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7 January 2021 Felix Corley, Forum 18 Despite his offer to perform alternative civilian service, Khujand Military Court today (7 January) jailed Rustamjon Norov for three and a half years, the longest known sentence. The court claimed the 22-year-old Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector falsified his medical history to evade compulsory military service, charges he denies. While held in a military unit in October 2020, he was threatened with torture if he did not put on a military uniform. Khujand Military Court in northern Tajikistan today (7 January) jailed Rustamjon Norov, a 22-year-old...

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

This investigation was conducted jointly with Umut 2020, a new Kyrgyz popular movement focused on investigating corruption. You can watch their video of the report at the bottom of this post (Russian). On November 10th, the businessman Aierken Saimaiti, who had an arrest warrant international arrest warrant issued after fraud allegations, was shot dead in Istanbul. In his pockets, the Chinese citizen and ethnic Uyghur had the keys to a Range Rover that was parked nearby. This Range Rover had diplomatic plates and was owned by the Kyrgyz Consulate General in Istanbul. Earlier this year, Saimai...

Credit: Skoltech The Skoltech-designed 5G base station software has been launched in the MTS Skoltech 5G pilot network in Skolkovo. The patent application to Rospatent specifically notes that the software complies with 3GPP specifications and recommendations and OpenRAN standards. The base station's software stack supports state-of-the-art data processing and communication algorithms, protocols, and methods in accordance with mobile operators' requirements. The solution can operate in all the 5G frequency bands potentially available in Russia, both below 6 GHz and in the millimeter range. The...

4 months ago Yesterday Russian bank VTB said it issued a digital bank guarantee on the Masterchain blockchain, which is in production. Masterchain is an Ethereum blockchain variant that uses Russian cryptography, was co-developed by the Bank of Russia and commercial banks, and is operated by the FinTech Association. The guarantee for 392 million rubles ($5.4 million) was issued in favor of MTS PJSC, the digital, medial and telecoms firm. The FinTech Association was keen to highlight that the digital guarantee is legally binding without the need for a paper document. “This makes it possi...