammad slated by Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party, and Ahtam Tursunov […]
In Ferghana valley, where borders of three Central Asian countries meet - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Islam has always been a delicate issue to deal with, especially on political level. Taking into consideration that almost 95% of population in Fergana valley are Muslim, officials of these three countries clearly understand that Islamic issues once […]
For those who like gothic style and Uzbekistan: here is a special offer for you in Amazon.Com - a nice “gothic Uzbekistan” t-shirt by TopExpressions. Producer says that “This is a great shirt. Great gift. 100% heavyweight cotton, weight aprox 9oz.”
I hope the t-shirt is great and that “100% heavyweight cotton” is not a […]
WOW! This was my reaction to the video report that I have uploaded below. The video report, made for CNN World Report, tells about an Uzbek guy, who is 2,44 m (aprox. 8 feet) tall! Can you believe it? It is the first time I see such talk Uzbek. His name is Isroil Hushbokov […]
One of the famous forums of Uzbekistan Forum.Arbuz.com again makes its members think about the alternatives to the current regime in the country. A recent topic about “Would Alisher Usmanov be a good president of Uzbekistan?” generates a great debate on the issue. Some people, believing in Usmanov’s money and connection in world business […]
Now, I will not be mistaken if I state that boxing is the most developed sport in Uzbekistan. My arguments would be world champion Rufat Riskiev, olympic champion Muhammadkadyr Abduallev, WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev, and now Abbos Atoev.
Uzbekistan’s boxing team recently returned from 11 days of completion AIBA World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 having in its balance […]
Embassy of Uzbekistan to the UK recently commented on “allegations” of forced child labor in the agriculture of Uzbekistan. I guess so-called allegations were made by BBC TV channel reporter, who went to Uzbekistan disguised as a reporter of a textile industry magazine and made a film about involvement of child labor in cotton […]
