Uzbekistan

• 23 December 2021

  The USSR Quiz: 15 Questions For 15 Republics

  Join us on a trip back in time to the last years of the Soviet era and the beginning of a period that would test preconceptions about both sovereignty and democracy.

• 27 August 2021

  The Protests That Brought The Soviet Union To Its Knees

  At the end of the 1980s, protest movements across the Soviet Union sprung up, with people in the constituent republics calling for independence. Fed up with the corrupt Soviet regime, protesters demanded an end to Soviet rule and a more equitable society.

• 20 August 2021

  How Afghan Military Personnel Escaped To Uzbekistan

  A Telegram video depicts the interaction of Afghans and Uzbeks after the landing of a few Afghan helicopters in Uzbekistan on August 14-15, as Afghan military personnel fled Taliban forces nearing Kabul.

• 06 August 2021

  Where A Big Win At The Olympics Means A Big Cash Prize

  Most countries in Current Time's coverage zone tend to pay much more to award gold medal winners than the 2020 Tokyo Olympics' current top medal winner, the United States ($37,500). Though support for national athletics programs may vary, the prestige of an Olympics win remains unchanged since Sovie

• 13 July 2021

  Why Russia Has An Ear For Taliban Talks

  As the Islamist Taliban movement searches for “international legitimacy” following substantial territorial gains in Afghanistan, it has found a willing partner in Russia, regional and security experts say.

• 23 December 2020

  News Quiz: 20 Questions For 2020

  It may have seemed like the news in 2020 was all about the COVID-19 pandemic, but, in fact, there was plenty of variety. From protests and war to environmental challenges and social change, Current Time was there. How much do you know about this year’s major events?

• 23 December 2020

  How Much Does It Cost To Cut Off A Country From The Internet?

  Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan have all opted for Internet shutdowns, but at what cost to their economies? Current Time Digital’s Anna Shamanska explains both the cost-calculations for these shutdowns and their potential long-term damage.

• 11 June 2020

  Life In Osh, 10 Years After Kyrgyzstan's Deadly Ethnic Conflict​

  A decade has passed since ethnic violence tore through towns and cities in southern Kyrgyzstan, killing 470 people according to an international report. RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service and Current Time talked with ethnic Uzbek and Kyrgyz people in Osh, the city where the violence started, to get a sense of how people feel about life today and about the events of June 2010.

• 15 May 2020

  The Death Of Stalin: Unique Propaganda Footage Shows Dictator's Funeral

  Largely unseen footage of the funeral and official mourning following the death of Soviet leader Josef Stalin is featured in a new documentary, State Funeral, by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa. It's being shown on Current Time, the Russian-language network led by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA. The mourning events were held at factories, on collective farms, town squares, and in meeting halls across the Soviet Union.

• 14 May 2020

  Media Rights: How Current Time’s Audience Stacks Up

  2019 revealed few bright spots in the media landscape of Current Time’s broadcast zone. The Baltics still top the non-profit Reporters Without Borders’ annual ranking of press freedom in the region, but with concerns raised about Lithuanian security institutions’ newfound ability to shut down media outlets deemed to pose a national security threat. Hopes for independent media Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine have not yet been entirely met, the report found. Meanwhile, the environment for indepe

• 13 May 2020

  Eurasia’s Coronavirus Economy: Comeback On The Way?

  The COVID-19 pandemic has turned predicting the economic future into a dice roll, but data from the International Monetary Fund suggests some potential trends to watch. Their forecast: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, all members of the European Union, will encounter the largest reduction in economic growth, but also the biggest rebound in 2021. Ukraine will suffer more than Russia, but likely experience the same level of comeback.

• 24 April 2020

  Why COVID-19 Statistics Don't Always Add Up

  Data may help track the scope of the coronavirus pandemic, but only up to a point. Behind each country's confirmed COVID-19 cases lies a set of variables that mean these numbers need to be taken in context.

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