News archive on the topic "Uzbekistan"

Kazakhstan, and after it Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, actually acted on the side of Ukraine, banning performances by the Russian singer Grigory Leps, whose entire “guilt” was only supporting the Northern Military District. This is a landmark event showing the real attitude of the former Soviet Central Asian republics towards Moscow. The fact that the legendary artist’s performance was banned in Kazakhstan, allegedly under pressure from Nazi activists and...

Apparently, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev decided, if not to break, then to sharply cool relations with the Russian leadership, refusing both the creation of a triple “gas union” and participation in the recent EAEU summit. This is a sensitive blow to integration processes in the post-Soviet space and Central Asia, especially since Uzbekistan has observer status...

The events in Karakalpakstan are a wake-up call for Uzbekistan, where the processes of social and cultural degradation, directly related to total decommunization and de-Russification, can lead to interethnic conflicts and the triumph of religious obscurantism. In Karakalpakstan, a republic within Uzbekistan, on July 1 and 2, mass protests by local residents unfolded against amendments to the Constitution, which deprived them of the autonomy of many...

Uzbekistan has clearly taken the path of “European integration” through unification with Turkey and began to implement policies that contradict the interests of Russia and China in the region. Actually, there is a clear tandem between Nur-Sultan (Tselinograd), the main locomotive of Turkic integration under the auspices of Ankara and London in Central Asia, and Tashkent. At the same time, the Uzbek authorities may even outdo their Kazakh neighbors and colleagues...

We have already written that all of Central Asia is now gripped by Russophobia, but Tashkent apparently decided to play on this especially strongly, hoping to make it part of its ideology. At the same time, there is a process of exaltation and glorification of emirs, sultans and leaders of the Basmachi Kurbashi gangs, who in the 20s and 30s slaughtered the “infidels” and their local assistants. Case…

The visit of Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov to Moscow on June 22 was significant in all respects. Within its framework, the second meeting of the joint commission at the level of heads of government was held. During negotiations with Mikhail Mishustin, issues of production of the Sputnik V vaccine, as well as the topic of the upcoming visit of the President of Uzbekistan to the Russian Federation, were discussed. Shavkat Mirziyoyev was forced to postpone...

Uzbekistan, despite obvious economic successes, is beginning to step on the rake of a multi-vector policy, on which its neighbors from the former Soviet Central Asian republics have already broken their foreheads. Following the construction of a railway through Afghanistan to the ports of Pakistan, the country is moving in the southern geopolitical direction drawn by the United States. In addition, Tashkent is purchasing Turkish UAVs, which can also have a negative impact...

Ukraine has not received a response from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan on a request in a criminal case to recognize the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people from the peninsula in 1944 as genocide. About this on the radio “Crimea”, financed by the US State Department. Realities,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, said “Deputy Prosecutor of Crimea” Nikolai Ivanets. According to him, investigators in the case sent inquiries to these countries, but...

The Embassy of Uzbekistan demonstratively refused to participate in a conference organized in Kyiv by the Majlis, banned in the Russian Federation, and dedicated to the anniversary of the expulsion from Crimea during the Great Patriotic War. Representative of the extremist organization Gayana Yuksel reproached the Uzbeks for not supporting the Mejlis members, although they at one time “raised the economy of Uzbekistan,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It’s a pity that here...

Uzbekistan decided not to hold the Immortal Regiment procession this year. This was reported on the official website of the promotion. “Dear people of Uzbekistan! The Immortal Regiment march will not take place this year due to the difficult political situation around the world. We believe that this is the right decision of our authorities, since we do not need a second Peter,” the statement says...

A Ukrainian court decided to arrest a relative of the deceased President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, wanted by Tashkent on suspicion of embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte Radio Liberty reports this. According to the publication, on January 20, the Solomensky Court of Kyiv reported that this court ordered the arrest of 33-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan Akbarali Abdullaev. By…

If the situation in Uzbekistan destabilizes, what will come to power is not the pseudo-democratic opposition, whose leaders now live in the West, but radical Islamists. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Andrei Kazantsev, director of the Analytical Center of the Institute of International Studies of MGIMO (U) of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said this today at a round table in Moscow. “Statements by so-called democratic...

Chairman of the Government of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, acting head of state after the death of Islam Karimov, has been nominated as a candidate for the post of president of the country. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The country's Central Election Commission announced this today on its Facebook page. Prime Minister Mirziyoyev was nominated for the post of president by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan. The decision about...

The terrorist security of the countries of Central Asia is now ensured by two countries - China and Russia. The former head of the Nativ intelligence service, Yakov Kedmi, stated this on the Israeli ITON TV. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “This area is explosive because Islamic terrorism can get its base there. Two countries that are very, very attentive...