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BISHKEK (TCA) — A pro-government member of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has been charged with corruption, becoming at least the sixth high-profile figure to face such charges in the country in the last two months, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Today, March 31, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, on an official visit to Turkmenistan, inaugurated the ore-dressing and processing complex for the production of potash fertilizers in Garlyk in Turkmenistan’s Lebap province, official Turkmen media reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The international food and agricultural exhibitions “WorldFood Uzbekistan-2017” and “AgroWorld Uzbekistan–2017” have started their work in Tashkent, the Jahon information agency reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Amnesty International says Uzbekistan’s government is carrying out unlawful surveillance of its citizens domestically and outside of the country, RFE/RL reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Russian gas giant Gazprom and Uzbekistan have agreed to sign a medium-term contract for five years for the purchase of Uzbek natural gas, Gazprom Chairman Alexey Miller said after his meeting with Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Dr. Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian academic and political analyst, told Russia’s Radio Sputnik that the United States and some of its allies, including Saudi Arabia, have provided assistance to radical groups in the Middle East and Syria, adding that Washington could employ a similar approach to Central Asia.
