What follows is an English translation of the post that originally appeared on the Russian-language version of neweurasia Uzbekistan blog.
A post regarding the tragic fate of civil society in Uzbekistan was recently published on the English-language version of this blog. Without going too much into detail I would simply like to note that […]
The Ministry of Justice filed a civil claim to Tashkent Court demanding that ABA/CEELI cease its operations in Uzbekistan. So what unlawful conduct is incriminated to ABA/CEELI? The Ministry accuses it of engaging in activities not foreseen under its charter (legal assistance to unregistered organisations, creation and support of local NGOs) and substantive violations […]
Mezhdunarodnik.Ru published a rating of major events, organisations and figures that made positive contributions to the development of international relations in Russia in 2005. It is not clear how exactly they came up with some of the names on the list and whether they used some sort of polling techniques to reflect general public […]
Russian Channel One recently showed a very interesting program which among other things told a story about the mystery surrounding the exhumation of Tamerlane’s body. The legend has it that World War II broke out because Tamerlane’s tomb had been opened by Gerasimov’s expedition two days earlier, on 19 June 1941. This was said […]
The recent events in Belarus and the reactions from Western nations (here and here) made me think about possible developments a presidential election in Uzbekistan scheduled for December 2007 is to bring. Unlike Belorussians though, who had a choice between incumbent president Lukoshenko and a unified opposition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich et al, Uzbeks will […]
Asie Centrale carries a huge article by Arkadiy Trezvomys who sets out to “demystify” the nature of Sunshine Uzbekistan Coalition. His approach seems to be a bit more consicentious and thorough than those used in many of the previous accounts I have read. Well, I have to say I have read very few articles […]
The US Congress supports the FBI in its plans to open a Legal Attache Office in Tashkent. The AP article here contains some background information on the expansion of their operations abroad. Currently there are already five offices in the territory of the former Soviet Union, in Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Estonia and Ukraine. […]
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov met today with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana to discuss “Russia-EU relations and issues including Belarus, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Iran and the Mideast peace process…”
We are promoting dialogue on these issues […]
I do not really see how a decision to apply tougher sanctions against Uzbekistan would “signal double standards” as the statement by Mikhail Margelov suggests.
On the contrary, it is only natural for the EU to do that if they really want to prove they are principled enough when it comes to promoting democracy […]
Russian Foreign Minister arrived today in Tashkent. There really isn’t much to dwell on, just the standard stabilisation talk Russian officials keep pursuing so eagerly whenever the future of Central Asia is discussed. The rhetoric doesn’t seem to change over time.
Perhaps, the Kazakh leader is the only one who takes the prospect of […]
