Dez 2011
Open letter by NGO's to German Chancellor and Foreign Minister on Uzbek Child Labour
08.12.2011. Category:Uzbekistan
Bank seeks jail term for Kazakh tycoon
01.12.2011. Category:Kazakhstan
The former chairman of BTA Bank, the Kazakh lender that defaulted on $12bn (£8bn) of debt owed to the likes of Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays, breached a court order after aides falsified documents to assist him in hiding his assets, the high court was told yesterday.
Mukhtar Ablyazov, who has fled Kazakhstan and been granted asylum in the UK, hid and dealt with his assets in violation of a 2009 freezing order by Mr Justice Teare, BTA’S barrister claimed at the start of a two-week contempt of court hearing. The bank is seeking a prison term for Ablyazov.More ...
Mukhtar Ablyazov, who has fled Kazakhstan and been granted asylum in the UK, hid and dealt with his assets in violation of a 2009 freezing order by Mr Justice Teare, BTA’S barrister claimed at the start of a two-week contempt of court hearing. The bank is seeking a prison term for Ablyazov.More ...
Dark clouds on Uzbek horizons
01.12.2011. Category:Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov is one of only two leaders of a Soviet successor state who was in place at the time of Mikhail Gorbachev's last speech as president of Soviet Union, just short of 20 years. Nursultan Nazarbaev in Kazakhstan is the other.
Since then, however, and in contrast to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan has retained many features from its Soviet heritage, most notably centralized state administration of the economy and a dependence on cotton monoculture. Uzbekistan is the world's fourth-largest cotton producer. Although it has nearly twice the population of Kazakhstan (28 million versus 16 million), its gross domestic product (GDP) is less than one-third of the latter's ($37 billion versus $130 billion in 2010 at the official exchange rate). More ...
Since then, however, and in contrast to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan has retained many features from its Soviet heritage, most notably centralized state administration of the economy and a dependence on cotton monoculture. Uzbekistan is the world's fourth-largest cotton producer. Although it has nearly twice the population of Kazakhstan (28 million versus 16 million), its gross domestic product (GDP) is less than one-third of the latter's ($37 billion versus $130 billion in 2010 at the official exchange rate). More ...
Turkmenistan: Chinese deal helps stall Trans-Caspian pipeline, deter Caspian conflict
01.12.2011. Category:Turkmenistan
As Turkmenistan continues to pursue its own pipeline projects -- primarily with Beijing, but also promoting the Turkmen-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline and indicating some support for the Trans-Caspian Pipeline -- Russia has become increasingly belligerent. Maybe this is just to gain a bargaining position, as there are indications that Turkmenistan's new gas deal with China will help delay the Trans-Caspian Pipeline between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, designed to circumvent Russia.More ...