“Is Tashkent the capital of Russia or Uzbekistan?” — a foreign journalist was upset because people in Uzbekistan spoke to her only in Russian.

“Is Tashkent the capital of Russia or Uzbekistan?” — a foreign journalist was upset because people in Uzbekistan spoke to her only in Russian.

Derya Soysal, a foreign journalist who came to Tashkent to attend a conference, stated that she was disappointed that everyone addressed her only in Russian. “I was very upset about this,” the journalist said in her message.