Alain Deletroz of International Crisis Group (ICG) has written a fairly fierce condemnation of EU-Uzbek relations for European Voice. With the three-monthly review of sanctions imposed in November 2006 due imminently, and the EU apparently …

Last July Rumil picked up on an item from the New York Post about Jacob “The Jeweller” Arabo, purveyor of “bling” to Hip-Hop royalty and other celebrities. The Manhattan-based jeweller (website here) is a Bukharan …

The Railway by Hamid Ismailov is an enthralling display of imaginative writing and technical adroitness, charting the fortunes of a fictional Uzbek village throughout the 20th century. Aided and abetted by his translator, Robert Chandler, …

An article from Uznews provides contrasting explanations for the events of 12-13 May 2005 in Andijan, specifically the alleged role of the man the Uzbek authorities have apparently fingered as the instigator. The man in …

It’s hungry work being a renowned expert (ok – in my household, at least … ) on Uzbekistan. Breaking news to follow, posts to write (ahem!), comments to rebut, books to read … pretty soon …

What follows is one part of a cross-blog initiative that commemorates the 1991 Moscow coup and evaluates the years in between.
Introduction
Created during the National Delimitation of 1924 Uzbekistan had become by 1991 one of the …

Whilst quickly browsing Craig Murray’s website a comment by Mr Murray on the recent terror-plot brouhaha caught my eye:
‘By chance, were I still in post I would have been seeing the papers in this case …

This is the story of Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Tashkent. From his arrival in August 2002 to his suspension by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in October 2004 Murray grew increasingly …

After a short delay it appears Craig Murray’s book Murder in Samarkand is due out in the next week or two. The former British Ambassador to Tashkent’s account of his time in Uzbekistan is expected …

The NYT has a lengthy story on the release of a 70-minute video recording of the events in Andijan in May 2005. (A shorter version is already in circulation, mostly through the Uzbek embassies, and …