Section: The Times of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan)
Weekly Digest of Central Asia
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Central Asia was the scene of intense geopolitical struggle and the Great Game between the British and Russian Empires, and later between the Soviet Union and the West, over Afghanistan and neighboring territories. Into the 21st century, Central Asia has become...
Weekly Digest of Central Asia
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Central Asia was the scene of intense geopolitical struggle and the Great Game between the British and Russian Empires, and later between the Soviet Union and the West, over Afghanistan and neighboring territories. Into the 21st century, Central Asia has become...
Milestone urea production begins at Uzbekistan’s new, $985 million industrial complex
TASHKENT (TCA) — Joint Stock Company Uzkimyosanoat on January 5 announced urea production has begun at the new, US$985 million ammonia and urea production complex at JSC Navoiyazot in Uzbekistan. JSC Navoiyazot is one of Uzbekistan’s largest chemical plants and produces mineral fertilizers by processing natural gas. Construction of the new,...
Russia sentences fugitive Kazakh banker Ablyazov in absentia to 15 years
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A Russian court has sentenced Mukhtar Ablyazov, the fugitive former head of Kazakhstan’s BTA Bank and an opposition politician, to 15 years in prison in absentia on embezzlement charges he has denied, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported. The Moscow Tagansky District Court handed down the sentence on December 29 after...
Weekly Digest of Central Asia
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Publisher’s note: Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Central Asia was the scene of intense geopolitical struggle and the Great Game between the British and Russian Empires, and later between the Soviet Union and the West, over Afghanistan and neighboring territories. Into the 21st century, Central Asia has become...
Uzbekistan reaffirms its commitment to fight corruption
TASHKENT (TCA) — In the run-up to International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan and national partners including the National Council on Anticorruption, Anti-corruption Agency and the Academy of the Prosecutor General’s Office, are presenting the joint achievements made and...
USAID’s 10th annual Central Asia Trade Forum kicks off virtually
BISHKEK (TCA) — On November 16, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the tenth annual Central Asia Trade Forum, an international event promoting regional trade and connectivity across Central Asia and beyond. This year’s five-day virtual event includes 100 speakers and 4,000 registered participants representing 39...
OSCE supports conference in Uzbekistan on contemporary military conflicts and ways to prevent them
TASHKENT (TCA) — The OSCE-supported international conference “Contemporary military conflicts and ways to prevent them” was held on November 4 and 5 in a blended format at the Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan. The conference provided a platform for exchanging views and experiences on international and regional security...
Kazakhstan: Opposition activist convicted on extremism charges
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan’s northern city of Petropavl has found an opposition activist guilty of participating in the activities of “an extremist group” and sentenced him to one year of freedom limitation — a sentence with parole-like restrictions, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported. The Petropavl City Court...
Kazakhstan to reduce international flights from October 26
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan will reduce the number of international flights from next Monday, October 26, to reduce imported COVID-19 cases, the press service of Kazakhstan’s prime minister said in a statement late on October 19. Besides inbound passengers by air and land borders, international transport drivers are required to provide a...
