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  • Police check the documents of migrants in Samara. (file photo)

    Tajik, Uzbek Teenagers Charged With Attempted Murder After Brawl With Russian Lawmaker

  • Saidikrom Ahrorov says corruption in Uzbekistan’s business sphere is even worse now than during the Karimov era.

    Uzbek Businessman Disillusioned By Mirziyoev's Promises Of Reforms

  • Baxtiyor Qudratullaev, aka Bakhti Tashkentsky (file photo)

    Notorious Uzbek Criminal Kingpin Gets 20 Years In Prison

  • Uzbek blogger Sherali Komilov

    Uzbek Blogger Sherali Komilov Arrested On Fraud, Slander Charges

  • Salim Inomzoda is an ethnic Tajik journalist in Uzbekistan who has been arrested over a song he posted on social networks.

    Ethnic Tajik Journalist Arrested In Uzbekistan Over Posting Song Online

  • Gulnara Karimova, the jailed daughter of former Uzbek President Islam Karimov, seen here in 2011, “gets what she wants” in prison, a former inmate claims, with food delivered from outside and a uniform made from high-quality fabric.

    Gulnara Karimova Enjoying 'Special Treatment' In Uzbek Prison, Former Inmate Says

  • Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev (left) welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at Tashkent's airport in May.

    Foreign 'Undesirables': Who Are The Targets Of Uzbekistan's Incoming Deportation Law?

  • A Wagner mercenary on the streets of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. (file photo)

    Uzbekistan Convicts Man For Joining Wagner Mercenary Group In Ukraine

  • Almost 4,000 military personnel from the five countries and 700 pieces of military equipment and vehicles are taking part in the exercises.

    Central Asian States, Azerbaijan Start Military Maneuvers In Kazakhstan

  • Migrant laborers work at a market in Moscow in 2021.

    Central Asians Prod Russia Over Deteriorating Migration Environment

  • Leaders of attending countries pose for a group photo for Shanghai Cooperation Organization members and partners in Astana, Kyrgyzstan, on July 4.

    SCO Quickly Absorbs Belarus On Final Day Of Regional Grouping's Astana Summit

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  • Gulnara Karimova, the jailed daughter of former Uzbek President Islam Karimov, seen here in 2011, “gets what she wants” in prison, a former inmate claims, with food delivered from outside and a uniform made from high-quality fabric.

    Gulnara Karimova Enjoying 'Special Treatment' In Uzbek Prison, Former Inmate Says

  • Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev (left) welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at Tashkent's airport in May.

    Foreign 'Undesirables': Who Are The Targets Of Uzbekistan's Incoming Deportation Law?

  • Migrant laborers work at a market in Moscow in 2021.

    Central Asians Prod Russia Over Deteriorating Migration Environment

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  • 'Being A Herder Is Hard': The Exhausting, Dangerous Lives Of Modern-Day Kyrgyz Shepherds

    'Being A Herder Is Hard': The Exhausting, Dangerous Lives Of Modern-Day Kyrgyz Shepherds

  • Deadly Flood Hits Kyrgyzstan's Second City

    Deadly Flood Hits Kyrgyzstan's Second City

  • Funeral Held For Aidos Sadyqov, Assassinated Critic Of Kazakh Government

    Funeral Held For Aidos Sadyqov, Assassinated Critic Of Kazakh Government

  • Kyrgyzstan Declares Emergency As Floods, Mudslides Claim Lives

    Kyrgyzstan Declares Emergency As Floods, Mudslides Claim Lives

  • Kazakh Activist Dies Of Gunshot Wounds In Kyiv Hospital

    Kazakh Activist Dies Of Gunshot Wounds In Kyiv Hospital

  • Kyrgyz Villagers Escape Raging Mountain Torrent

    Kyrgyz Villagers Escape Raging Mountain Torrent

  • Central Asian Farmers Face Drastic, Growing Water Shortages

    Central Asian Farmers Face Drastic, Growing Water Shortages

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