RFE/RL CENTRAL ASIA REPORT
14.01.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the five countries of Central Asia.For more stories on Central Asia, please visit and bookmark our Central Asia page . |
 Tajik Police Shot Near Uzbek Border Unknown gunmen have killed one police officer and wounded a second in Tajikistan's northern province of Sughd near the border with Uzbekistan. More  Second Recording Released In Tajik 'Kompromat' War A second recording in a brewing scandal over alleged high-level corruption in Tajikistan has emerged online. In the recording posted on YouTube, a man alleged to be a son-in-law of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon is heard offering a bribe to a Tajik businessman. More  Russia's Muddled Policy Driving Migrant Workers Into Shadows Russia's migration policy is plagued by contradictions. On one hand, the Kremlin would like to fill gaps in the labor market and reap additional tax revenues by legalizing millions of illegal foreign workers. But persistent anti-immigrant attitudes prevent this from happening. More  Arrest In Kyrgyz Police Killing A suspect has been arrested in connection with last week's killing of a high-ranking anticorruption police officer in Kyrgyzstan's southern region of Osh. More  Fresh Documents Link Uzbek President's Daughter To Swedes In TeliaSonera Case Did Scandinavian telecoms giant TeliaSonera pay Gulnara Karimova upwards of $300 million in bribes in order to break into the Uzbek mobile-phone market?More  Jailed Tajik Oppositionist Threatens More Rahmon Revelations Tajik businessman Umarali Quvatov, who is jailed in Dubai and fighting extradition to Tajikistan following fraud accusations, has released an audio recording purporting to be a phone conversation between himself and a son-in-law of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. A Quvatov aide says the release is just the first of many that he claims will expose corruption and personal conflict within Rahmon's political family, which controls Tajikistan's economy. More Suspected Militants Arrested In Tajikistan Tajikistan's Interior Ministry says three suspected members of the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) have been apprehended in a special operation near the Uzbek border. More  Kyrgyz Opposition Trio Seeks New Judge A trial has begun of three opposition members of the Kyrgyz parliament facing charges of sedition. More  Kyrgyz-Chinese Clashes Over Phone In Kyrgyzstan's southern Osh region, a dispute over a theft turned into a clash between more than 100 local citizens and Chinese workers. More  Uzbek Sokh Exclave Still Sealed All border posts around Uzbekistan's Sokh exclave inside Kyrgyzstan remain closed. More  Tajik President's Picture Prompts Reprint Of Textbooks Authorities in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have rejected batches of textbooks earmarked for schools serving their Tajik minorities after they were printed with pictures of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Tajik national symbols. More  Uzbekistan Wins Fair Play Award (On The Soccer Field) With its dismal human rights record, it's not often that Uzbekistan is rewarded for its fair play. More  Invigorated Customs Union Presents Russia's Neighbors With Stark Choice Russian President Vladimir Putin's premier foreign-policy initiative, the Eurasian Customs Union, is showing unprecedented vitality. But the European Union says membership in the ECU is incompatible with closer economic ties with the EU. This confronts many former Soviet states -- especially Ukraine and Moldova -- with a stark choice. More  Kyrgyz, Uzbeks To Probe Hostage Crisis Kyrgyz and Uzbek authorities have agreed to conduct a joint investigation into this week's hostage-taking incident in Uzbekistan's Sokh district, when clashes broke out as power lines were being installed to a Kyrgyz border post. More |
