Mai 2009
What happened in Andijan two days after the attack of unknown terrorist
29.05.2009. Category:Uzbekistan
Despite information about unofficial state of emergency in the Uzbek city of Andijan the everyday life of the residents have been the same two days after the events of the night of May 26-27. This was announced by local human rights activist Saidjakhon Zainabitdinov to Ferghana.Ru.More ...
Much of Kyrgyz-Uzbek border still shut in wake of attacks
29.05.2009. Category:Uzbekistan
All but a single Kyrgyz-Uzbek border crossing remain closed four days after two deadly attacks in Uzbekistan, including a shootout between police and unknown assailants near a border checkpoint, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. More ...
Is Turkey trying to help U.S. stay at Manas?
28.05.2009. Category:Kyrgyzstan
Scant attention has been paid to Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan, which began on May 26.
But some observers think Gul’s trip -- the first to Bishkek by a Turkish president in nine years -- is more than a bilateral visit and might be an important geopolitical gambit in which Gul is doing the West’s bidding. More ...
But some observers think Gul’s trip -- the first to Bishkek by a Turkish president in nine years -- is more than a bilateral visit and might be an important geopolitical gambit in which Gul is doing the West’s bidding. More ...
Andijan attackers’ identity still unclear
27.05.2009. Category:Uzbekistan
Attacks in and around the city of Andijan have been blamed on Islamic militants, although little is known about who they might be. More ...
Kazakhstan says reading 'banned' book no longer illegal
27.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's Prosecutor-General's Office has announced that people are allowed to read the previously banned book about President Nursultan Nazarbaev but not allowed to distribute it, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More ...
Kazakh atomic kingpin suddenly radioactive
27.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
Mukhtar Jakishev was once considered one of the richest and most powerful men in Kazakhstan: the head of a company with access to the world's second-largest reserves of uranium, with lucrative contracts with Russia, China, and India. More ...
Nazarbayev signals Kazakhstan's OSCE priorities
26.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
On May 21 Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev characterized the country's forthcoming chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as a vital part of its interest in pursuing integration with Europe. Having entered the OSCE troika this year (alongside Finland and Greece), preparations are now well advanced for chairing the organization.More ...
The Godfather-In-Law: Arkadi Dubnov's article in Vremja Novostei
26.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
Нурсултан Абишевич Назарбаев заслуженно пользуется репутацией одного из самых мудрых политиков на постсоветском пространстве. Так считали еще на пространстве советском, когда оно в этом качестве доживало свой век почти 20 лет назад. Не случайно же тогда еще 50-летнего первого секретаря Компартии Казахстана прочили в премьеры обновленного СССР.More ...
Special operation in Andijan, border with Kyrgyzstan closed
26.05.2009. Category:Uzbekistan
Ferghana.Ru sources report an explosion on the premises of the municipal police department of Khanabad, city in the eastern part of the Andijan region of Uzbekistan, on May 25. Cause of the explosion remains unknown. The authorities and media offer no comments.
More ...Shooting reported in Uzbek town
26.05.2009. Category:Uzbekistan | Kyrgyzstan
Police in Uzbekistan exchanged gunfire with a group of armed men in the eastern town of Khanabad and an explosion was heard, witnesses have said.
More ...Казахстан: "средний зять" усиливает позиции
26.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
В Казахстане произошли изменения в руководстве крупнейших экономических институтов. Свое положение упрочил член семьи главы государства.More ...
The multipurpose Human Rights activist
25.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
Aliyev’s blog post on Eurasian Transition Group and its Director Michael Laubsch (in Russian). ETG is not giving a comment on this, but would like to share this with its readers and members. Please contact Michael for any questions on the accusations in the article.
More ...Kazakhstan's book ban and the issue of 'Prior Restraint'
25.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
"Godfather-In-Law," a book about Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, has struck a raw nerve with authorities in that country.
More ...Kazakh officials investigating 'Godfather-In-Law' book
25.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
The Kazakh Prosecutor-General's Office has launched an investigation into the book "Godfather-in-Law," written by President Nursultan Nazarbaev's former son-in-law, Rakhat Aliev, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
More ...End of the banking boom
20.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
During the economic boom, Kazakhstan's banks borrowed heavily on international markets to finance massive investments in construction and real estate. The international credit crisis has left the country's banks extremely exposed, in turn putting a large section of the economy under threat.
