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BISHKEK (TCA) — Preliminary hearings have begun in Kyrgyzstan into a high-profile corruption case against eight close allies of former President Almazbek Atambayev, who was in power from 2011 to 2017, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Astana International Exchange (AIX) informed that on January 25, 2019 United Kingdom’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) granted AIX with ‘recognised stock exchange’ status under section 1005 Income Tax Act 2007, the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) said on February 18.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan take any steps to suppress and eliminate any dissent and opposition to the ruling regime — both inside the country and abroad. We are republishing the following article on the issue, originally published by Eurasianet:
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URUMQI, China (TCA) — The foreign trade volume between China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and countries along Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (B&R) totaled about 291.5 billion yuan (43 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018, 13.5 percent more than in the previous year, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — On February 18, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Malaysia Ravshan Usmanov met with the Deputy Director of Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) Faisal Iqbal. Following the negotiations, an agreement was reached on organizing a visit of the major palm oil producers of Malaysia to Uzbekistan in March 2019, the Jahon information agency reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s delegation led by the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Uzbek parliament, Sodik Safoyev, visited the State of Mississippi (USA). The delegation included representatives of ministries of Innovative Development, Investments and Foreign Trade, and Agriculture, the Jahon information agency reported.
