Berdymukhamedov headed to Turkey to explore options for energy cooperation. And he brought a puppy along as a gift. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Azerbaijan's state oil company, SOCAR, will receive a $1.5 billion loan from Russia's Lukoil as part of a deal to supply crude oil to SOCAR's oil refinery in Turkey.
Moscow is paying renewed attention to Central Asia amid possible concern over the West's courting. This and more in the latest edition of the EurasiaChat podcast.
Armenia doesn't trust Azerbaijan's recent actions and rhetoric indicating that it's deprioritizing its ambition for a corridor through Armenia to its exclave Nakhchivan.