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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 2d

Please join us at Clifton LitFest in Bristol, UK on 15 November, where I'll be in conversation with @peterleonard1.bsky.social Leonard about my forthcoming book Silk Mirage - and there are lots of other great events going on at the festival too! Tickets to our event here foccal.com/litfest-even...

Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 2d

New event on the Silk Mirage tour: please join me at University College London on 27 Nov www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Full list of events here joannalillis.substack.com/p/silk-mirag... - from Clifton LitFest with @peterleonard1.bsky.social + RSAA Reading Room to Pushkin House + Oxford University

Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan by Joanna Lillis

A SSEES Politics and Sociology seminar with journalist and author Joanna Lillis

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 2d

Central Asians fall under new regulations in #Russia limiting those who enter visa-free to only 90 days in the country per year - even Kazakhs and Kyrgyz, who are meant to enjoy free movement under the Eurasian Economic Union tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_n...

Казахстанцы начали массово попадать под ограничения в России. Депутат заявил о важной проблеме

Казахстанские компании, занимающиеся международными автоперевозками, начали массово попадать под ограничения, установленные в России. Новые визовые правила поставили под угрозу десятки тысяч водителей...

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 3d

The sleek lines of the new Tselinny arts centre in the old Tselinny cinema. I used to live on this street when I first moved to Kazakhstan in 2005 and often used to go to the cinema here. Great to see it revamped and back in action with a new remit! #almaty #Kazakhstan #arts #culture

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Yan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social · 5d

Props to @tumarov.bsky.social for very skillfully describing the cult of raw power being created by Tashiev, the Sopranos-esque head of Kyrgyzstan’s rapidly expanding security services

youtu.be/cQeb5cdHs1I?...

Могу и «отлупить»: культ силы Ташиева

YouTube video by Kloop на русском

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 5d

More about Silk Mirage and full list of book tour events - from Clifton LitFest with @peterleonard1.bsky.social and Royal Society for Asian Affairs with Sophie Ibbotson to Oxford University and UCL on my Substack here substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 5d

Roll up, roll up: Pushkin House GB Society Russia event with me + Ibrat Safo talking about my new book Silk Mirage + all things #Uzbekistan has moved to larger venue due to popular demand, tickets selling fast. Register to attend in person/online on 18 Nov pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 6d

@vlastkz.bsky.social debunks Tokayev's claim that coal is great for #Kazakhstan, as Tokayev makes an about-face and echoes Trump in declaring that climate change is a "con"
vlast.kz/english/6661...

After Trump, Tokayev Also Calls Climate Change a “Fraud” and Praises Coal in Kazakhstan - Аналитический интернет-журнал Власть

Kazakhstan's president said his country will continue to focus on coal, a major setback for its decarbonization goals

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 8d

Please join us on 15 November at Clifton Litfest in Bristol, UK, where I'll be in conversation with @peterleonard1.bsky.social about my new book on #Uzbekistan, Silk Mirage. Tickets here cliftonlitfest.com/litfest-even... + other Silk Mirage events here joannalillis.substack.com/p/silk-mirag...

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 8d

Revered founding father or despised despotic dictator? Check out my new Substack post on attitudes to the late president Islam Karimov in the New #Uzbekistan that his sucessor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, says he is building.
open.substack.com/pub/joannali...

The Cult of Karimov

Despotic dictator or founding father? Uzbekistan is struggling to come to terms with the legacy of its first president, who died nine years ago this month.

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 8d

Excitement building in Almaty - "capital of the world", according to the slogan on the billboard, but I already knew that! - for tonight's match between @fc_kairat and Real Madrid. Alga, Kairat! #Kazakhstan

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 8d

#Kyrgyzstan sets date for snap parliamentary election for 30 November. All signs suggest this will consolidate the already significant power of Japarov, who's presiding over democratic backsliding since coming to power in the 2020 revolution www.interfax.ru/world/1049951

Президент Киргизии назначил досрочные выборы депутатов парламента на 30 ноября

Досрочные выборы депутатов парламента Киргизии состоятся 30 ноября, сообщает во вторник пресс-служба киргизского президента."Президент Киргизии Садыр Жапаров назначил досрочные выборы депутатов Жогорк...

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 8d

Revered founding father or despised despotic dictator? Check out my new Substack post on attitudes to the late president Islam Karimov in the New #Uzbekistan that his sucessor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, says he is building.
open.substack.com/pub/joannali...

The Cult of Karimov

Despotic dictator or founding father? Uzbekistan is struggling to come to terms with the legacy of its first president, who died nine years ago this month.

open.substack.com

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 8d

Please join us on 15 November at Clifton Litfest in Bristol, UK, where I'll be in conversation with @peterleonard1.bsky.social about my new book on #Uzbekistan, Silk Mirage. Tickets here cliftonlitfest.com/litfest-even... + other Silk Mirage events here joannalillis.substack.com/p/silk-mirag...

