Uzbekistan return to Russian sphere of influence

d_taddei2 wrote:

AZ-5 wrote:

d_taddei2 wrote:When I visited Uzbekistan there was loads of police check points but only a handful of police at each check point, but as we have seen in Kazakhstan the security forces had a hard time, I feel if this scenario erupted across the major cities in Uzbekistan it could be a huge problem, and the last thing Russia or other central Asian countries want is an unstable Uzbekistan and USA would not only relish in an unstable Uzbekistan but also support it. Uzbekistan has in the past been the one central Asian country that's had close relations with USA more so than the others. And an unstable Uzbekistan would encourage Isis etc into the country. If I was Uzbekistan I would be joining CSTO again, u can never be too careful with the USA and it's dirty tricks.

Off topic, I really enjoyed my time in Uzbekistan (Inc Aral sea), Tajikistan (Inc Pamir highway),and  Kyrgyzstan even swam in the Russian torpedo testing lake, it was crystal clear. I highly recommend central Asia.

Are you bald by any chance? Ever been bankrupt?

Insults is your best contribution?

flamming_python wrote:

d_taddei2 wrote:When I visited Uzbekistan there was loads of police check points but only a handful of police at each check point, but as we have seen in Kazakhstan the security forces had a hard time, I feel if this scenario erupted across the major cities in Uzbekistan it could be a huge problem, and the last thing Russia or other central Asian countries want is an unstable Uzbekistan and USA would not only relish in an unstable Uzbekistan but also support it. Uzbekistan has in the past been the one central Asian country that's had close relations with USA more so than the others. And an unstable Uzbekistan would encourage Isis etc into the country. If I was Uzbekistan I would be joining CSTO again, u can never be too careful with the USA and it's dirty tricks.

Off topic, I really enjoyed my time in Uzbekistan (Inc Aral sea), Tajikistan (Inc Pamir highway),and  Kyrgyzstan even swam in the Russian torpedo testing lake, it was crystal clear. I highly recommend central Asia.

You can't compare Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan

Uzbekistan despite being a poorer and less developed country, has a magnitude more inherent stability to it than Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan was nearly blitzkrieg'd in 4 days, and the elites had to invite the CSTO to boost the morale of their own security forces. Uzbekistan like I said, always took care of its own business. It's people aren't split by region, clan or whatever. Samarkand was a centre of civilization and trade for centuries while the Kazakhs only left the nomadic lifestyle last century.

The main problems Uzbekistan faces are Islamism, and poverty which can erupt into uprisings by the underclasses. The first its own security forces dealt with and put a lid on, while the second has been solved by exporting surplus Uzbek labour to Russia, as well as a quick pace of economic growth in recent years. Apparently Russia and Uzbekistan have even been discussing a deal to bring masses of abandoned Russian agricultural land into circulation by settling these areas with as much as 1-2 million Uzbek labourers.

flamming_python wrote:

d_taddei2 wrote:

AZ-5 wrote:

d_taddei2 wrote:When I visited Uzbekistan there was loads of police check points but only a handful of police at each check point, but as we have seen in Kazakhstan the security forces had a hard time, I feel if this scenario erupted across the major cities in Uzbekistan it could be a huge problem, and the last thing Russia or other central Asian countries want is an unstable Uzbekistan and USA would not only relish in an unstable Uzbekistan but also support it. Uzbekistan has in the past been the one central Asian country that's had close relations with USA more so than the others. And an unstable Uzbekistan would encourage Isis etc into the country. If I was Uzbekistan I would be joining CSTO again, u can never be too careful with the USA and it's dirty tricks.

Off topic, I really enjoyed my time in Uzbekistan (Inc Aral sea), Tajikistan (Inc Pamir highway),and  Kyrgyzstan even swam in the Russian torpedo testing lake, it was crystal clear. I highly recommend central Asia.

Are you bald by any chance? Ever been bankrupt?

Insults is your best contribution?

You didn't get the reference

Well for the best probably, that guy is a twat

I am struggling to find where i said anything in Ur statement above.

GarryB wrote:

I am struggling to find where i said anything in Ur statement above.

My post was not related to your post, when I posted I had not read your post.

ALAMO wrote:

d_taddei2 wrote:

AZ-5 wrote:

d_taddei2 wrote:When I visited Uzbekistan there was loads of police check points but only a handful of police at each check point, but as we have seen in Kazakhstan the security forces had a hard time, I feel if this scenario erupted across the major cities in Uzbekistan it could be a huge problem, and the last thing Russia or other central Asian countries want is an unstable Uzbekistan and USA would not only relish in an unstable Uzbekistan but also support it. Uzbekistan has in the past been the one central Asian country that's had close relations with USA more so than the others. And an unstable Uzbekistan would encourage Isis etc into the country. If I was Uzbekistan I would be joining CSTO again, u can never be too careful with the USA and it's dirty tricks.

Off topic, I really enjoyed my time in Uzbekistan (Inc Aral sea), Tajikistan (Inc Pamir highway),and  Kyrgyzstan even swam in the Russian torpedo testing lake, it was crystal clear. I highly recommend central Asia.

Are you bald by any chance? Ever been bankrupt?

Insults is your best contribution?

