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rubles

Kyrgyzstan National Bank predicts 20% decline in remittances

The drop is far greater than what the country saw at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jun 10, 2022
Horse

Turkmenistan: Where the streets have neigh name

Out-of-touch elites, poor planning, and some signs of progress in regional trade. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin May 31, 2022
SSGPO

Amid sanctions, Kazakh firm stops supplying Russian steelworks

Kazakh companies are treading carefully doing business with Russia.
Joanna Lillis May 18, 2022
Melebash, right, the palomino stallion that won this week's horse beauty contest, with his trainer, Begli Jurayev. To the left is the Lexus SUV that they won. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: No COVID, no worries

In our weekly briefing: Restrictions easing, COVID denialism persists, foreign suitors come visiting in hope of business, and the latest annual horse jamboree.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 26, 2022
Uzbekistan’s president with Alisher Usmanov (government handout)

Sanctions-hit Russian oligarch quits Uzbek bank, but associates snap up stakes

The billionaire had bought his stake only months ago from the president’s son-in-law.
Joanna Lillis Mar 14, 2022
 Russia's loss is Latvia's gain. (Freeport of Riga website)

Kazakhstan redirecting import-export from Russia to Latvia

Businesspeople worry that Kazakh reliance on Russian export routes is going to harm the economy.
Almaz Kumenov Mar 4, 2022
Exchange rates in Bishkek on February 28 (Danil Usmanov)

Central Asia currencies feeling heavy pressure from ruble’s tumble

Sanctions on Russia quickly impact its allies in Central Asia.
Eurasianet staff Feb 28, 2022
Turkmenistan horses

Turkmenistan: A strong and stably economy

As the president readies the public for yet another year of shortages, he has taken money from an economic stabilization fund to breed more horses. This and more in our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jan 25, 2022
Kazatomprom

China-Kazakhstan venture to begin nuclear fuel production

Kazakhstan is moving through the production cycle, powered by Chinese demand.
Daniyar Moldabekov Nov 18, 2021
Sputnik V

Uzbeks weigh vaccines: Russian vs. Chinese

Vaccine hesitancy in Uzbekistan is high, bred by social media conspiracies that seem credible in a country without accountable authorities.
Ezoza Yakvalkhodjieva Jun 2, 2021
Despite the online registration and appointment system, patients had to fill out application forms at check-in. (Almaz Kumenov)

Kazakhstan: A diary from a vaccination

Our Kazakhstan correspondent describes the waiting, the bureaucracy, and the anticlimax of getting his Sputnik V jab in Almaty.
Almaz Kumenov Apr 22, 2021
Serdar Berdymukhamedov visiting St Petersburg last year. (Russian government handout)

Turkmenistan: Master Berdymukhamedov goes to Moscow

Although Turkmenistan is rarely mentioned as a prospective member of the Moscow-led EAEU trading bloc, that notion is quite obviously on the Kremlin’s mind. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 6, 2021
Russian investors are investing $600 million into Jerooy. (Photo: Kyrgyz presidential administration)

Kyrgyzstan: Jerooy opening marks Russia’s return to big investments

Putin has thrown his weight behind the mine. Will he regret it?  
Chris Rickleton Mar 19, 2021
High drama: The State Opera and Ballet Theater seen in 2014. (Photo: Dan Lundberg / Creative Commons)

Kyrgyzstan: Ballet troupe walkout shines light on culture underspending

Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point.
Chris Rickleton Mar 9, 2021
Raring to go: The Sino-Uzbek vaccine is said to be easy to store. (Photo: Pharmaceutical Industry Development Agency)

Uzbekistan embarks on mass vaccination, but where will doses come from?

Hopes are being pinned on the Sino-Uzbek vaccine ZF-UZ-VAC 2001.
Mar 3, 2021

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