Kazakhstan

  • Jul 24, 2007
  • 7 min read

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...

Russia
  • Jul 18, 2007
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CENTRAL ASIA: Kazakhstan is regional bread basket

Turkmenistan hopes to harvest 1.6 million tonnes of grain in 2008, when it will meet domestic...

Kazakhstan
  • Jul 13, 2007
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CENTRAL ASIA: Demographics pose development challenges

Central Asia's demographic profile differs in important ways from other transitional economies...

Central Asia
  • Jul 10, 2007
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INTERNATIONAL: IEA warns of tighter oil market

Global demand for oil is growing faster than supply, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said...

International
  • Jul 2, 2007
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CIS/RUSSIA: Moscow will oppose GUAM revival

GUAM remains in its infancy: cooperation is loose and ill-defined, and institutions have yet to...

Cis
  • Jun 28, 2007
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RUSSIA/CIS/IRAN: Politics complicate Caspian talks

The legal status of the Caspian Sea plays a key role in enabling or preventing the construction...

Russia
  • Jun 22, 2007
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CENTRAL ASIA: Deep-seated corruption scars the region

The region's autocratic regimes, lack of transparency and independent judiciary have made...

Central Asia
  • Jun 21, 2007
  • 2 min read

KAZAKHSTAN: Early elections will strengthen president

President Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolved parliament today and announced that early elections will...

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