Umar Ubaidullaev News Today

Uzbek and Russian political insiders, including an ally of Vladimir Putin, are exploiting Uzbekistan’s natural gas sector, threatening the country’s energy security in the process

An investigation by RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reveals that President Shavkat Mirziyoev's major energy projects came under withering criticism from a secret government working group -- and that a network of Russian and Uzbek political insiders are reaping profits from them.