Not at all buddy, you didn't get the joke.
There is a YT channel made by a Scottish guy, called "bold&banqrupted".
Guy traveled functionally all the ex-SU republics.
With the great social and interpersonal skills, he presents, gets a warm welcome in any place he visits, so there is no joke if he stays a night in a "worst hotel in Kirgistan", or walks through the most crime notorious neighborhood of Kishinev. Plus, he talks quite fluent Russian.
AZ5 was addressing that channel&a great guy who makes it

Cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan in the aircraft industry. Prospects and opportunities
05/13/2022, 13:55 188
TAPOiCH, 1987. Assembly of IL-76. Photo from the Museum of S.V. Ilyushin / PJSC "IL"
At the international industrial exhibition "Innoprom. Central Asia 2022”, which was held in April in Tashkent, the Governor of the Ulyanovsk region Alexei Russkikh expressed the opinion that the Republic of Uzbekistan retained competencies in the field of aircraft manufacturing, and in the future we can talk about the resumption of production of heavy transport aircraft Il-76.

Earlier in March, the possibilities of cooperation were discussed in Kazan at a round table on investment and economic cooperation between Uzbekistan and Tatarstan. Assistant to the President of Tatarstan Ravil Zaripov noted that the republic is counting on mutual cooperation in the joint production of some components for the Tu-214 passenger aircraft, the increase in production of which is planned at the Kazan Aviation Plant.

Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Khurram Teshabaev then said during the round table that there were already agreements to expand the list of component base produced at the Tashkent Mechanical Plant.

The issues of cooperation between Moscow and Tashkent in the aircraft industry have been raised at different levels more than once. Russia is interested in joint work. Uzbekistan is the most industrially developed state among other republics of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. But today it is impossible to resume the production of IL-76 in Uzbekistan. There are several reasons.

Firstly, the TAPOiCh plant in Tashkent ceased to exist in 2012, when it was transformed into the Tashkent Mechanical Plant. For 10 years, a significant part of the equipment for the construction of aircraft has been dismantled, and the enterprise itself has changed its production profile, now it produces consumer goods, as well as components and spare parts for railway transport.

Secondly, the issue of technology remains open. Even if TMZ retains all the industrial equipment that was used to build the Il-76, it is already outdated both morally and physically, and a complete re-equipment of the plant would be required. In Ulyanovsk, for example, it took more than five years to introduce a modern assembly line for the IL-76MD-90A stackless assembly and to produce the first four machines on this line. Huge financial resources were invested, specialists and engineering staff were trained. Modern technologies that are used in the construction of Il-76MD-90A aircraft are very different from what was previously used in Tashkent.

But despite this, the republic has the potential and opportunities for cooperation in the aircraft industry - this is the production of components. The Uzbekistan Airways Technics enterprise operates in Uzbekistan, formerly the 243rd aircraft repair plant, where the repair and maintenance of all Soviet Aeroflot equipment was carried out. UAT has competencies in the field of maintenance and repair of modern Boeing and Airbus aircraft, aircraft painting, inspection of aircraft components, manufacturing of cabin equipment, maintenance and repair of aggregates and components made of PCM.

In addition, Uzbekistan has a wide and well-equipped base for smelting metals, metalworking, manufacturing rubber and polymer-plastic products. The necessary capacities are functioning in Tashkent and other cities of the republic, including at the Tashkent Mechanical Plant. Therefore, the competence for the production of components for the needs of the aircraft industry in the republic is sufficient, and attracting these capacities to participate in cooperation in the construction of Tu-214 aircraft is a very real task.

The issue of resuming cooperation with Uzbekistan in the aircraft industry did not arise by chance or because of anti-Russian sanctions against domestic civil aviation. Back in 2017, Dmitry Rogozin, who then held the post of branch vice-premier, came to Tashkent. He discussed with the leadership of the republic two promising projects - cooperation in the production of MS-21 and the creation of a center for the maintenance of these aircraft.

In December 2020, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev told the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov about his desire to revive the aircraft plant in Tashkent. However, at present, issues of cooperation in the aircraft industry remain at the stage of preliminary proposals and discussions. It will be possible to return to more detailed negotiations and the development of specific joint actions in a few years, when the production of the MS-21, Il-114-300, Tu-214, Ladoga and Baikal aircraft will be fully established.

At present, the issue of training and skill level of engineering and technical personnel and blue-collar workers remains open. In 2008, by a decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Tashkent State Aviation Institute was liquidated and included in the Tashkent State Technical University as the “Aviation Faculty”. Since August 2020, it has been the Department of Aviation Engineering as part of the Tashkent State Transport University. As stated on the website of the university, the department is a preparatory part of the Faculty of Aviation and Transport Engineering, which also includes the Department of Air Navigation Systems.

Now the Department of Aviation Engineering trains in seven specialties:

"Technical operation of aircraft";
"Aircraft";
"Technical and technological operation of unmanned aerial systems";
"Aviation engineering (aviation)";
"Aviation engineering (aviation complexes of unmanned aerial vehicles)";
"Design and operation of drones";
"Operation of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines".
A small department, reorganized from a large institute, is completely insufficient for the resumption of a full-fledged modern aircraft industry in a state with a population of 30-35 million people. Therefore, in order to use high-tech equipment and build modern aircraft, it is advisable to organize the process of training specialists from Uzbekistan in Russian universities. After the collapse of the USSR, most of the specialists moved from Tashkent to Voronezh and Ulyanovsk. Now the shortage of personnel in the aircraft industry is the main problem of Uzbekistan, Russia can help in solving it.

Andrey Velichko
for the Aviation of Russia website