More ...Итоги исследования: Казахстану на посту председателя ОБСЕ уготована роль посредника
18.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
Немецкая неправительственная организация ЕТГ провела исследование, посвященное ожиданиям западных политиков и экспертов от председательствования Казахстана в ОБСЕ в 2010 году.More ...
Uzbekistan opens airbase to NATO freight
15.05.2009. Category:Uzbekistan
Four years after closing down a United States military airbase, Uzbekistan has given NATO access to transit facilities at Navoi airport. Although it has done so indirectly, through a deal with South Korea, NBCentralAsia analysts say the Uzbek leadership is deliberately .
More ...Russia to clinch deals to hasten Europe gas link
15.05.2009. Category:Central Asia | Turkmenistan
Russia aims to speed up the new South Stream gas link to Europe by signing deals with transit states, and has rebuked the United States and former Soviet satellite states for backing a rival project.More ...
Uzbek activists mark four years since Andijan
14.05.2009. Category:Uzbekistan
Human rights activists in Uzbekistan and abroad commemorated the fourth anniversary of the Andijan tragedy on May 13. The date was passed over in silence by the authorities. More ...
Wirbel im Fall Rakhat Aliyev
12.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
Da liegt er nun im Spitalsbett einer Wiener Spezialklinik: die Augen müde, die Hände zittrig, die Stimme schleppend. „Charascho“, sagt Mukhtar Aliyev ein paarmal matt in das Mobiltelefon, das er an sein Hörgerät hält: „Gut.“
Am anderen Ende der Leitung ist sein Sohn Rakhat Aliyev. Was er sagt, ist nicht zu verstehen, es klingt aber aufgeregt. Der alte Herr verzieht gequält das Gesicht.More ...
Am anderen Ende der Leitung ist sein Sohn Rakhat Aliyev. Was er sagt, ist nicht zu verstehen, es klingt aber aufgeregt. Der alte Herr verzieht gequält das Gesicht.More ...
Uzbekistan gives US air base it needs for Afghan operations
11.05.2009. Category:Uzbekistan
With a helping hand from South Korea, the United States has reestablished a strategic presence in Uzbekistan - sort of. The development provides a boost for US efforts to press an offensive against Islamic militants in Afghanistan, and offers evidence that Russia’s influence in Central Asia is waning.More ...
Spiegel: Der lange Arm des Präsidenten
11.05.2009. Category:Kazakhstan
Seit zwei Jahren wird der Ex-Schwiegersohn des Herrschers Nursultan Nasarbajew in Wien von kasachischen Agenten gejagt. Jetzt belastet er den Staatschef schwer. Hinter der Familienfehde steckt ein internationaler Kampf um die Reichtümer am Kaspischen Meer.
Erst als das Schnitzel gegessen und das Tafelsilber abgeräumt ist, packt Rachat Alijew aus. Kasachstans selbsternannter "Staatsfeind Nummer eins" fischt aus prallgefüllten Reisetaschen Akten, die er als ins Wiener Exil gerettete Dokumente ausgibt. Vor der Eingangstür zum Maria-Theresia-Salon des Fünf-Sterne-Hotels Sacher, wo Alijew sich verschanzt hat, halten Leibwächter die Stellung.More ...
Erst als das Schnitzel gegessen und das Tafelsilber abgeräumt ist, packt Rachat Alijew aus. Kasachstans selbsternannter "Staatsfeind Nummer eins" fischt aus prallgefüllten Reisetaschen Akten, die er als ins Wiener Exil gerettete Dokumente ausgibt. Vor der Eingangstür zum Maria-Theresia-Salon des Fünf-Sterne-Hotels Sacher, wo Alijew sich verschanzt hat, halten Leibwächter die Stellung.More ...
EU agrees deal on energy
The European Union has agreed on joint goals with supplier and transit states at talks in Prague aimed at establishing long-term energy and transport links with the Middle East and Central Asia.More ...
Terrorist Threat on rise in Ferghana
The threat posed by Islamic militant groups in Central Asia, especially in the Kyrgyz and Tajik portions of the Ferghana Valley, appears to be growing, according to the US State Department’s recently released annual report on terrorism.More ...