Gulnara Karimova

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Career and activities

She worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan from 1995 to 1996. Karimova served as a consultant for UN Mission to the United Nations in 1998 and 2003. She served as minister-counselor at the Uzbek embassy in Moscow from 2003 to 2005 and served as advisor to the minister of foreign affairs from 2005 to 2008. She was named deputy foreign minister for international cooperation in cultural and humanitarian affairs in February 2008. She was named Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations and other international bodies in Geneva in September and assumed the role in December 2008. She was named Uzbek Ambassador to Spain in January 2010. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation awarded Karimova the "Silk Road and Human Cooperation" Award in 2012.

Karimova established the "Center for Political Studies" in 2005. Karimova, the founder of the Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation and Chair of the Board of trustees. On Uzbekistan's non-governmental organisations, she has been active.

Karimova "bullied her way into gaining a piece of virtually every lucrative sector" in the region, according to US diplomats in Uzbekistan, and is described as a "robber baron." "Bilanz," a Swiss newspaper, named Gulnora Karimova as one of the country's richest women in 2009.

The Swiss Prosecutor's Office announced in March 2014 that a money laundering probe had been extended to include Karimova. In 2012, the investigation was launched. Karimova denied her involvement in the cited cases, saying: "I have never considered the benefits of doing business in Switzerland." My opponents' insinuations are given. "My name has been mentioned earlier in connection with companies such as Zeromax, Interspan, Oxus Gold, Wimm-Bill-Dann of Russia, Carlsberg, and many others," he said.

The US Department of Justice confiscated $850 million in 2016 after being "funneled through corrupt contracts," by Karimova, which was working with the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. Karimova is also under scrutiny in Uzbekistan on suspicion of dishonesty, though she denies any wrongdoing.

Karimova performed "Unutma Meni" (Don't Forget Me) under the stage name "Googoosha," presumably her father's nickname for her. She appeared in a later music video, singing a duet of "Besame Mucho" with Julio Iglesias.

Googoosha produced a duet with French actor Gérard Depardieu in December 2012. The French actor decided to appear in an Uzbek film on his return from Uzbekistan. Gulnara Karimova wrote a screenplay for "The Theft of the White Cocoon," a tale about the origins of the famed Central Asian silk and set in the 5th and the 6th centuries.

Googoosha's first song, "Round Run" was released in April 2012, with DJ White Shadow, Razor N Guido of the United States, and Max Fadeev of Russia's Max Fadeev. Karimova unveiled her self-titled debut album on iTunes in the United States and other countries in June 2012. The album was also expected to be released in Asia, Russia, and a number of other European countries. However, early critics had snubbed the debut album, thereby halting the album's introduction in those markets indefinitely.

Karimova unveiled her own special jewelry collection "GULI for Chopard," created for the renowned Swiss company Chopard in March 2009. According to reports, her heir for the collection's style will benefit the "Yangi Avlod" (New Generation) Children's Festival. The Children's Festival had yet to receive any funds from the sales as of June 2016. At New York's Fashion Week, Karimova unveiled her fashion line "Guli" in September 2010, based on the traditional Uzbek long coat. Human Rights Watch and other groups had dragged attention to Karimova's planned spring 2012 fashion show at New York's Fashion Week after Human Rights Watch and other groups drew attention to her father's government and its record on torture, as well as child and slave labour. According to Human Rights Watch, up to two million Uzbek children are forced to leave school every year for two months to select cotton – a fabric that has been weaved into Karimova's designs. However, the fashion show was eventually held in New York, though the venue was changed to Cipriani. Style.uz Art Week, hosted by Karimova, and Chopard. Theatre.uz International Theatre Festival, Golden Guepard Tashkent International Film Forum, Biennale and Photobiennale exhibitions, as well as masterclasses, round tables, concerts, and charity screenings were among the featured events on Art Week this week. On October 8th, Gulnara Karimova unveiled her first fragrances, both for men and Women, as part of Style.Uz Art Week 2012. Bertrand Duchaufour, a French perfumer, created the fragrances. Halit Ergenç became a symbol of masculinity in a win.

Karimova was embroiled in a controversy surrounding her participation in the annual "Cinema against AIDS" gala fundraising event hosted by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010. AmfAR was chastised by non-government organizations like Reporters without Borders, who said that it would be hypocritical for AmfAR to allow Karimova's attendance considering her country's refusal to seek AIDS treatment seriously. Maksim Popov, a 27-year-old HIV campaigner who had been sentenced to seven months in jail for distributing information to discourage HIV transmission in Uganda. The information was found to be in violation of society's moral values by a Uzbek court.

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