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• Political Crisis Could Thwart Georgia’s Bid For EU Membership

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 734 times

  On May 10, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili formally handed over a seven-volume tome to the European Union’s ambassador in Tbilisi, Carl Hartzell. Together with…

• Turkey Looks To Kazakhstan To Form New Trade Route To Bypass Russia

  Published 11 May 2022 | viewed 4,398 times

  Ukraine was on the agenda, along with trade and transportation routes, as President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev paid his first state visit to Turkey this week since…

• Is Central Asia’s Crypto-Mining Boom Going Bust?

  Published 10 May 2022 | viewed 2,009 times

  Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have introduced new regulations for cryptocurrency mining. The changes indicate anxieties over the technology’s grid-busting electricity consumption.  Kazakhstan has added reporting requirements…

• Southeast Europe’s Search For Natural Gas Supplies

  Published 08 May 2022 | viewed 11,835 times

  Late last month Moscow stopped gas exports to two “unfriendly countries” that refused to be bullied into paying with rubles: Bulgaria and Poland. The Balkans…

• How Russia’s Gas-For-Rubles Scheme Is Helping Lift Armenia’s Currency

  Published 05 May 2022 | viewed 16,552 times

  As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended economies around the region, Armenia’s currency has sharply gained in value.  After hovering at its usual rate of…

• Kazakhstan's Crucial CPC Pipeline Is Back Online

  Published 26 April 2022 | viewed 3,205 times

  A pipeline that Kazakhstan uses to export most of its oil began operating at full capacity over the weekend, one month after key offloading infrastructure…

• China’s New Gold Project Is A Double-Edged Sword For Tajikistan

  Published 16 April 2022 | viewed 21,888 times

  Tajikistan’s president traveled to the northern Sughd region on April 14 to oversee the opening of a new gold processing plant built by a Chinese…

• Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Has Left Kazakhstan On Edge

  Published 14 April 2022 | viewed 5,459 times

  In the space of only a few months, Kazakhstan has seen a major outburst of violent civil unrest within its own borders and then an…

• Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Has Upset Uzbekistan’s Nuclear Plans

  Published 10 April 2022 | viewed 4,733 times

  When Uzbekistan fired the starting pistol four years ago on plans to go nuclear as a way to address the chronic energy shortages that plague…

• Sanctions Are Forcing Russian Companies To Consider Moving To Kazakhstan

  Published 28 March 2022 | viewed 10,129 times

  Companies in Russia hit by the international sanctions imposed in reprisal for the invasion of Ukraine are increasingly exploring ways to relocate to neighboring countries,…

• CPC Pipeline Shutdown Could Last For Months

  Published 23 March 2022 | viewed 34,725 times

  A consortium operating the pipeline that Kazakhstan uses to export the bulk of its oil has said the route may be largely unusable for up to two…

• Karabakh Claims Azerbaijan Is Cutting Its Gas Supplies

  Published 23 March 2022 | viewed 8,363 times

  The de facto authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have accused Azerbaijan of cutting natural gas supplies to the territory for the second time in as many weeks,…

• Russia’s Invasion Is Crushing China’s Belt And Road Ambitions

  Published 22 March 2022 | viewed 10,944 times

  Sanctions on Russia are sidetracking China’s Silk Road Rail Corridor – disrupting freight traffic and creating losses for China – while forcing Beijing to rethink…

• Uzbekistan Breaks Ranks In Central Asia, Calls For End To Ukraine War

  Published 17 March 2022 | viewed 5,697 times

  Uzbekistan has broken ranks among its Central Asian peers, who have pointedly refrained from adopting explicit positions on Russia’s war, by stating that it recognizes…

• Kazakhstan Halts Gold Exports As Its Currency Falters

  Published 15 March 2022 | viewed 11,779 times

  Kazakhstan has banned the export of hard currency in amounts worth more than $10,000, as well as gold and silver bullion, as it attempts to…

• Tajikistan’s Economy Is Feeling The Sting Of Russia’s Ruble Collapse

  Published 14 March 2022 | viewed 1,726 times

  Taxi drivers in Tajikistan complain to their passengers, never to the government.  And with the price of fuel on the rise, they have a lot…

• Central Asia Faces Financial Chaos As Russia’s Economy Collapses

  Published 13 March 2022 | viewed 29,298 times

  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Western sanctions in response have left former Soviet states in Central Asia facing economic chaos. Since Vladimir Putin launched…

• Russia's Ukraine Invasion Is Bad News For China’s Belt And Road Ambitions

  Published 12 March 2022 | viewed 12,668 times

  Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China has said all the right things in support of Russia, its professed strategic partner. Chinese officials…

• Kazakhstan Braces For Economic Fallout From War In Ukraine

  Published 08 March 2022 | viewed 35,861 times

  Kazakhstan is facing economic crisis as the war in Ukraine threatens crude oil exports, which alone account for around 14 percent of GDP and 57…

• Kazakhstan Is Exploring Export Routes To Circumvent Russia

  Published 08 March 2022 | viewed 31,756 times

  Kazakhstan plans to increase the trafficking of cargo via the Caspian Sea as traders run into growing problems getting their goods through sanctions-battered Russia.    The…