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16.07.2009 18:53 msk
Everything began with a call from friends in Europe. Resolved to adopt a child in Russia, they regularly scan the web sites featuring data on prospective kids (photos, ages, names). "How come there are so many abandoned children in Russia with Moslem names and Asian features?" they wanted to know once.
15.06.2009 11:36 msk
The heads of states comprising the Shanghai Cooperation Organization converge on Yekaterinburg for another, two-day, summit. The presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are coming from Moscow where they attended a meeting of the CIS Collective Security Council, yesterday. Chairman Hu Jintao is expected from Beijing. When the summit is over, Jintao will make a visit to Moscow, too.
30.04.2009 12:34 msk
Russia 88, a story of skinheads, is finally released. Officially certified, the film by Pavel Bardin is shunned by movie theaters. When it was to be run within the framework of Spirit of Fire film festival in Khanty-Mansiisk, organizers of the film festival got a call from the Kremlin. They were told in no uncertain terms that Russia 88 was to be left without the grand prix. The jury opted for a compromise then and gave Bardin's film a special award. Here is an interview with Pavel Bardin, author of the film that is bordering on being a taboo.
21.04.2009 09:38 msk
The second Moscow show of scandalous "Russia 88" movie, dedicated to Russian skinheads, was cancelled. According to the executive director and producer of the movie, Pavel Bardin, the reconsideration decision was made by the management of movie theater and not by the administration of Kinoteatr.Doc film festival, sponsoring the show. We contacted Pavel Bardin and agreed to take interview that will be posted in the next few days. For now, Ferghana.ru presents the article from Kultura newspaper, issued on April 16.
20.03.2009 15:32 msk
Today, the growth of religious tunes in Central Asia is viewed by experts as the time bomb and limited continuation of free development in these countries; even Soviet regime with its systematic atheism closed eyes to Islamic factor in Central Asian republics, viewing it as one of the public life regulators. Ferghana.ru interviewed the doctor of history sciences, professor, vice-President of Center for strategic and political research, chief research officer of Oriental Studies Institute, Irina Zvyagelskaya, on the reasons of religious influence growth in the region and possible hazards of Islamization.
26.02.2009 11:54 msk
Foundation conference of the movement International Union of Labor Immigration Support took place in Yekaterinburg (Urals) on February 21. Heydar Jemal, Russian Islamic Committee Chairman and movement leader, explained that Yekaterinburg had been chosen deliberately. First, this city is regarded as the center of Eurasia. Second, the first in Russia strike of labor immigrants in November 2008 took place in Yekaterinburg. Jemal told Ferghana.Ru what the tasks of the new movement were, what it had to offer to labor immigrants and Russian society in general, and who sponsors of the project were.
21.02.2009 15:00 msk
Ferghana.ru, one of the most popular independent sources for up-to-date news and analysis from Central Asia, launches Afisha – a comprehensive entertaining guide on Central Asia for the Russian audience, We’ve worked on this initiative for a while and now the time has come to launch it into the world. The xenophobia is growing in the Russian society. The indifference of the Russian ruling elite towards the neo-Nazis is shocking. There are so many Central Asian guest workers around thatthe Russians start feeling they are in Asia. Many associate Asia with the migrants they encounter those who don’t bother learning Russian, and the Chinese consumer goods. The image of Asia and the Asians is suffering badly and is looked upon with disdain. Our answer to this is No.
10.02.2009 13:06 msk
The extraordinary summits of EurAsEC and CSTO, which took place in Moscow on February 4th, have resulted in, at first glance, important decisions that require substantial financial investment and strong political will from the member countries. The “Ferghana.ru” correspondent interviewed Arkadiy Dubnov, the expert on Central Asia and international observer of “Vremya Novostey” newspaper, on whether it is possible to view the establishment of 10 billion US dollars antirecessionary fund and operational response collective forces as “advancement”.
05.02.2009 13:15 msk
Experts and political scientists comment on the intention of the president of Kyrgyzstan to close the NATO airbase. Here is an interview with Ajdar Kurtov, an expert with the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies.
29.01.2009 12:28 msk
The Moscow Carnegie Center organized a seminar "Eurasian Economic Community: Prospects of Development" on January 27. Organization Secretary General Tair Mansurov was present. Experts and journalists wanted to know why Uzbekistan would suspend membership in the Community and how the Community coped with complicated problems of integration between Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Belarus. Ferghana.Ru correspondents got the impression that the Eurasian Economic Community was a cumbersome structure established to handle nonpublic and nonpolitical issues.
26.01.2009 12:33 msk
President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Uzbekistan was ceremonial (no wonder, considering the highest possible status of the visit) and at the same time informal (when in Samarkand). The meeting did demonstrate exclusive nature of the Russian-Uzbek relations, just as organizers of the visit had intended. RIA-Novosti expert Sanobar Shermatova believes that the visit may be a prelude to revision of Moscow's whole policy in Central Asia.
21.01.2009 13:11 msk
Born in Tashkent businessman Alimjan Tokhtakhunov now lives in Moscow. He is better known as Taivanchik and recently wrote a book titled My Silk Road. Plot of the story begins with his arrest in Italy and ends with his release and return to Moscow. It is not a story of the ten months spent in Italian jail, it is a collection of reminiscences.
08.12.2008 10:18 msk
The Russian Movement of Development suggested New Middle East, a new geopolitical project. Founders of the movement maintain that Russian diplomacy should propose establishment of a new region that will comprise Russia, China, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Pakistan, and Central Asian countries. Industrialization of Afghanistan and Central Asian states will become Russia's number one task within the framework of the project.
