Former Chairman of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan, and Chairman of the Council of Nations of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Rafig Nishanov has died at the age 96, said journalist close to his family of him, Rakhimjon Sultanov, APA reports citing TASS.
According to him, Nishanov, living in Moscow since 1989 did not die in Russia. Currently, his family tries to determine where the deceased will be buried. Rafig Nishanov may be laid to rest either in Geneva, beside his wife, or in Uzbekistan.