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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
Mamuka Mamulashvili (R) dismissed the government's claim that he is involved in plotting a coup (Facebook; Mamuka Mamulashvili)

Georgia: Chronicle of coup foretold

National security services claim a coup is being plotted against the Georgian government from Ukraine.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 18, 2023
Gas-processing facility at Turkmenistan's Bagaja field (Turkmengaz.gov.tm)

Interest surges in Turkmen gas

Ashgabat's announcement that it is open to developing a Trans-Caspian gas pipeline has sparked strong interest from potential importers.
David O'Byrne Sep 18, 2023
Kyrgyz soldiers by a Belarus-made Pechora-2 BM air defense missile system. Belarus has emerged as one of Kyrgyzstan’s newest arms purveyors amid the latter’s simmering tensions with Tajikistan. (Photo: president.kg)

Perspectives: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan building up for another potential round of fighting

An unusual constellation of outside players taking shape.
Svenja Petersen Aug 28, 2023
Canada canceled military export permits to Turkey in 2021, after receiving “credible evidence” that Turkey transferred Canadian-made technology to Azerbaijan that was then used to great effect in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, including Canadian optical units used in Turkish-made TB2 Bayraktar drones. But now the embargo may be lifted. (Photo: Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0)

Canada deepens engagement with Armenia as it ponders lifting embargo on Turkey

Ottawa strives to maintain a delicate diplomatic balance.
Fin DePencier Aug 24, 2023
Chinese-made DJI Agras T30 drones. Just over a dozen such drones being shipped by a Kyrgyz company bound for Russia were intercepted by the Kazakh customs. (Photo: YouTube screenshot)

Kyrgyzstan: President pushes back on US accusations of sanctions-busting behavior

Amid denials there is a hint of Kyrgyz willingness to step up export controls.
Justin Burke Aug 16, 2023
A sticker pasted over a Russian-language poster in Yerevan, Armenia, part of a street-intervention initiative called “Decolonize Yourself/This Wall.” The campaign is being carried out by activists from the School of the Complex Past in the Armenian capital. (Courtesy School of Complex Past)

Perspectives: “We have common traumas, but no common memory”

Decolonization activism is on the rise in what Russia considers its traditional backyard
Barbara von Ow-Freytag Aug 16, 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
Turkmens get given computers from a young age. But is there any point. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: Net loss

Internet blockages not about censorship but money, regional trade dialogue, and more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 1, 2023
Experts say the migratory fish arriving at Georgian shores in the coming months will need to be tested for contaminants (Nini Gabritchidze)

Officials, experts seek to calm Georgians' Black Sea safety fears

Environmental authorities have intensified water monitoring amid concerns about the wider effects of the Kakhovka dam collapse.
Nini Gabritchidze Jul 17, 2023
(Screenshot of the video of purportedly showing Yevgeny Prigozhin having a meeting with Yunus-bek Yevkurov and Vladimir Alexeyev)

Russia: Video undermines Putin's authority

Wagner group chief channeling spirit of Pugachev, starting a rebellion in the regions.
Jun 24, 2023
Azerbaijan says it won't finance the building of a pipeline to carry Turkmen gas to Europe (photo: BP)

Turkmenistan-Iran-Azerbaijan gas swaps surge

Iran is increasing pipeline capacity to boost swaps further as Azerbaijan warns it won't help fund any pipelines to transit Turkmen gas to Europe.
David O'Byrne Jun 20, 2023
Safarli's family staged a protest outside the Iranian embassy in Baku on March 17 (Meydan TV screengrab)

Azerbaijani student charged with espionage in Iran

The Azerbaijani government has once again urged its citizens not to travel to Iran and is trying to secure contact with the student.
Heydar Isayev Jun 7, 2023
Obali lives in Chicago and was reportedly attacked in Santa Clara, California (Gunaz.tv)

Dissident Iranian-Azerbaijani TV chief speaks out after beating in U.S.

Ahmad Obali, a prominent proponent of Azerbaijani nationalism in Iran and virulent critic of the Islamic Republic, refused to speak about who might have attacked him.
Heydar Isayev Jun 6, 2023
Turkmen National Leader (not president) Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov meeting in Tehran with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: Plugging the leaks

Ashgabat wants Americans to fix the leaks, Iranians to buy fuel, and China to pay for pipelines. This and more in the latest edition of the Akhal-Teke Bulletin.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jun 6, 2023

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