• Central Asia

    Gazprom’s daily gas exports to Europe at all-time high

    Russia’s Gazprom said on October 21 that natural gas exports to Europe have reached the daily all-time high of 590 million cubic metres, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. According to company’s Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller, this is 2,2 million cubic metres more than the previous record, reached on Oct 20.

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  • Central Asia

    Kazakhstan’s 45 water reservoirs in dangerous condition

    Forty-five water reservoirs in Kazakhstan are in dangerous condition and require repairs, Kazakh Agriculture Ministry said Oct. 20, Trend reports. In total there are 309 water reservoirs in Kazakhstan. The state owns 83 of them. Regional municipalities own 191 reservoirs and 35 reservoirs are privately owned. The biggest reservoirs in…

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  • Central Asia

    Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton

    by Azizkhan Akhmedov – DEA EHESS (Paris) Member of American Chamber of Commerce in Uzbekistan US presidential election is becoming the most interesting event of the year 2016 that attracts attention from all corners of the Globe. It seems quite natural a wish of Facebook Nation citizen who lives faraway of…

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  • Central Asia

    Turkmenistan keen to diversify electricity export

    Turkmenistan intends to diversify the directions of electricity supplies, said the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. He made the remarks during the ceremony of commissioning of a control center in Ashgabat, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported Oct. 19, Trend reports. Measures, taken in this direction, allow fully meeting the country’s electricity…

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  • Central Asia

    Turkic Culture Festival to be organized in Korea

    Turkic Culture Festival will be organized in South Korea between November 8-13th. Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan will participate in the events. The countries will perform for sharing their historical and contemporary arts, cultural values, and traditional lifestyle. The program which is hosted by Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

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  • Central Asia

    Over 5,000 Russian troops to take part in Arctic drills

    Over 5,000 troops will take part in the military exercises of the Russian Northern Fleet’s coastal defense and ground forces that have kicked off in the Polar Region, the fleet’s press office reported on October 18, TASS reports. “Over 5,000 servicemen and more than 500 pieces of the armor and…

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  • Central Asia

    Azerbaijan invites Uzbekistan to benefit from Baku-Tbilisi-Kars

    Azerbaijan has invited Uzbekistan to benefit from the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov in Tashkent, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry told Trend on October 17. During the meeting, Mammadyarov informed his counterpart about the restoration of the historical ‘Silk Road’…

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  • East Asia

    BRICS should help lead world economy out of woods in time of uncertainty

    At a time when a strong and sustainable global recovery remains elusive, the BRICS nations should come even closer together and help lead the world economy out of the woods, just as they had done in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. Later this week, leaders of the…

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  • Central Asia

    Turkmenistan Opened $2.3 Billion Airport Terminal in Ashgabat

    Turkmenistan has opened a new $2.3 billion air terminal at Ashgabat International Airport as the former Soviet republic’s tries to become an international transport hub in Central Asia and reduce its dependence on revenues from natural gas exports, RFERL/RL reports. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said during the opening ceremony on September…

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  • Central Asia

    CSTO Leaders Agree to Set Up Crisis Response Center

    The leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member-states have decided to set up a joint crisis response center to exchange information on common threats, including terrorism, and make decisions in real time, RFERL/RL reports. Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian, who is hosting a meeting of the CSTO summit on…

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