Kazakhstan
RUSSIA/EUROPE: Moscow puts South Stream on the map
The signing in late June by Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and Italy's Eni of a memorandum of...
RussiaCENTRAL ASIA: Kazakhstan is regional bread basket
Turkmenistan hopes to harvest 1.6 million tonnes of grain in 2008, when it will meet domestic...
KazakhstanCENTRAL ASIA: Demographics pose development challenges
Central Asia's demographic profile differs in important ways from other transitional economies...
Central AsiaINTERNATIONAL: IEA warns of tighter oil market
Global demand for oil is growing faster than supply, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said...
InternationalCIS/RUSSIA: Moscow will oppose GUAM revival
GUAM remains in its infancy: cooperation is loose and ill-defined, and institutions have yet to...
CisRUSSIA/CIS/IRAN: Politics complicate Caspian talks
The legal status of the Caspian Sea plays a key role in enabling or preventing the construction...
RussiaCENTRAL ASIA: Deep-seated corruption scars the region
The region's autocratic regimes, lack of transparency and independent judiciary have made...
Central AsiaKAZAKHSTAN: Early elections will strengthen president
President Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolved parliament today and announced that early elections will...
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