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 8d

"Every team has weaknesses—our task is to exploit them" - Almaty gears up for FC Kairat to face of against Real Madrid tonight. I first watched Kairat play in August 1988 against Dinamo Minsk, when I was a student studying Russian in Minsk! Alga, Kairat! #Kazakhstan kz.kursiv.media/en/2025-09-2...

No fear of Mbappé: Kairat coach insists his team will take the fight to Real Madrid

Kairat head coach Rafael Urazbakhtin and defender Egor Sorokin spoke at a press conference on Monday ahead of their Champions League match with Real Madrid, outlining tactics and emphasizing mental st...

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 9d

Precisely... and it's even worst for north-eastern Kazakhstan...

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 9d

Minister defends #Kazakhstan's unpopular shift to single time zone, which makes it light in the middle of the night + dark early in many areas, using pseudo-science + claiming his staff have more time for families - surely they work same number of hours tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_n...

Позитивные последствия от единого часового пояса перечислил глава Минторговли

Министр торговли и интеграции Арман Шаккалиев рассказал о "позитивных последствиях" от перехода на единый часовой пояс в Казахстане, передаёт корреспондент Tengrinews.kz.

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 13d

Silk Mirage, my new book on #Uzbekistan, is coming soon! Read all about it on my Substack, where I'll posting more about what you can expect to find in the book.
open.substack.com/pub/joannali...

Silk Mirage - Coming Soon!

Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan will soon be out on the shelves. Here, I answer some of the questions that people have been asking me about my latest book.

open.substack.com

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 13d

#Uzbekistan "is a complex, fascinating story that, as Joanna Lillis’s work reveals, deserves the world’s attention" - I talked to Explaining History podcast about my forthcoming book Silk Mirage the place Uzbekistan occupies in the world today - tune in!
explaininghistory.org/2025/09/25/s...

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 13d

Silk Mirage, my new book on #Uzbekistan, is coming soon! Read all about it on my Substack, where I'll posting more about what you can expect to find in the book.
open.substack.com/pub/joannali...

Silk Mirage - Coming Soon!

Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan will soon be out on the shelves. Here, I answer some of the questions that people have been asking me about my latest book.

open.substack.com

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 13d

#Kyrgyzstan heading for snap parliamentary election after parliament dissolves itself, for reasons that are hazy but will likely benefit the Japarov administration. Speakers says this was voluntary, no "pressure" from the president/government 24.kg/vlast/344891...

Досрочные выборы в Жогорку Кенеш могут пройти 30 ноября - | 24.KG

Следующие выборы депутатов Жогорку Кенеша с учетом всех необходимых процедур будут назначены на 30 ноября. Об этом сообщил спикер парламента Нурланбек Тургунбек уулу.

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 14d

As #Kyrgyzstan appears to be gearing up for a snap parliamentary election for reasons only hazily explained, @24kg looks at the different parliaments it's had since independence 24.kg/vlast/344718...

Жогорку Кенеш, который не всегда доживает до окончания срока - | 24.KG

В Кыргызстане, возможно, скоро выборы. Кажется, это уже национальный спорт: раз в несколько лет парламент то самораспускается, то его разгоняют президентским указом, то уличные протесты лишают депутат...

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 14d

First there was New #Uzbekistan and New #Kazakhstan, now Mirziyoyev is talking of a "New Central Asia" - he has a point, in that historic border conflict resolution makes for a new era of cooperation which looks unusual in today's polarised world
president.uz/ru/lists/vie...

Президент Узбекистана выступил за солидарность, открытый диалог и тесное сотрудничество между странами мира

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 14d

#CentralAsia leaders fairly outspoken on #Gaza at UNGA, more reticent on #Ukraine. Speaking out over Palestine plays well domestically + chimes w international mood, speaking out on Ukraine more risky for Russian allies (though Tokayev met Zelensky in NY) tengrinews.kz/usa/nevozmoj...

“Невозможно игнорировать“. Токаев сделал заявление по Газе

Казахстан неизменно выступает за дипломатию вместо эскалации и за диалог вместо силы. Такое заявление сделал Касым-Жомарт Токаев, выступая на Общих дебатах 80-й сессии Генеральной Ассамблеи ООН в Нью-...

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Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social · 14d

Mirziyoyev + Trump continue lovefest with meeting on UNGA sidelines, after recent aircraft deal. Mirziyoyev declared Trump worthy of Nobel Prize for conflict resolution efforts, Trump suggested Mirziyoyev's long rule is because he is "progressive" #Uzbekistan #USA www.gazeta.uz/ru/2025/09/2...

Шавкат Мирзиёев встретился с Дональдом Трампом на полях саммита ООН (+видео)

Президент Узбекистана встретился в Нью-Йорке с президентом США. Дональд Трамп поблагодарил за «большую закупку» американских продуктов: «105 млрд долларов — это очень неплохо». Шавкат Мирзиёев отметил...

www.gazeta.uz

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