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Berdymukhamedov, far right, at a meeting of presidents of Germany and Central Asian nations. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: Father and son

Berdymukhamedov the elder's insistence on stealing his son's limelight makes it hard to know who is truly running the country. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Oct 3, 2023
Hands up if you think you are running Turkmenistan: Former President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, left, standing alongside the incumbent president, his son, Serdar, at a session of the Halk Maslahaty on September 24. (Photo: Turkmenistan state media)

Turkmenistan: What Serdar does in the shadows

Russian diplomacy and Turkmenistan's evolving foreign relations amidst president Berdymukhamedov’s growing influence. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 27, 2023
Pan Yue (right), the head of China’s State Committee for Nationalities Affairs, and Aida Balayeva, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Culture, hold copies of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between their agencies signed on September 18. (Photo: gov.kz)

Xinjiang crackdown downplayed during Chinese nationalities rep’s visit to Kazakhstan

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Sep 22, 2023
Bearing gifts: The Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, presenting a copy of a history textbook to the principal of the A.S. Pushkin Russian-Turkmen school in Ashgabat, Irina Kuminova. (Photo: Saint Petersburg City Administration)

Turkmenistan: Playing it by the textbook

Ashgabat is trying to be pals with Western economic partners, but its Russian sympathies are showing. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 12, 2023
A train leaves China’s Zhangjiakou for Uzbekistan’s Tashkent on August 29. In late August, PRC opened two new freight rail routes to Uzbekistan as part of an effort to expand Europe-bound export route options. (Photo: Xinhua)

China mobilizing Central Asia’s support on Taiwan issue

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Sep 8, 2023
The opening ceremony of a representative office of Kyrgyz Post in Kashgar. (Photo: gov.kg)

Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz Post opens representative office in Xinjiang Province

Official say they want to promote e-commerce.
Justin Burke Sep 4, 2023
Kazakhstan unveiled prototypes of four different drone models produced in cooperation with China. (Photo: Ratel.kz)

Central Asia: Could Kazakh-Chinese joint venture export drones to Russia?

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Aug 30, 2023
Few see the sense of turning up to soccer matches in Turkmenistan these days. (Photo: Turkmenistan football federation)

Turkmenistan: Union busting

Unfair soccer league, and potential and real gas deals aplenty, with Hungary, Iraq and Uzbekistan.
Aug 29, 2023
At present, state pensions in Georgia range from about 110 to 170 dollars per month (photo by Nini Gabritchidze)

Changes in pension scheme leave Georgians worried about their savings

There is a persistent distrust towards long-term saving schemes in Georgia, tracing back to post-Soviet financial shocks.
Nini Gabritchidze Aug 25, 2023
The Red Bridge checkpoint on the Georgian-Azerbaijani border (Georgian Public TV website)

Georgian Azerbaijanis ask Azerbaijan's president to open border

Azerbaijan has kept its land borders shut ever since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Heydar Isayev Aug 24, 2023
Turkmenistan remains the largest supplier of pipeline gas to China, but Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also made the top 5. (Photo: Samruk-Kazyna)

Central Asia: Quiet flows the natural gas from Eurasia to China

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Aug 24, 2023
Chinese workers in Xinjiang inspect a pipeline arriving from Central Asia. Currently, a lion’s share of Turkmen natural gas exports are pumped to China, but Ashgabat intends to diversify. (Photo: China Daily)

Turkmenistan signals major change in energy-export stance

Ashgabat’s shifting position opens the way for expansion of natural gas supplies to Europe.
David O'Byrne Aug 15, 2023
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov (center right) and China’s ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Du Dewen, speak during a recent tour of the Sary-Jaz River where Kyrgyzstan is aiming to build a hydropower project with Chinese assistance. (Photo: gov.kg)

Central Asia: Low water levels on Irtysh River create quandary for Kazakhstan

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Aug 11, 2023
The president of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan pose for a photo at last week's Ashgabat summit. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: Party of three

Afghanistan's canal project is deepening anxieties on water security. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 8, 2023
Labor migrants are arriving in Russia in greater numbers since the start to the war in Ukraine. (Photo: Government media website)

Russia: Debts causing rise in illegal migration among Central Asians

Microfinance institutions are making matters worse by offering people in debt even more onerous loans.
Aug 5, 2023

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