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Uzbekistan holds parliamentary election without real opposition
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Uzbekistan holds parliamentary election without real opposition

The Independent  

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Bloggers in the Crosshairs: The Complex Reality of Media Freedom in Uzbekistan
4 months ago

Bloggers in the Crosshairs: The Complex Reality of Media Freedom in Uzbekistan

The Diplomat  

Uzbekistan’s annual celebration marking Press and Media Workers' Day on June 27 is accompanied by a longstanding tradition of a presidential address. In recent years, this annual address has evolved to include recognition of bloggers alongside traditional journalists, highlighting the growing importance of the former in the country’s discourse. “Our caring and noble journalists, active bloggers make a worthy contribution …

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Privatization in Uzbekistan: Potential Far From Fulfilled
6 months ago

Privatization in Uzbekistan: Potential Far From Fulfilled

The Diplomat  

In early May, Uzbekistan’s capital played host to the Tashkent International Investment Forum. Since ascending to the presidency in 2016, Mirziyoyev has promised to throw open the once-tightly locked doors of the Uzbek economy to international investors – part of a wider liberalization and reform agenda, widely dubbed by Uzbek authorities as “New Uzbekistan.” In 2020, the government promised to …

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Russia to build Central Asia's first nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia to build Central Asia's first nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan

Hindustan Times  

Russia will build a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the first such project in post-Soviet Central Asia, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Monday at a meeting with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev The nuclear deal, if implemented, will showcase Russia's ability to export not only energy, but also high-tech …

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Russia to build nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia to build nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan

Al Jazeera  

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev says Uzbekistan also interested in buying more oil and gas from Russia. Russia will build a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the first such project in post-Soviet Central Asia, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said as he met visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mirziyoyev also said Tashkent was interested in buying more oil and gas from …

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1 Amendment, Dozens of Arrests: How Uzbekistan Is Hounding Citizens Who Criticize the President
7 months, 3 weeks ago

1 Amendment, Dozens of Arrests: How Uzbekistan Is Hounding Citizens Who Criticize the President

The Diplomat  

Five years in jail for criticizing Mirziyoyev’s attending a military parade in Moscow, two and half for a vulgar comment on Instagram, seven for a derogatory poem. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will again be a guest of honor at Moscow’s May 9 Victory Day military parade commemorating the 79th anniversary of victory in the European theater of World War II. …

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Did an arrested Uzbek ‘mafia chieftain’ organise killings of dissidents?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Did an arrested Uzbek ‘mafia chieftain’ organise killings of dissidents?

Al Jazeera  

Twelve years ago, an Uzbek hitman tried to kill an exiled imam in Sweden. However, in 2019, responding to the alleged criminal connections of Abduvaliev and another Uzbek sports functionary, Gafur Rakhimov, Uzbekistan’s former interior minister said in 2019 that both men had “nothing to do with crime”. The chaotic 1990s Uzbekstan’s criminal “cobweb” was woven during Karimov’s rule – …

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PM Modi meets UAE Vice President, other world leaders on COP28 Summit sidelines
1 year ago

PM Modi meets UAE Vice President, other world leaders on COP28 Summit sidelines

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met UAE Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and other world leaders on the sidelines of the COP28 Summit and held “meaningful conversations” Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met several world leaders including UAE Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and …

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Central Asian Regionalism After the 5th Leaders’ Meeting
1 year, 2 months ago

Central Asian Regionalism After the 5th Leaders’ Meeting

The Diplomat  

On September 14-15, in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, the fifth consultative meeting of heads of state of Central Asia took place. In the same way as broader regional security architectures, such as the Collective Security Treaty Organization, are not eagerly invoked when disputes between Central Asian states arise, the region itself does not seem keen even to discuss an institutionalized …

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How the Russia-Ukraine War Is Reshaping EU-Uzbekistan Relations
1 year, 2 months ago

How the Russia-Ukraine War Is Reshaping EU-Uzbekistan Relations

The Diplomat  

The ongoing Ukrainian conflict has reverberated across the global landscape, considerably altering the dynamics of international relations. This is due to a number of factors, including the fact that Russia is Uzbekistan’s largest trading partner, as well as the existence of a large Russian diaspora in Uzbekistan. Elevated Uzbek-EU Relations Amid the War Prior to the Russia-Ukraine war, the European …

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A Third Term for Uzbekistan’s Mirziyoyev
1 year, 4 months ago

A Third Term for Uzbekistan’s Mirziyoyev

The Diplomat  

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sailed into a third term – despite Uzbekistan’s long-standing but never-heeded two term limit – by capturing 87 percent of the vote on July 9. RFE/RL described the candidates not named Mirziyoyev succinctly as “a former education minister, a former high-ranking forestry official, and a career judge fresh from a term in the slavishly loyal Senate.” …

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Incumbent Uzbek president wins new term in snap election with token opposition
1 year, 5 months ago

Incumbent Uzbek president wins new term in snap election with token opposition

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Uzbekistan’s incumbent president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has overwhelmingly won a new seven-year term in a snap election in which he faced three weak opponents, preliminary results showed Monday. A set of constitutional amendments approved in April’s plebiscite allowed him to begin the count of terms anew and run for two more, raising the possibility that he could stay …

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Uzbek president re-elected for seven-year term in snap election
1 year, 5 months ago

Uzbek president re-elected for seven-year term in snap election

Al Jazeera  

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with 87.1% of the vote on Sunday, the country’s Central Election Commission said on Monday citing preliminary results. Mirziyoyev, who has led Central Asia’s most populous nation since 2016, called a snap election after changing the constitution through a referendum which reset his term count and extended the presidential term from five to seven …

