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The Mysterious Presidential Reservoir That Left Uzbek Villagers Dry By RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service February 23, 2021 The residents of Tut, a village of cattle breeders and farmers in Uzbekistan’s highlands, have long depended on the Shovvozsoy River for their drinking water, irrigation, and livestock. But in the summer of 2018, the Shovvozsoy which begins in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan and flows down into the Angren River in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent region slowed to a trickle, according to several villagers. “Our crops and orchards dried up,” one local in Tut, which is located at the lower end of the Shovvozsoy, told RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service. “We had to survive by buying water from neighboring villages.” ....
‘Our Father’s Dacha’ How An Uzbek Activist Sniffed Out The President’s ‘Secret’ By RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service February 23, 2021 Aleksei Garshin, a 50-year-old activist based in Tashkent, says it was late 2018 when his fellow hunting enthusiasts told him about a secretive resort allegedly built for Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev in a forested highland. He says he had heard that because of the resort which locals refer to as the Uzbek president’s “dacha,” though its scale and cost far exceed that of a simple country home authorities had sealed off the area where the compound was built, known as Shovvozsoy. ....
share Print Uzbek state companies have built a secret luxury mountain resort for use by President Shavkat Mirziyoev, including a new reservoir that locals say has disrupted their water supply and displaced families, a new RFE/RL investigation has found. The investigation by RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service published on February 23 is based on interviews with officials, local residents, and builders who helped construct the complex located on what is now a protected biosphere reserve near a UNESCO-protected area of the Western Tien-Shan mountain range. Construction of the compound, which features helicopter landing pads and what multiple sources described as a luxurious mansion built for Mirziyoev, began in 2017 and was largely completed by the end of 2018. ....