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Published in: oDR: NewsWorld Bank blacklists anonymous UK firm acting ‘fraudulently’ in UzbekistanAn investigation found Scotland-based NovoLine Resources LP used fake documents to win contracts to supply medical...
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationAmid Tashkent’s rapid redevelopment, this factory cries foul over demolitionThe troubled story of a wheelchair manufacturer raises questions about decision-making and power in Uzbekistan’s...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureA Ukrainian tanker mystery continues – and leads back to the UKWhen a mysterious tanker crashed off an Odesa beach two years ago, oil came rushing out of its hull - and so did the...
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationReal fakes: how Kyrgyzstan’s troll factories workIn Kyrgyzstan, internet trolling has become not only a powerful political tool, but also a profitable business....
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationKey liberaliser in “Uzbek spring” faces questions over business pastAs Uzbekistan rebrands, research by UzInvestigations raises new questions over the business past of Komil...
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Published in: oDRQuestions over former journalist’s role in Kyrgyzstan’s customs scandalEvidence suggests a former investigative journalist, and former openDemocracy contributor, ran a secret Facebook...
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Published in: oDRA Russian banking scandal taints Uzbekistan’s cotton revolution – and leads back to Switzerland via the UKThe cotton fields of Uzbekistan are tied to the tree-lined streets of upmarket Geneva by the empty vaults of a...
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Published in: oDRMajor bank investment in disputed Armenian gold mine to endFor over two years, the Amulsar gold mine in Armenia has been under blockade. Now, as part of the mining company’s...
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Published in: oDRAs Uzbekistan’s public health system buckles, state handout for private university tied to Tashkent mayor triggers angerWith public health infrastructure in Uzbekistan’s capital under severe strain, questions are being raised over a...
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Published in: oDRAfter environmental destruction in Armenia, the fight for transparency continues - in DenmarkAfter a Danish-funded mine caused serious environmental damage in Armenia, the Danish state has been less than...
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationFor western brands, Uzbekistan’s cotton privatisation raises red flagsAs Uzbekistan turns to privatisation to solve forced labour in the state-controlled cotton sector, an investigation...
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Published in: oDREmails underscore UK role in Armenian mining disputeCampaigners have previously called on the UK to withdraw support from the Amulsar gold mining project, which is at...
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationArmenia ‘under pressure’ from UK and US over mining dispute, says EU reportAn internal EU report claims that the UK has pressured the Armenian government in a two-year standoff between...
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Published in: oDRHouse of mirrors: what’s behind the third prosecution of Gulnara KarimovaAn international arbitration case sheds light on the third successful prosecution of Gulnara Karimova, Uzbekistan’s...
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Published in: oDRUK Foreign Office criticised for supporting controversial gold mine in ArmeniaIn a fierce dispute between mine owners, international investors and local residents in Armenia, the UK has weighed...
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Published in: oDRHow a Central Asian business empire dines out on British secrecyUsing the UK’s lax corporate transparency and accountability regime, international businesses can, in effect, mask...
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Published in: oDRRevolving doors, invisible hands: how the state and private sector are merging in the new UzbekistanAs the once infamously corrupt Uzbekistani state tries to reform itself, new research shows how the state and...
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Published in: oDRWhy are so many Brexiteer politicians cosying up to this Armenian oligarch?Since 2017 Conservative Eurosceptics have shown a strange fascination for a state in the South Caucasus, paying...
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Published in: oDRYou should know where the money’s coming from: a response to the mayor of TashkentLast week, I reported on a possible conflict of interest over a mammoth urban development in Uzbekistan. The mayor...
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Published in: oDRUzbekistan Ltd: private-public interests clash in flagship projectAs a major property development scheme gets under way in Tashkent, a data trail reveals a potential serious conflict...
