As you may have understood, this is the #AralSea... The Aral is called a sea because of its former size, but in fact, the Aral Sea is now a lake. It is an undrained salty sea formed by several Aral lakes. In Turkic languages, the name of the lake means ‘island’.

Когда-то Аральское море было четвертым крупнейшим в мире внутренним морем, площадью 68 000 кв км. Но сегодня от него осталась лишь 1/10 часть. В 1957 году в нем добывали 48 000 тонн рыбы в год. Но в стране хотели выращивать больше хлопка и воды двух рек, питавших море, отвели

To bring water to the top of the global agenda, I've come to the frontlines of the global water crisis. During my #RunBlue journey in Uzbekistan, we spoke to three people who share how the #WaterScarcity of the #AralSea has impacted their livelihood, environment & health. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Gov of #Uzbekistan forcibly relocates ethnic #Uzbeks to the territory of Autonomous #Karakalpakstan & allocates land & loans to them. At the same time, the local #Karakalpak population doesn't receive such support & is forced to emigrate to #Kazakhstan bit.ly/3mj6A5e

The solution of the environmental problem of the #AralSea is directly related to the political situation in the Autonomous #Karakalpakstan. The Gov of #Uzbekistan is engaged in open ethnocide of the local population and is not interested in resolving an environmental catastrophe.

The Uzbekistan Airways inflight magazine tells that "the #Karakalpaks are not the owners of (their) land, but ancient nomads". While the whole world is afraid of #China and cannot help the #Uighurs in #Xinjiang, #Uzbekistan is conducting an ethnocide of Karakalpaks in #Karakalpakstan.

While foreign guests were having fun at the #StihiaFestival, local residents couldn't get food rations. Rations!🤦‍♂️#Uzbekistan is "developing" the #AralSea in the #Karakalpakstan so well that people are forced to rebel in peacetime because of 3kg of flour: bit.ly/3NSbmmr

In the capital of #Karakalpakstan, doctors sent a live newborn baby to the morgue and performed an autopsy, from which the child died. This is how #Uzbekistan, with the money of international org-s, "develops" the state of medicine in the #AralSea region: bit.ly/3tDZ21d

Two doctors, who sent a live child for autopsy, were released from the courtroom. A pathologist who performed autopsy on a living child & didn't provide first aid was found not guilty. This is how the #Uzbekistan assesses children's life in #Karakalpakstan bit.ly/3xRWO0x

Qaral Bek #AralSea #Karakalpakstan #Uzbekistan themeaningofwater.com/2021/12/19/the…

While the Gov of #Uzbekistan allocates $120k for the music fest #Stihia on the shore of the #AralSea in #Karakalpakstan, patients and doctors of the Republican Hospital in #Nukus are forced to drink mud instead of water: bit.ly/3NdXEcr

A bill with 170 amendments to the Constitution has been submitted to the Parliament of #Uzbekistan. Not a single amendment has been published for open discussion by citizens. Hey, where are you, the foreign praisers of the democratic "reformer" #Mirziyoyev?bit.ly/3HMHeXh

In the Autonomous #Karakalpakstan, the winner of the IT competition was presented with power extension cord.🤦‍♂️How's that for you, Elon Musk? It is immediately clear that the Gov of #Uzbekistan is trying to turn the #AralSea region into a new #SiliconValley bit.ly/3QJNQd6