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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …