TASHKENT -- Uzbekistan goes to the polls on Sunday with incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev looking certain to repeat his resounding victory of 2016 and secure a second term at the head of Central Asia's most populous country.
Popular leader Mirziyoyev considered a shoo-in with no room for real opposition
Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has presided over economic -- but not political -- liberalization. © Reuters
TASHKENT -- Uzbekistan goes to the polls on Sunday with incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev looking certain to repeat his resounding victory of 2016 and secure a second term at the head of Central Asia's most populous country.