Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev have launched the construction of a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan's western region of Navoiy, which Moscow estimates will cost $11 billion.
A new statue of the late Uzbek president, Islam Karimov, was unveiled in Moscow on October 18 -- amid a petition drive to have it immediately pulled down.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit Uzbekistan on October 18-19. Uzbekistan’s relations with Russia were often poor during Islam Karimov’s 25 years as president. Some are wondering just how far new President Shavkat Mirziyoev can take this new relationship.
Tajik officials have announced that work has started to demine the border with Uzbekistan with help from Uzbek authorities. Dozens of citizens of Tajikistan have been killed and maimed by these land mines that Uzbekistan laid nearly 20 years ago.
The future of Olympic boxing is being tested by a political prizefight between two Central Asian boxing bosses.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev is making a trip to France, his first official visit to a European Union country since taking the helm of the long-isolated Central Asian state.
Shavkhat Mirziyoev's purge of Uzbek elites who served under his predecessor appears to be closing in on the most prominent person to date: the widow of late President Islam Karimov.
The International Olympic Committee is threatening to drop boxing from the Olympics over "extreme concern" that an Uzbek businessman accused of having ties to organized crime is running unopposed to become president of the amateur boxing association.
Uzbekistan's Prosecutor-General's Office has denied a report that Gulnara Karimova, the imprisoned daughter of deceased former President Islam Karimov, had been freed from state custody and had checked into a luxury hotel in Dubai.
Twenty-five years ago, President Boris Yeltsin cracked down on political opponents who had barricaded themselves inside the Russian parliament. I recall those turbulent days out on Moscow's streets. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
Uzbek writer Mamadali Mahmudov spent much of his life opposing Soviet rule only to find himself imprisoned by authoritarian leader Islam Karimov in an independent Uzbekistan. After being subjected to torture and 17 years behind bars, he speaks proudly of his life.
Uzbekistan’s new president, Shavkat Mirziyoev, promised that he would end the practice of using forced labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields. The latest Majlis podcast looks at how much Mirziyoev’s government has fulfilled this promise.
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