BISHKEK (TCA) — Tomorrow, February 12, Turkmen citizens will go to the polls to almost certainly re-elect incumbent President Berdimukhammedov for a new term. As Turkmenistan is experiencing economic, and security, challenges, we are republishing this article by Stratfor’s Lead Analyst Eugene Chausovsky, originally published by Stratfor:
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan is taking a new step towards the equality of opportunity for women and men with a new national strategic approach: the “Concept for Family and Gender Policy in Kazakhstan until 2030”. The new approach and a coordinating action plan was discussed in Astana on 10 February at the national forum “Empowerment of women in the corporate sector”. The secretary of state, government ministers, representatives of international organisations, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and entrepreneurs discussed ways of enhancing women’s economic opportunities and realising women’s potential at work, EBRD’s press office reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Authorities in Kazakhstan are using “increasingly elaborate and aggressive methods to stamp out dissenting voices on the Internet and social media,” Amnesty International says.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Bakyt Torobayev, the leader of Onuguu-Progress party, will run for the post of Kyrgyzstan’s president in the next election scheduled for this autumn, Kyrgyz media report.
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ASTANA (TCA) — An agreement on the export of Kazakhstan honey to China will be signed in May, and work is going on to start Kazakhstan’s meat export to China, First Deputy Agriculture Minister Kairat Aituganov said on February 9, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan plans to increase the export of food products by 40 percent by 2021 through diversification of agricultural production. In 2017, the agro food export is expected to grow 10 percent, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