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Uzbekistan Holds Vote Set to Cement President's Rule
1 year, 5 months ago

Uzbekistan Holds Vote Set to Cement President's Rule

News 18  

Uzbekistan holds a presidential election on Sunday that is set to hand incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev a third term as head of the gas-rich Central Asian state. All the Uzbeks AFP spoke to ahead of the vote said they would be casting their ballots for Mirziyoyev, who is running against three largely unknown candidates. Abduali Nurmatov, 64, said he hoped the …

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Mirziyoyev seeks third term in Uzbekistan presidential election
1 year, 5 months ago

Mirziyoyev seeks third term in Uzbekistan presidential election

Al Jazeera  

President Mirziyoyev holds snap polls to extend his rule for another seven years, just months after changing the constitution to lift term limits. Largely unknown challengers Mirziyoyev, who is running against three largely unknown candidates from the Ecological Party, the People’s Democratic Party and the Social-Democratic Party of Adolat, is expected to secure a majority of votes. Mirziyoyev, who portrays …

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Uzbekistan's Leader Mirziyoyev Poised for Landslide Victory in Presidential Election
1 year, 5 months ago

Uzbekistan's Leader Mirziyoyev Poised for Landslide Victory in Presidential Election

News 18  

Uzbekistan holds a snap presidential election on Sunday, a vote that follows a constitutional referendum that extended the incumbent’s term from five to seven years. “The political landscape has remained unchanged, and none of the parliamentary political parties stand in open opposition to the president’s policies and agenda,” the elections observer arm of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in …

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Uzbekistan presidential election: No choice amid apathy and heat
1 year, 5 months ago

Uzbekistan presidential election: No choice amid apathy and heat

Al Jazeera  

Snap polls were announced in May after constitutional amendments ‘annulled’ previous and current terms of incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev. ‘No-names’ The election was announced in May after constitutional amendments “annulled” the previous and current terms of incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. After Karimov’s death in 2016, Mirziyoyev conducted long-awaited reforms that simplified taxes, removed hurdles for businesses and allowed many to solve …

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It’s Karimov Era 2.0 for Muslims in Uzbekistan
1 year, 5 months ago

It’s Karimov Era 2.0 for Muslims in Uzbekistan

The Diplomat  

On May 31, a 57-year-old woman from Navai region was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom for liking a social media post in 2018, when she was in Turkey. The video lecture essentially claimed that people who do not offer namaz, a ritual prayer to be observed five times a day by Muslims, “have no proof of being a …

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New Ukraine Sanctions Target Business Interests of Russian-Uzbek Billionaire Usmanov
1 year, 7 months ago

New Ukraine Sanctions Target Business Interests of Russian-Uzbek Billionaire Usmanov

The Diplomat  

A new raft of U.S. sanctions related to the Russian war in Ukraine take further aim at Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov. In announcing the new sanctions last month, the U.S. Treasury Department said that “Usmanov has at his disposal a wide network of businesses in financial safe havens and family members through which to conduct financial transactions, enabling him to …

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Uzbekistan’s president seeking to extend grip on power: Analysts
1 year, 7 months ago

Uzbekistan’s president seeking to extend grip on power: Analysts

Al Jazeera  

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has called for a snap poll on July 9, which could leave him in power until 2040. After Russia’s constitution was amended in 2020 to “annul” Putin’s previous terms, nothing but his own mortality prevents the septuagenarian from presiding over 13 more Victory Day parades. “It’s absolutely obvious that Mirziyoyev also intends to rule nation for the …

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Uzbekistan, which once backed anti-Taliban forces, is now betting on engagement
1 year, 7 months ago

Uzbekistan, which once backed anti-Taliban forces, is now betting on engagement

The Hindu  

In the late 1990s, when the Taliban were in power in Kabul, Uzbekistan, along with Tajikistan, Russia, India and others, supported the anti-Taliban United Front that had controlled parts of northern Afghanistan. Tashkent meet Last month, Uzbekistan hosted a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries in Samarkand, in which the Taliban Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, also …

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Uzbekistan’s leader calls for snap presidential election in July
1 year, 7 months ago

Uzbekistan’s leader calls for snap presidential election in July

Al Jazeera  

New poll ordered a week after voters approve constitutional amendments in a referendum allowing President Mirziyoyev to run for two more terms. Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has called a snap presidential election on July 9 to give himself a new mandate to help deal with the “sharp and complex processes” going on in the world. According to it, the presidential …

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A foregone conclusion: on the Uzbekistan referendum to rewrite the Constitution and the country’s future
1 year, 7 months ago

A foregone conclusion: on the Uzbekistan referendum to rewrite the Constitution and the country’s future

The Hindu  

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev won overwhelming voter approval in Sunday’s referendum to rewrite the Constitution, which the 65-year-old leader claims would not only improve governance and quality of life in the former Soviet republic but could also allow him to extend his rule beyond his current term. Mr. Mirziyoyev, a former loyal Prime Minister of dictator Islam Karimov, has gradually …

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Uzbeks back President Mirziyoyev’s reforms proposal
1 year, 7 months ago

Uzbeks back President Mirziyoyev’s reforms proposal

Al Jazeera  

Voters in Uzbekistan have overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040, preliminary results show. Although Tashkent’s Western partners are unlikely to approve of the extension of Mirziyoyev’s time in office, Uzbekistan risks little given the West is seeking support from former Soviet nations in its efforts to isolate Russia over the …

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