Uzbekistan has dropped 2 positions over the year in the Passport Index world ranking of passport power, ranking 71st out of 97. Last year, the country was 69th. When compiling the index, the Canadian consulting company Arton Capital evaluated passports based on how many countries their holders can visit either without a visa or receive …
Cocaine was found in bananas bound for Uzbekistan in the Russian port city of St. Petersburg, the press service of the Russian Federal Customs Service said on Thursday. “Customs officers at the port of St. Petersburg found 50 kg of cocaine among bananas in one of ten refrigerated containers that arrived at the Gavan customs …
Uzbekistan is going to help the Taliban build a canal that will exacerbate the already difficult problem with the availability of water in the republic. The fact that our country will assist in the construction of the Koshtepa canal (water will come there from the Amu Darya River) was told to journalists earlier this week …
Shortly before the motorcade of the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev passed on Mustakillik Avenue on Friday evening, cyclist Andrey Baryshev was beaten by a man in civilian clothes, presumably a security guard of the head of the state. The incident was reported by Gazeta.uz with reference to the cyclist himself. “He yelled that I was …
The son of the late Uzbek president Islam Karimov, Pyotr Karimov, filed a lawsuit against his widow, Tatyana Karimova. The case will be considered in the Yakkasaray Interdistrict Court for Civil Cases in Tashkent on June 26. The subject of the court case on the website of the Tashkent City Court is “disputes arising from …
Five cases of suicide were registered in Uzbekistan in just one day. This was reported by Gazeta.uz with reference to the Prosecutor General’s Office of the republic. According to the publication, on June 2, two men and two women were found hanged in four regions, and another man jumped out of a window. The age …
A detainee died after interrogation, which, by all indications, was accompanied by torture, in the Buka district of the Tashkent region on Saturday or a day later (this is not clear from the report of the Uzbek Ministry of Internal Affairs). The interrogation took place in the building of the district police department. According to …
Earlier this week, the Tashkent Metro announced a significant reduction in train speeds and even the possible suspension of service due to high temperatures. The announcement appears to refer to the elevated sections of the metro system, although this is not explicitly stated. These elevated lines make up a substantial part of the network. It …
Do you know who will win the election? I do — the candidate on the far left. Uzbekistan’s Liberal Democratic Party (UzLiDeP) has nominated incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev as its candidate for the presidential election. Earlier this year, a constitutional referendum reset presidential term limits, allowing Mirziyoyev to seek two additional terms in office. No …
According to statements from two sources connected to the organization of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Uzbekistan, the selection of journalists for his press conference in Tashkent was handled not through the press service of the U.S. Embassy, but through the Uzbek side. I was not invited to the event. Several other …