· August, 2008

Stories about Uzbekistan from August, 2008

Uzbekistan: Singing in a problem

Libertad uploads a video of Uzbek schoolchildren singing old war-time Soviet song in a former shore of Aral Sea which is disappearing in the largest environmental catastrophe of the century.

9 August 2008

Russia: Solar Eclipse and Politics in Samara

Russian photojournalist Oleg Klimov was in the city of Samara on August 1, the day of a total eclipse of the Sun, to meet with representatives of the local opposition. On his blog, he described a rare case of conjunction of Russian politics and astronomy.

2 August 2008