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Uzbekistan Watchdog Flags 2.5 Billion Soums in Procurement Violations Across Four Regions
The Competition Promotion and Consumer Protection Committee has identified procurement violations worth nearly 2.5 billion soums across cases in Karakalpakstan, Samarkand,…
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Uzbekistan Procurement Watchdog Flags 8.1 Billion Soums in Violations Across Six Regions
The Competition Promotion and Consumer Protection Committee has identified procurement violations worth more than 8.1 billion soums across six Uzbek regions,…
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Competition Violations Cleared in 3.5 Billion-Soum Procurement Cases Across Three Regions
Enforcement actions in Surkhandarya and Jizzakh regions have resolved competition-law violations in public tenders worth nearly 3.5 billion soums, with financial…
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Kazakhstan’s Drug Procurement System Under Fire After Damning State Audit
Kazakhstan's Supreme Audit Chamber has presented parliament with findings of financial losses, expired drugs dispensed to patients, and price markups of…
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From Dual Power to Prison Sentences: Kazakhstan’s Post-Nazarbayev Reckoning
From the paralysis of dual power after Nazarbayev's 2019 resignation to the post-January 2022 prosecutions of security chiefs, oligarchs and former…
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Suspect in Allamjonov assassination bid arrested in South Korea as Chechen trail widens
Javlon Yunusov, named as the prime suspect in the October shooting targeting presidential insider Komil Allamjonov, has been arrested in South…
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Shell company with $10,000 capital won $100m Uzbek gas contracts tied to president’s son-in-law
A Tashkent shell company capitalised at under $10,000 collected more than $100 million in Uzbek state gas contracts before disappearing. Ozodlik's…
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Uzbekistan Bans Three Referees and Club Official for Life Over Match-Fixing
The UFA Ethics Committee has imposed lifetime bans on three match officials and Kokand-1912's sports director after finding they conspired to…
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Ministry Official Among Six Detained in Uzbekistan’s US-Visa Fraud Sweep
A Ministry of Investments official and five others have been detained across Samarkand, Jizzakh and Syrdarya regions after allegedly charging citizens…
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Binance Fined 102 Million Soums for Unlicensed Crypto Operations in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan's National Agency for Prospective Projects has fined Binance 102 million soums for operating without a licence and breaching anti-money-laundering and…
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