Kyrgyzstan: Kamchibek Tashiyev freed. Parliament’s dissolution imminent?, Ferghana, 19.06.2013 09:58 msk

In the evening of 17 June 2013, the second level court in Bishkek acquitted the three Kyrgyz MPs who were charged with an attempt to illegally usurp power in the country. Kamchibek Tashiyev, Talant Mamytov and Sadyr Japarov walked out of the preliminary detention facility they were in keeping their Member of Parliament status and the...

Uzbekistan: New owners at Coca-Cola distributors network, Ferghana, 19.06.2013 09:10 msk

The network of distributors of Coca-Cola in Uzbekistan now has new leadership. According to the Ozodlik Radio, Otabek Aliyev, 25, will now be engaged in marketing drinks in glass bottles. Mr. Aliyev was engaged in dealing with metals before taking this new position. Businessman Dilshod Jurayev will be in charge of marketing the company’s...

Kyrgyzstan charges six for disorders in South, Fergana, 12.06.2013 16:47 msk

Six participants of the recent disorder in Jalalabad, Southern Kyrgyzstan, were charged with an attempt of violent power usurpation. According to the Prosecutor General’s office, six people – the “self-proclaimed governor” of Jalalabad, Mederbek Usenov, a convicted MP’s brother, Shairbek Tashiyev, and four more participants...

Kazakh President to visit Uzbekistan to discuss «security in Central Asia», Fergana, 12.06.2013 16:46 msk

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan on 13-14 Jun 2013, and will discuss bilateral cooperation and security issues in Central Asia with his counterpart, Uzbek President Islam Karimov. «The fulfillment of prior agreements and the status quo and perspectives of political, economic, cultural...

Kyrgyz PM, Osh mayor host memoriam for June 2010 victims, Fergana, 11.06.2013 09:16 msk

A service to commemorate the victims of June 2010 events was held in Osh on 10 Jun 2013. Osh Mayor Melis Myrzakmatov and Kyrgyz Prime Minister Jantoro Satybaldiyev participated in the event. PM Jantoro Satybaldiyev, right, and Mayor Melis Myrzakmatov at the event The two officials laid flowers at a statue, rang the bell at the...

Turkmen parliament now “bipartisan”, Fergana, 11.06.2013 09:12 msk

The parliament of Turkmenistan now has one member from the recently registered Party of Businessmen and Manufacturers, which is the second registered party in the country, Khronika Turkmenistan reports. Now the Turkmen parliament could be talked of as a bipartisan one, because it had only the ruling Democratic Party MPs before. [Passage...

Sergey Abashin: Osh events at crossroads of oblivion, Sergey Abashin, 11.06.2013 01:37 msk

Sergey Abashin, PhD in history, is a leading fellow at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology under the Russian Academy of Sciences. In his piece below, he ponders lessons and challenges of the bloody events in Southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010.

Uzbek Airways plan USD cash only ticket selling for Uzbek citizens, Ferghana, 11.06.2013 01:14 msk

As of 1 Jul 2013, the Ozbekiston Havo Yollari national airlines company will start selling airline tickets to the citizens of Uzbekistan only for cash US dollars, according to the Tashkent-based Uzmetronom website. Only several categories of citizens will exempt. Fergana’s own sources in Uzbekistan confirm the information. Only...

More on Uzbek banking system: Western Union clients now pay “commission” , Ferghana, 10.06.2013 11:18 msk

Fergana has learned just now that the Tashkent-based Kapitalbank Open Stock Commercial Bank has made an unpleasant surprise for its clients as of early June. They will now be charging commissions for issuing money received via Western Union money transfers. Several bemused Tashkent residents wrote to our editorial office about...

Turkmenistan launches transnational railroad construction , Ferghana, 05.06.2013 22:29 msk

The construction of the trans-Afghan railroad between Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan was launched in the Turkmen town of Atamurat on 5 Jun 2013. According to the Ozodi Radio, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedow and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon participated in the opening ceremony...

Uzbek leader’s younger daughter more active lately (photos), Ferghana, 05.06.2013 21:39 msk

Uzbek President Islam Karimov’s younger daughter, Lola Karimova-Tillayeva, has been lately trying to keep up with her elder sister, Gulnara Karimova, in establishing a positive image. Ms. Karimova-Tillayeva is a permanent representative of Uzbekistan at the UNESCO, the chairman of the board of trustees of the Sen Yolg’iz Emassan...

Ex-top banker’s family deported from Italy to Kazakhstan , Ferghana, 04.06.2013 09:44 msk

Mukhtar Ablyazov with his daughterOn 31 May 2013, news surfaced that the former banker Mukhtar Ablyazov’s wife and 6-year old daughter were abducted in Italy. On his Facebook page, Mr. Ablyazov accused the Kazakh special services: “A house in a suburb near Rome where my wife Alma and 6-year old daughter Alua were present was assaulted...

“Negotiations” lead to scuffle and power usurpation in Kyrgyzstan, Daniil Kislov, chief editor, 03.06.2013 01:37 msk

Disorders and disturbances, clashes between the “opposition” and law enforcement bodies, police officers fleeing from rally participants, freed “hostages,” loudmouthed speakers and hasty statements on the part of politicians. Does this all not sound too familiar? Yes, we did – here in Kyrgyzstan. This is how the first and the second...

Uzbekistan admitted to CIS free trade zone, Ferghana, 02.06.2013 00:23 msk

Heads of government of the Commonwealth of Independent States approved and signed a protocol on admitting Uzbekistan to the agreement on the free trade zone in Minsk, Belarus on 31 May 2013, RIA Novosti reports quoting the representative of the executive committee of the Commonwealth, Sergey Lebedev. Uzbekistan is slated to be the...

Moscow Mayor Sobyanin opposes Central Asian migrants integration, Ferghana, 31.05.2013 00:32 msk

In an interview with the Moskovskie Novosti newspaper Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin touched upon migration policies. He stated that no monoculture or mono-national neighborhoods would be established in Moscow because “it is very dangerous.” “I think Moscow is a Russian city and must remain so – not a Chinese or Tajik or Uzbek city...