After disappearing [1] from Twitter yesterday, Gulnara Karimova [2], the daughter of Uzbekistan's “enduring dictator [3]“, has returned to the micro-blogging service. In a flurry of angry tweets, Gulnara is blaming [4] [ru] her mother for using intimidation and arbitrary arrests against her colleagues, allies, and business partners. Gulnara also suggests that her mother is preventing her from seeing Islam Karimov, her 74-year-old father who has ruled the country since 1989.
In a post re-tweeted by Gulnara, one of her followers wrote today [ru]:
@GulnaraKarimova [5] стреляет как хороший пулемет ее аккаунт открыт.@korobkov [6]
— Елена (@elenapetuhov) November 22, 2013 [7]
@GulnaraKarimova fires like a good machine gun; her account is open.