Stories about Uzbekistan from May, 2006
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Vakhs valley, March 2006, Erik Petersson, Dushanbe Pictures. Welcome to the latest roundup from the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you by neweurasia. First off, apologies for the long delay in presenting you this edition. Now that final year exams are over, our postings should appear bi-weekly again....
Russia: Ethnic Uzbek in Moscow
Moscow-based LJ user gr_s (Grigoriy Sapov) hitched a cab and ended up having a conversation with the driver, an ethnic Uzbek (RUS): An Uzbek Driver Yesterday. The driver is elderly, respectable, speaks without an accent: *** The conversation began when we were getting out to the embankment through Neopalimovskie Lanes....
Uzbekistan: CAFE Convictions
Registan.net discusses Western missionaries in Uzbekistan in the wake of convictions of employees of an aid organization for proselytizing, a crime in Uzbekistan.
Central Asia & Caucasus: Nationality
Stavros explains how one determines nationality in the former Soviet Union.
Central Asia: Religion & Politics
neweurasia has a series of posts on religion's role in politics across Central Asia and in Azerbaijan.
Uzbekistan: Politics & Religion
Nick of neweurasia writes about politics and religion in Uzbekistan.
Central Asia: Press Freedom
neweurasia rounds up the state of freedom of the press in Central Asia.
Uzbekistan: One Family – One Cow
Registan.net discusses Uzbekistan's “one family – one cow” program under which entrepreneurs are coerced into donating livestock or cows to the poor, or as is more often the case, money to bank accounts of local officials.
Uzbekistan: St. Louis Revolutionary
Registan.net writes about Bakhodir Choriev, the Uzbek revolutionary of St. Louis, who is trying to organize protest against the Uzbek government from the United States.
Uzbekistan: Andijon Anniversary
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.
Uzbekistan: US Sanctions
Registan.net discusses possible US sanctions against Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan: NGO Expulsions
With Counterpart International looking to be the latest victim of Uzbekistan's spree of NGO closures, Elizabeth explains the various reasons by which Uzbekistan justifies the expulsions.
Central Asia: Islamic Finance
neweurasia reports on Islamic finance in Central Asia.
