Eurasianet

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

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.

Prices for basic staples have risen sharply, depressing the value of the remittances being sent home from Russia.

As political relations deteriorate, Armenia's economy is more closely linked to Russia than ever.

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.

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

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.

Russian diplomacy and Turkmenistan's evolving foreign relations amidst president Berdymukhamedov’s growing influence. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.

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.

Unfair soccer league, and potential and real gas deals aplenty, with Hungary, Iraq and Uzbekistan.

Ashgabat’s shifting position opens the way for expansion of natural gas supplies to Europe.

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.