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Opinions
Central Asia is ceasing to be post-Soviet
Arkady Dubnov on how Central Asia, 35 years after the collapse of the USSR, is searching for its own voice.
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Opinions
Nuances nobody checked, or how TV Rain offended Uzbeks
A TV Rain host mispronounced the name of the Uzbek president’s daughter and gave her husband a post he no longer holds. An editorial comment on why that matters.
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News
First Muslim elected to the US Senate
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won in Michigan and will become the first Muslim senator in US history.
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Climate
Dirty air on schedule: who is failing to beat smog in Central Asia, and why
Every winter, smog settles over Tashkent, Bishkek, Almaty and Dushanbe. Where it comes from, and why the authorities’ measures are not working.
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Economy
Uzbekistan’s economy is growing fast, but inflation is eating into the gains
Uzbekistan’s GDP grew by 8.3 per cent, but inflation is speeding up again towards the end of the year. Fuel and meat are rising fastest.
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Analysis
From Dubai skyscrapers to central Tashkent: new questions about the Mirziyoyev family’s business
One son-in-law of the president obtained UAE citizenship and 13 flats in Dubai; the other bought an office complex in central Tashkent. We summarise two investigations from October.
