Uzbekistan

Italy arrests ex-ambassador for allegedly selling Schengen visas to Russian nationals

Italian authorities arrested former Ambassador to Uzbekistan Piergabriele Papadia de Bottini di Sant'Agnese in Rome on suspicion of illegally issuing Schengen visas to Russian citizens through Italy's embassy in Tashkent, La Repubblica reported on May 8.

9 May, 11:53 PM

Possible delay looms for Rosatom's first NPP in Uzbekistan

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom plans to begin construction of Uzbekistan’s first nuclear power plant in the first half of 2026, though the country’s draft state program allows for a possible delay of the “first concrete” milestone to December 2026, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Feb. 5.

6 February, 01:45 PM

Gazprom boosts gas exports to Central Asia by 22%, Georgia by 40% in 2025

Gazprom sharply increased natural gas exports to Central Asia and the South Caucasus in 2025, with deliveries to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan rising 22% and to Georgia by 40%, exceeding preliminary forecasts, the Interfax news agency reported on Jan. 12.

13 January, 04:16 PM

Trump talks Ukraine war with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, invites both to 2026 G20

U.S. President Donald Trump held phone calls with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, where the leaders discussed Russia’s war against Ukraine, he wrote on Truth Social on Dec. 23.

24 December 2025, 09:40 AM

China moves in as Russian businesses flee Kazakhstan

The number of companies with Russian founders operating in Kazakhstan dropped by 728 in the second quarter of 2025, falling to 17,600. That’s the sharpest quarterly decline since early 2019, Kazakh outlet Kursiv Media reported on July 16.

17 July 2025, 01:29 PM

Senior White House aide conceals Soviet lineage

Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office Sergio Gor was born in 1986 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, then part of the Soviet Union, according to a report by the Times of Malta and Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) on July 8.

8 July 2025, 08:49 PM

Ukrainian intel: Russia turning Uzbek and Tajik workers into cannon fodder

Russia has ramped up its forced mobilization of Central Asian migrants to fight in its war against Ukraine, luring them with promises of quick cash and short-term contracts — only to send them to their deaths, Ukraine’s military intelligence reported on June 21.

21 June 2025, 01:58 PM

Uzbek man captured in Lyman says he fought for Russian passport and pay

Ukrainian forces captured an Uzbek citizen fighting for Russia in the Lyman direction in exchange for promised citizenship and payments, the 63rd Mechanized Brigade reported on Telegram on May 13.

13 May 2025, 01:38 PM

OSCE parliamentary assembly head brings Putin’s former interpreter as adviser

Pia Kauma, a Finnish MP and President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, attended an Interparliamentary Union (IPU) meeting accompanied by Daria Boyarskaya —a former interpreter for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Finnish outlet Hufvudstadsbladet reported on April 17.

18 April 2025, 02:09 AM

Man in Uzbekistan gets five years in prison for joining war against Ukraine

A court in Uzbekistan sentenced a man to five years in prison for fighting alongside Russian invaders in Ukraine, UZnews.uz reported on April 9.

9 April 2025, 11:49 AM

Putin’s ally aims to sneak Russian gas into Europe as Uzbek

Ukrainian security sources have exposed a scheme by Russian billionaire Gennady Timchenko, a close Putin ally, to disguise Russian gas as Central Asian and sell it to the EU, using Uzbek businessman Bakhtiyor Fazilov as a front, sources told NV on March 26.

26 March 2025, 10:55 AM

Biosphere Corporation to open new production plant in Uzbekistan next year

Biosphere Corporation, a major Ukrainian household goods manufacturer, plans to open a garbage bag production facility in Uzbekistan next year and expand its presence in Central Asia, CEO Andrii Zdesenko said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Dec. 6.

6 December 2024, 01:50 PM

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