· May, 2006

Stories about Central Asia & Caucasus from May, 2006

Uzbekistan: Andijon Anniversary

  11 May 2006

James at neweurasia has an event summary of Carnegie Endowment conference on Uzbekistan and the one year anniversary of last year's uprising in Andijon.

Afghanistan: Mafia!

  11 May 2006

Afghan Penlog is a new collective blog which wants to bring afghan blogs together. On its last writing, we read about freedom of expression and Afghanistan's mafia problem. According to blog, country is on the edge to fall in mafia's trap completely.

Armenia: Human Rights

  10 May 2006

Notes from Hareinik notes that Armenia has been named a major human rights violator and says Armenian diasporan organizations should pressure the Armenian government on human rights issues.

Armenia: Uborka

  9 May 2006

Zarchka writes about all the tasks involved with uborka, Armenian spring cleaning, and all the “oofs” that come with it.

Mongolia: Tuts

  9 May 2006

Luke Distelhorst writes about “tuts,” Mongolian kiosks, weighing their positives and negatives.

Afghan Whispers: To Celebrate or not!

  8 May 2006

Afghan bloggers talk about anniversary of Kabul's fall in hands of Mujahedin. They disagree about whether or not to celebrate. Why should the Afghan people celebrate this day? Did they get freedom, justice or…. The blogger adds this event just brought more war for another ten years (Persian). He says,...

Kyrgyzstan: Protest Breakdown

  8 May 2006

CXW of neweurasia breaks down the recent protests in Kyrgyzstan and says that the opposition should look for other ways than more protests to move forward.

Mongolia: Protest Broken Up

  8 May 2006

Luke Distelhorst reports that Mongolian police forcefully dismantled protesters’ gers (Mongolian yurts) as South Korea's president arrived for a visit. Tom Terry, meanwhile, writes on the reaction of police to Eagle TV reporters’ attempts to film the event.

Russia: Ban on Georgian Wine and Water

  7 May 2006

Beginning today, Russia has outlawed Georgian sparkling mineral water Borjomi, a health product that many ulcer patients have been relying upon since the Soviet times. Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's chief health inspector, has ordered the ban allegedly due to the discovery of a batch containing fake Borjomi. A few weeks earlier,...

Georgia: Military Road Photos

  5 May 2006

Hans has photos from the Georgian Military Road which cuts high through the Caucasus–up to 2,379 meters according to Wikipedia–and is still fairly empty and covered with snow.

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