Uzbek President Islam Karimov met on 10 June in Tashkent with a delegation of Russian political analysts led by Politika foundation head Vyacheslav Nikonov. Noting that Uzbekistan is currently under \"information attack,\" Karimov told the Russian analysts, \"I am confident in your unbiased and objective evaluation of the issues.\" After a tour of Andijon, Nikonov said, \"The numbers of victims of the tragic events in Andijon that some foreign media have provided are clearly exaggerated.\" The Russian delegation also included Sergei Markov, director of the Center for Political Studies; Vitalii Tretyakov, editor in chief of the magazine \"Politicheskii klass\"; Rafael Guseinov, first deputy editor in chief of the newspaper \"Trud\"; and Nurali Latypov, an adviser to Moscow Mayor Yurii Luzhkov. (RFE/RL)