A deal signed last Friday for Russian gas monopoly Gazprom to become the sole operator transiting gas out of Central Asia, including Turkmenistan, spells trouble for the Ukrainians. The agreed accord will last five years …
If one were to put all of the countries in the world in order by obscurity (at least to the West), Tajikistan would probably rank among the most obscure. As a small, land-locked nation …
The dates have been set for elections for various levels of government in Turkmenistan. The only one missing is the presidential election, which Saparmurat Niyazov himself has suggested will be held in 2009, if the …
In about a month’s time, a 1000km Kazakh-Chinese pipeline will be put in operation. It will carry around 20m tons of oil annually. On the Chinese side of the border, the crude will be further …
This blog is being redesigned over the coming days. Also, a Tajik blog was just set up and should commence posting soon.
If data released about the Turkmen foreign trade balance is anywhere near accurate it will no longer be possible to dismiss the country as the hermit of the international community. Unfortunately, there appears to be …
On the 14th of November, in Moscow, Vladimir Putin and Islam Karimov signed a treaty that allied the two countries in case of either internal or external armed aggression against either of the two countries.
This …
According to a BBC press office release a program on life in Turkmenistan is to be broadcast on the World Service program Assignment on Thursday 17 November. The program is based on undercover reporting by …
Through Technorati, I find the interesting and promising KZ-Blog. You can read about the author here. The first post is dedicated to ‘Borat’ aka Ali G (whose EMA appearance we discussed here). The author of …
Before we dive into the new week, a little catch-up with activities on our colourful range of country weblogs:
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After Shirin has joined the blog crew last week, please welcome another Kyrgyz contributor on the blog. …
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