Uzbekistan: Deputy PM fired for ‘shortcomings’ in wake of RFE/RL report
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoev has fired a deputy prime minister, Zoyyir Mirzaev, after an RFE/RL report revealed that the powerful official humiliated farmers on a recent agricultural inspection trip to a rural area, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reports.
