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Uzbekistan's Foreign Labor Migration Agency on May 17 called on the Central Asian nation's citizens who may have broken laws in Russia to avoid travel to neighboring Kazakhstan, citing Kazakh-Russian agreements on joint efforts against crime.
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan has exonerated posthumously 198 individuals convicted by Soviet regime in the 1920-1930s for "counter-revolutionary actions, armed uprisings, terrorism, banditry and espionage, and anti-Soviet activities."
Friends in high places come with lucrative benefits in Uzbekistan. For a phantom company with connections to the president’s son-in-law, these included tens of millions of dollars in opaque state contracts, a new RFE/RL investigation has found.
Three years ago, an unknown Uzbek company registered in an apartment emerged from nowhere to land more than $100 million in state contracts before vanishing again. A new RFE/RL investigation reveals the firm’s ties to the Uzbek president’s son-in-law.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron held talks with his Uzbek counterpart Baxtiyor Saidov in Tashkent on April 23, focusing on regional security, education, climate change, bilateral trade, and the development of business relations.
Kyrgyzstan’s Emergencies Ministry said over the weekend that a mudslide in the southern region of Osh killed one person on April 20.
Uzbek police have conducted dozens of raids targeting religious extremists and terrorists, arrested suspects, and warned the public to avoid "extremist ideologies" on social media. Some say the measures reflect Tashkent's anxiety in the aftermath of last month's terrorist attack near Moscow.
Migrant workers are reporting massive crowds at immigration centers in Russia, where the process of getting visas has become close to impossible. Rights defenders say officials are denying entry and deporting new arrivals as part of an ongoing crackdown on migrants from Central Asia.
The Uzbek Culture Ministry said on April 5 that the Artdocfest/Asia film festival was blocked because its organizers "did not obtain permission" to hold a public event and failed to comply with regulations.
Uzbekistan has urged its citizens who work in Russia to comply with the stepped-up security measures that Moscow introduced following last week's deadly attack at a concert hall near Moscow.
A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced influential crime boss Salim Abduvaliev to six years in prison on charges of illegal possession and transportation of arms and explosives.
RFE/RL last year revealed that Gennady Timchenko, a sanctioned associate of Vladimir Putin, was linked to an $850 million gas-storage project in Uzbekistan. A new investigation reveals that control of that state-backed project was transferred to an offshore firm owned by an Uzbek political insider.
The Tashkent City Court sentenced 23 people -- including an Indian national -- to prisons terms of up to 20 years after a cough syrup imported into Uzbekistan from India killed 68 children in 2022.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on February 14 that it summoned the Uzbek ambassador to Russia over a recent statement by Sherzod Qudratxoja, the rector of the University of Journalism in Tashkent, who called Uzbek citizens who speak Russian but do not know Uzbek "either occupiers or idiots."
The prosecutor in a high-profile case concerning the deaths of 68 children in 2022, which were blamed on an Indian-made cough syrup that contained a toxic substance, is seeking lengthy prison terms for the head of the company that imported the medicine and three former officials.
An Uzbek court has granted an early release to blogger Otabek Sattoriy, who was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison in May 2021 on charges of extortion and slander.
An Uzbek human rights advocate who was given rare access to two jailed bloggers says he saw two entirely different moods -- one really down and another somewhat optimistic about his plans for the future.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev left Tashkent for Beijing on January 23 to start a three-day state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The number of Uzbek women marrying Turkish men has been on the rise, according to Turkish statistics. Many married for love, while others see a ticket to a better life. Meanwhile, scammers are taking advantage of the trend, swindling money out of Turks hoping to find dependable Uzbek wives.
A 38-year-old social media user who accused Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev of supporting Russia's war against Ukraine has been sentenced to 5 years and 1 month in prison.
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