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Rush Hour for Kyrgyzstan
Written by on Friday, 2 December 2005
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Thinking about the economic situation in Central Asia and trying to find out what the differences and similarities between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are, I’ve come to the following conclusions.
While searching the information on Kyrgyzstan’s country …

The China Card
Written by on Friday, 2 December 2005
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In what might be seen as a part of Turkmenistan’s long-term bid to escape Russian influence it, a government delegation is visiting China from Thursday. The contingent, led by Deputy Prime Minister Atamurad Berdyev, is …

Kyrgyzstan in contrast to Kazakhstan
Written by on Thursday, 1 December 2005
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Thinking about the economical situation in Central Asia and trying to find out what are the differences and similarities between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan I’ve come to such the staff as follows.
While searching the information on …

Armenia event
Written by on Thursday, 1 December 2005
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Onnik Krikorian, author of his own blog and co-blogger on armenia.neweurasia.net, will be speaking in London soon. He has put up the details of his lecture here.

“If the election is not fair, I will go out on the street myself”
Written by on Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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These words are from no one less than political aide of the president Ermukhamet Ertysbayev (via FT). He says that all 16 regional hokims were briefed not to interfere with a free and fair election …

Border issues between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Written by on Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Central Asian countries face numerous problems in the delimitation and demarcation of their borders. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia, China, and all five Central Asian states – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and …

Another one down…
Written by on Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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In a fairly quiet news week one thing to note is that last week Turkmen president, Saparmurat Turkmenbashi, sacked a border officer for drug realated offences. According to BBC monitoring, and reported on state TV, …

Kazakh Opposition Leader Commits Improbable Suicide
Written by on Tuesday, 29 November 2005
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Today, Kazakh police officials declared Zamanbek Nurkadilov, formerly a Kazakh opposition leader, to have committed suicide. If the police are correct, then it was one heck of a suicide. Assuming Nurkadilov did manage …

Armenia’s referendum in pictures
Written by on Monday, 28 November 2005
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Although referenced before in our blog scan, I thought that Onnik posts on armenia.neweurasia.net deserve a special mention for their amazing photos. Make sure to see all of them and the accompanying insights from Sunday’s …

Kazakhstan is Moving to …
Written by on Monday, 28 November 2005
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union Kazakhstan (among the other former Soviet republics) was still under heavy Russian influence, most importantly in the economic hemisphere.
However, Russia has to think about why Kazakhstan has made …