The Eurasian Foundation has decided to halt its operations in Uzbekistan. Jeff Erlich, the Eurasia Foundation\'s regional director in Uzbekistan, told tribune.uz that Uzbek authorities initiated proceedings on February 28 to stop the Eurasia Foundation from working in Uzbekistan, and the organization decided to close its Tashkent office rather than waste energy and resources on what it felt was a doomed legal struggle. Erlich noted that Uzbekistan\'s Justice Ministry has severely hampered the organization\'s work over the past year. \"We improved the lives of many Uzbek citizens,\" he told tribune.uz. \"I\'m sure that if they\'d given us a chance to work, the results of our collective efforts would have been more significant.\" (tribune.uz)