Holiday mood and expenses on obligatory congratulations
Business and Economics, Photoblog, Politics and Society, Uzbekistan4 Comments
Uzbekistan is still in the mood of the 20th anniversary of the “most sacred and greatest” holiday of all times — Independence Day celebrated on September 1, 2011.
In return to official propaganda videos on the happiest people on Earth — Uzbekistanis, Uzbek dissidents protest, organize new civic platforms, call the Canadian government to re-evaluate relations with Uzbekistan. These facts do not threaten the ideological situation in the country, at all.
Below is the set of pictures taken in Tashkent and some other parts of Uzbekistan: Only in authoritarian countries such as Uzbekistan one can see shops selling sports stuff and tickets and fabulous restaurants being enermously happy with the fact that there’s no Center/Moscow anymore dictating, against Uzbek businessmen’s will.
In fact, these organizations had been forced by local authorities — expenditures on any propaganda banners/ads/flyers are covered by businessmen themselves, not from the local budget.
This is how it works: Businessmen do not seem 100% happy with that, but happy to realize that a few times a year expenditures of a couple hundred U.S. dollars can keep corupted officials away for some time from their business.
¡Viva Uzbekistan’s 20th anniversary of its independence!
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that is the way they survive and have accepted these rules. you don’t like it then get out of “their” country :)
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Soviet times are back ladies and gentlemen! actually it never got forgotten and just got renamed into “Uzbek leadership and prosperity” times! hehe :)))
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This is just an ordinary Patriotism whatever you and others from abroad may think. I for example always see American flags at many houses in the U.S.A. and don’t see anything stupid or sarcastic that Uzbeks also get this proud action.
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very nice shots. will cross-post this!
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