Article: https://eurasianet.org/russia-forges-ahead-with-gas-ambitions-in-uzbekistan-kazakhstan Around this time last year, Russia had attempted to make a gas pact between Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. That attempt had failed. both Uzbekistan stated that they wouldn’t be involved politically in exchange for gas, and Kazakhstan said that they would not be used to go around sanctions. But this year, as of the past couple months, both… Read more »
Article: https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-uzbekistan-complete-border-delimitation-process On January 27 of this year, the leaders of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have met in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, in order to determine the border of a 1,400 km stretch of land that’s remained disputed ever since the fall of the Soviet Union. Both parties agree that this is a historic event, and that hopefully this will… Read more »
BBC Gulnara Karimova, the once-powerful daughter of late Uzbek ex-President Islam Karimov, has been in detention since a corruption conviction in 2015, officials have confirmed. Ms Karimova, 45, was tipped to succeed her father, who died last year, until she fell out with her family in 2014. The prosecutor-general’s office said “a five-year restriction of liberty order” was imposed nearly… Read more »
