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Yuri updates on the developments around one of the most controversial companies originating from Kazakhstan. ENRC, majorly owned by the Forbes-listed post-Soviet oligarchs, prosecuted by Belgian law enforcement bodies, aspires to enter the top third of the FTSE100, and sues the European Commission.

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Musafirbek says that the president of Uzbekistan officially thanked the cotton-growers for gathering the harvest of this strategic product for Uzbekistan. However, those who sweat away, collecting this cotton (including children) were not mentioned in the president’s address.

Alexander Visotzky writes about the opening of a monument in Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, where the authorities uncovered a 15-foot high bronze statue of incumbent president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Dafydd reports that the EU has lifted the arms embargo on Uzbekistan. Reasons given are abolishment of the death penalty and release of political prisoners.