Uzbekistan security chief leaves post
Uzbekistan's security chief Rustam Inoyatov has been removed after 23 years in the post at a meeting on Wednesday chaired by the country's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Inoyatov was replaced by the former …
Rustam Inoyatov
Rustam Inoyatov, the head of the National Security Services, fired
The successor has been named as Ikhtiyor Abdullayev, 51, who has served as General Prosecutor
Western media on Islam Karimov's successor
The stability of Uzbekistan, the crossroads of Central Asia, is important to Russia, China and the United States