Alisher Saipov Award ceremony took place in Osh, the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan, on the International Day of Free Media on May 3. The award bears the name of Saipov, Sijesat [Politics] editor assassinated in Osh on October 24, 2007.

Uzbekistan has always been skeptical of Nursultan Nazarbayev's integration initiatives. Neither does the president of Uzbekistan conceal his suspicions with regard to the true intents of the Kazakh leaders, believing them to be after regional leadership. In 2002, Tashkent all