On December 12, 2025, reports emerged that riot police in Khabarovsk, Russia, beat Uzbek nationals, leaving two of them in a coma and one dead. The Uzbek Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of one of them on Friday.
"Currently, there is no officially confirmed information regarding the cause of death. Additional information will be made available to the public as soon as precise details are received from the relevant authorities," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs added.
The Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Vladivostok sent notes to the Khabarovsk Krai Prosecutor's Office, the Investigative Department, and the Russian Foreign Ministry's Khabarovsk office requesting a comprehensive and impartial investigation.
The Foreign Ministry added that the Consulate General was providing assistance to the relatives of the deceased and is working to repatriate the body to Uzbekistan.
On January 2, Alisher Qodirov, MP and head of the Milliy Tiklanish Democratic Party, commented on the situation. "Believe me, the situation will only worsen with each passing month," he stated.
"Russian intelligence services consider residents of Central Asia to eventually become active participants of a future unrest in Russia, and accordingly, they no longer expect the benefits they bring," he underscored.
"Use your head and leave Russia as soon as possible! No income is worth the tears of your parents and children," he urged.
The following day, the MP Bobur Bekmurodov from the UzLiDeP party and leader of the Yuksalish movement, published a post on his Telegram channel in which he wrote that migrant workers make a significant contribution to the Uzbek economy.
In the attached video footage of his remarks, he called instances of insults to Uzbeks in Russia unacceptable. However, this should not be a reason for poor treatment of Russians, he pointed out. "In every society, there are both good and bad people," Bobur Bekmurodov noted.
He acknowledged that it was impossible to provide all migrants with jobs in Uzbekistan. However, he noted that, thanks to economic growth in the country, there is a trend toward a decline in the number of migrants abroad. In Russia, their number has decreased threefold over nine years.
