Welcome to Uzbekistan, a country that in recent months has been home to a drama that could have come straight from Shakespeare’s pen. Playing the leading roles are: a dictator, who has had his country under his iron grip for a quarter-century; his glamorous daughter, who he had been grooming as his successor; and his wife, who was conspiring with the head of the country’s intelligence agency against the plan. It is a drama about power, billions of dollars and corruption. There’s also a possibility of legal proceedings that could land his favorite daughter in jail for a long time to come.
