In the Altai Territory, the leader of the Uzbek diaspora was deprived of Russian citizenship. He was suspected of extremism
In Barnaul, one of the members of the Uzbek national diaspora, Batirzhon Kambarov, was deprived of Russian citizenship. Law enforcement authorities suspected him of extremism. Altapress reports this. Kambarov publicly spoke out for the unification of emigrants from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and against their separate settlement in the Altai Territory in order to preserve identity, culture and customs.