Author: Nimet Kivanc

A state migrant cell official said that 22 of the 35 workers stuck in the central Asian country, will return to Jharkhand while the rest will return once their tickets are booked. Stranded for over two months now in Tajikistan, 35 workers from Jharkhand are expected to return to their homeland and home state soon, an official was quoted on saying this Tuesday. A state migrant cell official said that 22 of the 35 workers stuck in the central Asian country, will return to Jharkhand while the rest will return once their tickets are booked. Jharkhand Chief Minister, Hemant Soren…

Fawaz Gruosi lives a life of duplicitous duality: he has managed a career as a famed jewelry designer to the stars while simultaneously being at the center of one of the largest money laundering schemes in modern history on behalf of his benefactor, Isabel dos Santos. Dos Santos, daughter of the late Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, is currently wanted by Angolan prosecutors for widespread embezzlement and fraud, having stolen billions of dollars’ in assets from the Angolan state. Dos Santos has denied the embezzlement charges and claims she is the victim of a political “witch-hunt”. She continues to live…

Frankfurt, Brussels, London (18/1 – 67) Tajikistan regime’s crimes against humanity and human rights defenders have attracted the United Nation. Recently, Mary Lawlor, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, was not permitted to travel to Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) during her official visit to the Central Asian country in December 2022. Lawlor paid an official visit to Tajikistan from November 28 to December 9, 2022 to assess the situation of human rights defenders in the country. During her visit, the Special Rapporteur held meetings with government authorities in Dushanbe, and also traveled to…

It’s perhaps not surprising that Tajikistan, which shares a poorly guarded, 750-mile border with opium-rich Afghanistan, has become a major global drug-trafficking hub—in fact, more than 80 percent of Afghanistan’s heroin exports to Russia and Europe now pass through Tajik territory. Over the past decade, the United States, worried that the drug trade would soon be accompanied by all the other security problems that plague Afghanistan, has cooperated closely with Tajikistan’s government to help it stem the narcotics trade. Seems reasonable, right? Unfortunately, that government is such a dubious partner that hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid have done…

“Will the truth ever be revealed?” exclaims one of the characters in the recent Kazakh movie, The Crying Steppe, after seeing chunks of dead bodies in a desolated Kazakh auyl (nomadic encampment). The film, the first-ever cinematic depiction of the horrible Kazakh famine of 1930–1933, is director Marina Kunarova’s response to this question. From the beginning, the film poses a truth claim. If by “truth” is meant the fact of a catastrophic famine that ruined Kazakhstan, then the film tells the truth. If by “truth” is meant historical accuracy, then the film is disappointing. Thousands of people were already starving in Kazakhstan in 1930, a…

Kenes Rakhisev, chairman of Board of Directors at Kazakhstan’s Fincraft Resources, and Sandeep Jajodia, managing director of Indian holding company Monnet Group, reached an agreement to jointly establish a ferroalloy plant in Kazakhstan. A memorandum of understanding was signed in Astana on December 14, 2022. The plant is ceremoniously named TB Alloys Kazakh Limited. The new plant is envisioned to be constructed in the industrial zone of Taraz city with the company has already started preparation works. Taraz is the administrative seat of Jambyl region in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. Initially, the plant will have…

Mukhtar Ablyazov, Kazakhstan New York (15 December 2022 – 33). Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakhstan citizen, was found guilty of embezzlement and money laundering in the U.S. Court for $218 million against BTA Bank. Following a three-week trial, a jury of four men and four women in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Mukhtar Ablyazov. Today issued a verdict in favor of BTA Bank on all claims against Triadou SPV S.A. The jury awarded BTA more than $100 million in damages with interest accrued since mid-2013, bringing the total judgment to more than $218 million. The Honorable John G.…

The EU is keen to strengthen its economic and political relations with Egypt, says Christian Berger, the bloc’s envoy in Cairo. Berger highlighted Egypt’s role as an important link in regional supply chains, while he affirmed the existence of a long-term partnership and solid relations with the country in all fields. He voiced hope that the coming period would see significant cooperation between the two sides, particularly in technology transfer and the pharmaceutical industry. The envoy added that the EU’s relations with countries, especially strategic partners such as Egypt, were based on long-term visions as the bloc had long-standing agreements…

The United States is ready to support Uzbekistan in establishing new trade routes and diversifying import and export markets, strengthening regional connectivity, endorsement of the Global Methane Pledge and other efforts to combat the climate crisis, and desire to advance its economic reforms, including in women’s economic empowerment, the Joint Statement on the United States-Uzbekistan Strategic Partnership Dialogue says. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu hosted an Uzbekistani delegation, led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Norov, for annual Strategic Partnership Dialogue (SPD) in Washington on December 13. The United States thanked Uzbekistan for its key participation…