The UK Press Gazette reports on the barring of BBC reporter Jenny Norton from Uzbekistan. (hat-tip: Mental Wanderlust.) Furthermore, Beeb operations in Uzbekistan appear to be under direct assault.
Of course, it all makes perfect sense …

In the Guardian yesterday (sorry, I mean the guardian), Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Tashkent, accused Hazel Blears of “straightforward falsehood” regarding UK intelligence sources in Uzbekistan and the pending proscription of an …

Hi. I’m Nick Walmsley, and I’ll be joining Olesya and Ali as contributors to this blog. I’m new-ish to this game, so please bear with me. Normal service will resume shortly.