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Uzbekistan parades recently acquired Taifun-K MRAPs

The Uzbek armed forces displayed their new Russian-made Taifun-K K-53949 4×4 mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles at a military parade held on 5 May at the Chirchik range in Uzbekistan's northeastern Tashkent Region.
The Uzbek military displayed recently acquired Taifun-K K-53949 MRAPs during a parade held on 5 May. (Via uznewstv24)
Four of these MRAPs were paraded in the baseline configuration without any armament or remotely operated weapon stations (ROWSs).
A Russian military-diplomatic source told Jane's that Uzbekistan has become the first foreign operator of these vehicles. "The country has received a batch of no less than five Taifun-K MRAPs that will be operated by Uzbek airborne troops and, probably, special forces. We do not rule out the possibility of equipping those platforms with Russian-designed weapons or ROWSs," said the source, without providing further details.

Kazakhstan educational fair underway in Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan educational fair underway in Uzbekistan 14 May 2019 12:23 291 Share in: TASHKENT. KAZINFORM About 50 Kazakhstani universities are taking part in the educational fair which is underway in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Centre for International Programmes JSC reports. 

Uzbekistan’s troubled Nukus Museum embroiled in new row

The director of Uzbekistan’s Nukus Museum, home to the prized Savitsky collection of Russian avant-garde art, is accusing the ministry of culture of advertising her job behind her back. 
In February, a foundation run by the ministry announced an open call for an “experienced director” to “devise and implement an ambitious development strategy” for the museum, which has been plagued by reports of mismanagement and missing gifts. The brief for the post includes raising the institution’s profile through international partnerships, stabilising its finances and training staff to preserve works that are “in desperate need of restoration”. The incoming director will have to deal with concerns that some of the museum’s 10,000 avant-garde paintings (around 2,000 are on show) are being neglected. Woman with Buckets (1914) by Alexander Shevchenko was damaged by a faulty sprinkler last year.
But the recruitment drive came as a shock to the museum’s current leader, Gulbahar Izentaeva, its third new director in four years. “I heard about the competition from my deputy director a few days after the announcement,” Izentaeva says. “I deserved the right to be notified about this announcement because it concerns me, my professional life and my reputation. I deserve to be notified if I am going to be fired, and fired for what?”


The current director Gulbahar Izentaeva, who says the culture ministry advertised her post without notifying herCourtesy of Gulbahar Izentaeva
Timur Kamalov, a senior official at the Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF), which has launched the search for a new director, dismisses Izentaeva’s claims and says that she was made aware of the open call before it was published. He encouraged her to apply for the position herself, he adds, but she refused. Kamalov and the foundation’s executive director, Gayane Umerova, also said they were unhappy with Izentaeva’s performance, but declined to provide further details.
The ACDF will recommend its preferred candidate to the autonomous government of Karakalpakstan on 1 June. At the time of writing, two weeks before the application deadline on 25 April, just two people had put their names forward.