... stability as Nazarbaev and about safety as Karimov you’re not willing to try this successor scenario, because there is no win-win situation. Succession is still an option, but not the best one, and certainly not the painless one for Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
[1] Niyazov, Saparmurat by Lenta.Ru [Available at http://lenta.ru/lib/14160039/full.htm]
[2] Turkmenistan chooses Niyazov’s successor, RIA Novosti 27/12/2006 [Available at http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20061227/57957817.html]
[3] Berdymukhammedov Gurbanguly by Lenta.Ru [Available at http://lenta.ru/lib/14175002/#103]
... crisis have experts of all kinds riveted to financial issues, while the new Grand Game in Asia is attracting attention from all over. A relatively mature banking sector in Kazakhstan, attempts to overcome uncertainty in Kyrgyzstan and isolationism in Turkmenistan, the obvious dependence of credit institutions in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on administrative interference – these are part of the diverse set of characteristics that inevitably undermine the strategic initiatives of Russian banks, driving them to clusterization in capital and caution. Are there any opportunities ...
... national republics, so in the beginning there were Kyrgyzstan ASSR and Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1924, based on the idea that class struggle should prevail over ethnic struggle, Tajik ASSR (now Tajikistan), Turkmen SSR (now Turkmenistan), Uzbek SSR (now Uzbekistan), Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast (now Kyrgyzstan), and Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast (now Karakalpakstan) were created. Divisions were made by counting - they investigated the ethnic compound of any disputed village and decided the territory ...
