This news is already a little bit old, but it is important, so is worth mentioning. As mentioned in the previous post, Russia sustained a military presence in Tajikistan after the fall of the …
The new health legislation passed at the recent Khalk Maslahaty session appears to have provoked some hilarity as a result of another incorporation of the Rukhnama into Turkmenistan’s legal code.
The oath in full is the …
The EU’s embargo on certain military-related goods and an official visa ban imposed on twelve members of the Uzbek government and military has already shown its limits.
First, Uzbek interior minister, Col. Gen. Zakirdzhon Almatov is …
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 …
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