Uzbekistan's gaping power deficits and the government's desperate attempts to plug them are hardly a secret these days. Only last week, President Shavkat Mirziyoev welcomed Russian leader Vladimir Putin to Tashkent for a two-day trip that turned into three days of talks, with Moscow's energy assistance to its Central Asian ally topping the bill.
' The source added that Osmon-Energy was far from the only overnight company to win big from subcontracting 'around 30 major plants' being built in Uzbekistan. Userbay Seitrzaev, one of three men listed as a founder of Osmon-Energy Abduzhalil Baimukhamedov and Olimjon Ibragimov are the others, denied any accusation of corruption when contacted by RFE/RL, insisting that construction work at Sherabad was under 'strict control.