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Search | 21 Articles

trucks

Kazakhstan closes sanctions-dodging loopholes for Russia, Belarus

Kazakhstan’s largest bank has also suspended use of a popular Russian payment card.
Joanna Lillis Sep 22, 2022
Electronics are among the items earmarked for sanctions. (Photo: Tomsk regional government)

Washington flags Central Asian states over potential sanctions-dodging

The U.S. is pressing companies to show vigilance over export control evasion attempts.
Joanna Lillis Jul 12, 2022
Serdar

Turkmenistan: Holiday road

Because official statistics are nonsense, we look to personnel reshuffles to understand where the government recognizes it is underperforming. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jul 12, 2022
China train

Perspectives | Russian invasion dealing China a Silk Road economic setback

But Kazakhstan has more to lose.
Nathan Hutson Mar 21, 2022
EAEU

Explainer | What about the EAEU? Why Russia’s trade bloc is not a sanctions backdoor

The idea that the Eurasian Economic Union can help Moscow violate sanctions is exaggerated.
Maximilian Hess Mar 4, 2022
Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko, center to the left, and Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin, center right. (Photo: Kazakhstan government)

Kazakhstan reaches tentative sanctions-ducking oil deal with Belarus

Russia could play the spoiler, though.
Almaz Kumenov Jun 30, 2021
Russia protects its fortunes (Gazprom handout)

Here’s looking at EAEU: The year of integration

Protectionism, pension reform, and pushing toward a common gas market. This and more in our monthly briefing on the Eurasian Economic Union.
Here’s looking at EAEU Jan 14, 2021
Gazprom will decide who’s been naughty or nice. (Gazprom)

Here’s Looking at EAEU: What a gas!

Unemployment, post-COVID hopes, and moving gas: This and more in our monthly briefing on the Eurasian Economic Union.
Here’s looking at EAEU Dec 10, 2020
Astana Hub. (Photo: Kazinform)

Kazakhstan headhunts Belarusian IT developers, in vain so far

Astana Hub hoping political unrest could tempt some specialists into coming their way.
Almaz Kumenov Sep 4, 2020
To business! (Kremlin.ru)

Here’s looking at EAEU #4: Belarus backs itself into trade corner

Hypocritical election congratulations underscore the cold strategic underpinnings of a bloc that is as much about politics as it is about trade.
Here’s looking at EAEU Sep 3, 2020
Eurasian germ circle (Kyrgyz government handout)

Here’s looking at EAEU #3: Whining and dining

There is no setback in the EAEU, it would appear, that cannot be fixed with a roadmap.
Here’s looking at EAEU Aug 6, 2020
testing

Rubles in the Near Abroad: Testing a testy union

Russia’s shipment of PPE to New York violated Moscow’s pledge to its closest allies.
Maximilian Hess Apr 3, 2020
A Gazprom pipeline in Europe (Gazprom)

Rubles in the Near Abroad: EAEU cannot be serious!

Azerbaijan is beginning to assert itself in the post-Soviet fuel feuds. This and more in our monthly briefing on Russian business in Eurasia.
Maximilian Hess Mar 5, 2020
Broadband internet connections in Kyrgyzstan are about half as common as in the other four EAEU members. (Eurasianet photo)

Eurasian Union’s digital dream derailed

Three years since the Eurasian Union unveiled a grand plan to build a unified digital agenda, there is little sign that member governments are interested in the program.
Anastasya Manuylova Dec 18, 2019
Cutting ties: Berdymukhamedov and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Belarusian Embassy in Ashgabat in March 2017. (Photo: Turkmenistan state news agency)

Turkmenistan threatens Belarusian company with international arbitration

A Belarusian-built potash plant is producing way less than it should.
Nov 6, 2018

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