Uzbekistan Has A Lot Of Gas, But Uzbeks Are Shivering: A Central Asian Corruption Story

Uzbekistan has vast gas resources, but citizens are shivering during cold winters: one of the root causes is endemic corruption, and the latest scheme has been uncovered by RFE/RL's Uzbek service @ozodlik-radiosi.

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Read the new investigation:

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Petroleum is inherently corrupting. Not just in Uzbekistan.

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Absolute power corrupts, absolutely. The KJV Bible says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9. Human greed seems to be at the root of most suffering in this world.

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Oh yeah this happens everywhere I still remember trump gave a huge contract to a lawn services company for over hundred million dollars

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We're coming

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Petroleum can be corrupt but especially in Authoritarian countries, where power/ money is stifled off to the few … ( eg. 🇷🇺 ) … 💙💛💙