01.12.2008 17:36 msk
KGinfo.ru was presented in Moscow as a web site for labor immigrants from Kyrgyzstan. Authors of the project believe that information posted on the web site will make adaptation in Russia easier. Contacts with labor immigrants as the target group is one of the main problems of the web site organizers. According to Egemberdiyev, Kyrgyz media outlets promised help with promotion of the web site. This correspondent was repeatedly told at the presentation ceremony that families of the Gastarbeiters working in Russia will be able to communicate with "their" relatives via the web site from "any Internet-cafe in Kyrgyzstan."
15.09.2008 11:01 msk
Kyrgyzstan is the most conducive country in Central Asia for doing business, the World Bank Doing Business 2009 report states. The report released on September 10 together with International Finance Corporation covers 181 countries and ranks them on the ease of doing business. The ranking is based on ten different indicators, including procedures and documents needed to open up a company, the time and cost required to complete each procedure in order to formally operate in the country.
New York Times Pakistani Military Retakes Key Town in Tribal Belt From Taliban, 09.02.2010
Interfax British national deported from Uzbekistan, 08.02.2010
The Diplomat China Enters Asia’s ‘Great Game’, 08.02.2010
Guardian Troops prepare for biggest joint offensive against Taliban, 08.02.2010
Eurasia Review Analysis Of Russian And Central Asian Economies, 07.02.2010
VOA Extent of Islamic Radicalism in Central Asia Unclear, 05.02.2010
RFE/RL Latvia Agrees To Take Uzbek Inmate From Guantanamo , 03.02.2010
Eurasianet Afghanistan: Washington Exploring Chinese Re-supply Route, 02.02.2010
Forum 18 TURKMENISTAN: Exit bans, haj ban, visa denials part of state religious isolation policy, 02.02.2010
Reuters Europe watchdog slams Uzbekistan media crackdown, 02.02.2010
MFA.uz President of Uzbekistan to visit South Korea, 02.02.2010
BBC Kazakhstan's Uzbek refugees wait in limbo, 30.01.2010
Independent Karzai bows to anti-corruption strategy, 28.01.2010
Amnesty.Org Photographer faces jail for 'defaming' life in Uzbekistan, 28.01.2010
Forum 18 UZBEKISTAN: Crackdown on devout Muslims continues, 27.01.2010
Reuters U.S. sends Uzbek from Guantanamo prison to Switzerland, 27.01.2010
Al-Jazeera Uzbek photos anger officials, 27.01.2010
Eurasianet Central Asia: Strategic Necessity Forces Pentagon to Alter Economic Aims of NDN, 27.01.2010
Trend Uzbekistan seeks common ground with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on water issue, 27.01.2010
Hurriyet Recent spats highlight fragile Uzbek, Kyrgyz relations, 26.01.2010
ABC fghan president proposes Taliban amnesty, 26.01.2010
CNN U.S. intelligence briefing: Taliban increasingly effective, 25.01.2010
BBC In pictures: Negative images of Uzbekistan?, 25.01.2010
Reuters Talks with Taliban loom over Pakistani-Afghan summit, 25.01.2010
RFE/RL Debit Cards Costly, At Least For Some Uzbeks, 24.01.2010
CPJ Journalist charged with defaming Uzbeks, faces 8 years jail, 23.01.2010
BBC UN wants investigation of Uzbekistan police rape claims, 23.01.2010
Al-Jazeera China 'must probe Google attacks' , 22.01.2010
Eurasianet Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek Worried About Tashkent's Information Dominance in Southern Regions, 22.01.2010
Canadian Press NATO planning to appoint civilian boss in Afghanistan to co-ordinate with military, 22.01.2010
RFE/RL Wounded Kyrgyz Border Guard Remains In Uzbekistan, 21.01.2010
BBC Hillary Clinton calls on China to probe Google attack, 21.01.2010
Asia News.It Torture in Uzbekistan: systematic and unpunished , 21.01.2010
Washington Post NATO military chief courts Russia's help, 20.01.2010
Tehran Times Tehran, Tashkent to establish joint commerce chamber, 19.01.2010
Press TV Drunken Saudi diplomat caught in Uzbekistan, 19.01.2010
BBC Kyrgyzstan keeps a tight grip on religion, 19.01.2010
RFE/RL Kyrgyz Guard Injured During Shootout On Uzbek Border, 19.01.2010
Kurier Spionage-Prozess endet mit Blamage, 18.01.2010
ICG Central Asia: Migrants and the Economic Crisis, 18.01.2010
New York Times Suicide Attackers, Gunmen Hit Central Kabul, 18.01.2010
RSE Tadjikistan: Accoucher à ses risques et périls, 18.01.2010
Eurasianet Afghanistan: If You Can't Beat the Taliban, Try to Buy Militants Off, 16.01.2010
Trend Oman's embassy to be opened in Uzbekistan, 15.01.2010
Global Voices Online Uzbekistan: War of the monuments, 15.01.2010
RFE/RL Media Watchdog Alarmed By Interrogations Of Uzbek Journalists, 15.01.2010
CNN China steps up corruption monitoring, 14.01.2010
Forum 18 UZBEKISTAN: Illegal Christmas as unregistered religious activity punished, 14.01.2010
RFE/RL Uzbek Woman Tells Of Sisters' Alleged Rapes In Prison, 13.01.2010
LOATAY Afghanistan: Only the first move in the grand chess game for control of Central Asian resources, 13.01.2010
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