Adil Nurmakov · November, 2007

Latest posts by Adil Nurmakov from November, 2007

Turkmenistan: A warm-up in relations with Baku

Maciula analyzes further warming-up of the Turkmenistan's foreign policy – now with another Caspian state, Azerbaijan, after the Azerbaijani governmental delegation visited Ashgabat for the talks on cooperation in the...

27 November 2007

Uzbekistan: Compulsory Cotton-Picking

Bordersca reviews two articles on the topic of still existing practice of compulsory cotton-picking in Uzbekistan, in which practically all population is involved by the state.

27 November 2007

Uzbekistan: Harrassing Journalists

Joshua Foust calls not to forget the journalists who have given their lives in the pursuit of truth, taking Uzbekistan as an example, although he notes that journalists are not...

27 November 2007

Afghanistan: Baghlan Massacre

Barnett R. Rubin analyzes the aftermaths of the Baghlan bombing in Afghanistan early this month, reviewing the Senlis Council report, which, as he says, presents a misleading map of Afghanistan...

27 November 2007

Afghanistan: Baghlan bombing update

Peter Marton continues to keep a close eye on the developments in Afganistan that have followed the terror attack and blast in the Baghlan town. Now he reviews the report...

27 November 2007

Turkmenistan: Turkmenbashi's Hidden Wealth

Steve LeVine reflects on the article, in which a very interesting question is being raised: whatever happened to the first Turkmeninstan's President Saparmurat Niyazov's fortune, which reportedly accounts for billions...

23 November 2007

Kyrgyzstan: OSCE to Monitor Elections

Asel informs that the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will send nearly 300 observers to observe the upcoming Parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan.

23 November 2007

Kazakhstan: Economic Crisis Aftermaths

In the aftermath of slight economic and financial crisis, which the government prefers to call a “correction of the market”, the bloggers keep on discussing its consequences. Sarimov says that...

22 November 2007

Turkmenistan: Strengthening the Army

Maciula reports that president of Turkmenistan – the country that sticks to neutrality in foreign affairs – called for continuous strengthening of the army defensive capacity.

22 November 2007

Kyrgyzstan: Election Thresholds Debated

The Azamat Report says that Kyrgyzstan is buzzing with discussions of the 5% and 0.5% thresholds for the parliamentary elections. Because of the ambiguous wording of the Elections Code, it...

22 November 2007

Kyrgyzstan: The Kyrgyzs Vote in Moscow

Asel writes that the Kyrgyz citizens living in Moscow will vote on the markets, as polling stations will be organized in the areas most densely populated by migrant workers from...

22 November 2007

Uzbekistan: Amir Temur's Cult Cultivated

Michael Hancock reviews the book “Amir Temur in World History”, published in Uzbekistan in 1996. Mistifications substitute the real historical facts in this book, he says, and does not recommend...

21 November 2007

Afghanistan: Another Bomb Hits Official

Carl Robichaud reports that another fatal suicide attack occured in a province of Afghanistan that has rarely seen violence before. Suicide bomb has hit governor's compound in Nimruz; another attack...

21 November 2007