While the current focus of media sources is on the failed attempt at a democratic election in Uzbekistan, I am troubled by something else. In short-term, Karimov will cease his leadership through resignation or death. I don’t think too many people will disagree that it’s likely to happen in the next 6-10 years. However, […]

This is great news for me personally, and although I haven’t worked closely with this online version of a russian-uzbek/uzbek-russian dictionary, it certainly is better than nothing. I hope everyone else finds it useful; it has random idiomatic expressions that come up when you look up a certain word, and, what makes me happy […]

Thanks to Nik’s last post I decided to bring up the issue that is corrupting reports that come out of our region both now and in the past. This problem is the lack of authentic information. Today, nobody can say with any degree of certainty, how many people are below poverty line in Uzbekistan. […]

On the 14th of November, in Moscow, Vladimir Putin and Islam Karimov signed a treaty that allied the two countries in case of either internal or external armed aggression against either of the two countries.
This treaty is a big breakthrough for Karimov in his quest for a new strategic partner, now that the relationships […]

The Uzbekistan government proved to be able to respond promptly. The leader of “Sunshine Uzbekistan”, Sanjar Umarov has been detained on accusations of large-scale theft and is kept under custody. I think that this should remove any allegations that I have encountered on various discussions that Mr. Umarov is Karimov’s puppet, president-to-be.

It is hardly […]

“We request you to recognize our constitutional right to register in the Ministry of Justice of the republic of Uzbekistan in order to become fully legitimate participants in the political life of Uzbekistan de jure, since de facto we have been such for a long time.”
This statement concluded a long open letter from the recently […]

New York, October 17, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists presented its 2005 International Press Freedom Awards to three journalists and one media lawyer. One of these journalists is Galima Bukharbaeva, former Uzbekistan correspondent for the Institute for War & Peace Reporting. One of the few journalist witnesses, she covered the events in the city […]