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Turkmenistan plans sell-offs, but not in oil and gas
Reclusive Turkmenistan will launch a privatisation of state-held assets in its tightly regulated economy in coming months but looks set to keep control of the vital oil and gas industry, officials said on Saturday
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India and Pakistan increases military activity in Kashmir
Tension continued to simmer and prevail along the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan. The military activity has been increased mainly in Kashmir and Jammu, APA reports citing RIA Novosti.
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Kazakhstan interested in further cooperation with Russia at Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry has published a commentary on future cooperation with Russia at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday.
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Kyrgyzstan's economy depends on situation in Russia, Kazakhstan and China
Kyrgyzstan's economy depends on the situation in Russia, Kazakhstan and China, the Kyrgyz National Bank's report on 'Stability of the financial sector of the Kyrgyz Republic', published on its website said, KyrTAG reported today.
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Tajikistan ratifies WTO accession agreement
The lower house of Tajikistan’s parliament ratified an agreement on the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday, January 9 concluding Dushanbe's drive to join the trade body, RIA Novosti reported.
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Iran's Oil Exports Down 40 Percent Due To Sanctions
A top Iranian official says the country's oil exports have been slashed 40 percent in the past nine months by Western sanctions.
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The Myths and Realities of Vladimir Putin’s Eurasian Economic Union
Why use the OSCE to take a “jibe” at you know who ? When on 6 December 2012, in the margins of the OSCE ministerial meeting in Dublin, the US state secretary Ms. Hillary Clinton warned about "a new effort by oppressive governments to "re-Sovietize" much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia" , many observers of Eurasian affairs might have wondered why she lashed out at Russia just before meeting foreign minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss the Syrian crisis. READ MORE
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Ukraine wants trade agreements with EU and Russia
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said his country planned to sign an Association Agreement with the EU in the course of 2013. But he also stressed that the country would develop its relations with Russia’s Custom’s Union in areas which do not contradict other “international obligations”.
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