Uzbekistan's authoritarian president Islam Karimov, pictured here with his wife Tatyana, died on 2 September, putting the region's future politics in doubt. (c) Manish Swarup / AP / Press Association Images. All rights reserved.We repost this article with permission from the independent Fergana News news agency.
The family of late president Islam Karimov have not just lost a husband and father, but the riches and privileges to which they are accustomed.
Across post-Soviet Central Asia, the children of the countries’ rulers control various sectors of the economy or even, in contravention of the law, run businesses, protected by the “immunity” of their parents. And Uzbekistan is no exception.
