When it comes to a question of national identity- sports are like oil to an engine-faster, stronger, better. Look at the egocentric (applies to all of the following): Chinese (with 50? 70? medals), Russians (no comment here), US obsession with sports and being the 1ST and the “bestest”. Taking the same reasoning, however false […]

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 […]

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 […]

…and alike was built in Uzbekistan.
Fergana.run has earlier reported referring to the Press Center of the Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Activists of Uzbekistan that a new prison for civil servants with a capacity of 150 inmates was built in Tashkent.
Thus, we would believe that this category of inmates (high-rank officials, militioners […]

If you’re a frequent visitor to our homebase, you will have seen our intrusive campaign to get people fill in our survey. Now, if you haven’t seen this yet, please consider taking some minutes to tell us what you think about us and what we might do better in the future. For those making […]

As Ben has reported recently January 9 was the last day of Islam Karimov’s term as the president of Uzbekistan - at least according to the Uzbek constitution. And Constitution clearly states that “The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be elected for a term of […]

Recently I came across the news that the Uzbek authorities have introduced new restrictions on Islamic practices in Andijan province. This is sad news because the restrictions will definitely fuel anti-government sentiment among believers. Despite this, few believers are ready to protest against the new rules.
Ahmadjan Usmanov, the newly appointed governor […]

The New York Post has an interesting article about one of the most succesful Uzbek immigrants-Yakov Arabov A.K.A. Jacob “The Jeweler” Arabo.
The famed Manhattan purveyor of diamond-encrusted “bling” to Madonna, Diddy, hoop star Allen Iverson and other celebs was busted yesterday on charges he helped two coke kingpins launder some of their […]

This May Bukhara will host the 7th annual Silk & Spice Festival

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. […]