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Chinese and Kyrgyz experts work on a feasibility study for the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway during a trip to Kyrgyzstan’s Jalal-Abad province in April. (Photo: Kyrgyz Railways)

Central Asia: Is the China-Kyrgyz-Uzbek railway project encountering a red signal?

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Dec 1, 2023
The M-12 highway currently connects Russia to Kazakhstan, but Moscow wants to extend it to China via Mongolia. (Photo: gov.ru)

Central Asia: All roads seem to lead to Mongolia

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Nov 24, 2023
Old hat: The National Bank sees the public increasingly spending their money in the digital domain. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan introduces digital national currency

Officials say that it will make government spending more transparent
Almaz Kumenov Nov 24, 2023
LPG currently retails at around 80 tenge ($0.17) per liter, quite a bit below the production cost of 110 tenge. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan: Authorities to gingerly allow LPG prices to rise

It was a price rise of this fuel that led to nationwide unrest in 2022.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 21, 2023
(Photo: gov.kz)

Central Asia: Prosecutors probe for ways to improve authoritarian justice

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Nov 17, 2023
Dwindling availability of easy credit may make it harder for people to buy popular consumer goods. (Photo: Government website)

Kazakhstan: Government tackles personal debt mountain, but not everyone is happy

New legislation will place stronger requirements on lenders to ensure people taking out loans are able to pay back.
Almaz Kumenov Nov 16, 2023
Cotton has been planted alongside wheat in some fields in Turkmenistan, making life only harder for farmers. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: No country for old men?

Iraq gas deal, talking to Washington on TAPI, old hands possibly on the way out. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 14, 2023
Fully 12 tenant companies were storing their material in the destroyed warehouse. (Photo: Saida Mirziyoyeva Telegram account)

Uzbekistan: President approves new safety rules following deadly warehouse blast

At least four people are in custody in connection with the explosion, which officials say was enabled by failure to uphold safety precautions.
Nov 10, 2023
Prices for staple goods are rising rapidly. (Photo: Ninara / Flickr / Creative Commons License)

Tajikistan: Migrants trapped between currency depreciation and harassment

Prices for basic staples have risen sharply, depressing the value of the remittances being sent home from Russia.
Nov 9, 2023
Much of Armenia's trade with Russia takes place through the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgia-Russia border (Facebook; Georgian Finance Ministry)

Russia's powerful economic levers over Armenia

As political relations deteriorate, Armenia's economy is more closely linked to Russia than ever.
Arshaluis Mgdesyan Nov 1, 2023
(Photo: China's MFA)

Central Asia: New trade deals signed on sidelines of BRI forum

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Oct 27, 2023
China’s leader Xi Jinping meets with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Beijing on October 17. It was during a visit to Kazakhstan in 2013 that Xi began sketching his BRI vision. (Photo: Xinhua)

Central Asian leaders travel to China to pay homage to Xi’s BRI vision

Ten years on are investments bringing desired returns?
Justin Burke Oct 17, 2023
SOCAR's STAR refinery, on Turkey's western coast (SOCAR website)

Azerbaijan's SOCAR in sweetheart oil deal with Russia's Lukoil

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.
David O'Byrne Oct 16, 2023
Natia Turnava has been the interim president of the National Bank of Georgia since June (NBG.gov.ge)

Georgian banks' dilemma: To sanction or not to sanction

Georgia's top financial authority went into damage-control mode after its decision to end automatic compliance with international financial sanctions caused a furore.
Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 13, 2023
Representatives of the state-controlled China Media Group and the Kazakh media company Atameken Business shake hands after signing an agreement that will see the latter expand its news, programming and documentaries about China. (Photo: Atameken Business)

Central Asia: China expands image-crafting initiative

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.
China-Central Asia Monitor Oct 13, 2023

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