Power & Influence
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Fergana Summit Yields $350 Million Industrial Pipeline and Wildberries Logistics Hub
Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khojayev and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov led talks in Fergana that produced plans for…
→Household Energy Use Falls 13–21% After Tiered Tariffs Replace Blanket Subsidies
Average monthly electricity consumption per household fell from 212 kWh in 2023 to 184 kWh in 2025, while gas use dropped…
→128 Oil and Gas Blocks Opened for Investment as Propane Market Heads to Private Sector
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced the preparation of 128 new oil and gas investment blocks carrying estimated reserves of 5.8 trillion…
→Chinese energy giants propose Andijan logistics hub and agrivoltaics projects in talks with President
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has expressed support for Chinese proposals to build a logistics hub in Andijan and develop agrivoltaics projects, following…
→Uzbekistan creates energy investors’ council under Saida Mirziyoyeva
President Mirziyoyev has ordered a new Investors' Council for the fuel and energy sector, chaired by Presidential Administration head Saida Mirziyoyeva,…
→Saida Mirziyoyeva to chair new energy investors’ council as Mirziyoyev cites bureaucracy and corruption
President Mirziyoyev has created an Investors' Council for the fuel and energy sector, chaired by Presidential Administration head Saida Mirziyoyeva, citing…
→Regional NGOs complete anti-corruption training across all 14 Regions
Representatives of non-governmental organizations from all 14 regions of Uzbekistan have completed a structured training program on public oversight, open data…
→IPU President Calls on Young Lawmakers to Demand Human Rights Accountability at Samarkand Conference
IPU President Tulia Ackson told young parliamentarians gathered in Samarkand that they must use legislative tools, budget decisions, and parliamentary oversight…
→EU’s 21st Russia Sanctions Package Hits Central Asian Firms and a Kyrgyz Bank
The EU's 21st Russia sanctions package targets two Kazakhstani firms, three Kyrgyz companies, a Kyrgyz bank connected to Russia's SWIFT alternative,…
→From Dual Power to Prison Sentences: Kazakhstan’s Post-Nazarbayev Reckoning
From the paralysis of dual power after Nazarbayev's 2019 resignation to the post-January 2022 prosecutions of security chiefs, oligarchs and former…
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