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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s former National Economy Minister Kuandyk Bishimbaev has been detained on suspicion of taking bribes, the National Anticorruption Bureau of Kazakhstan said on January 10.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Contradicting reports referring to the Turkish authorities have spread all over the media for more than a week following the deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub. Even though IS has claimed responsibility it remains unclear who the perpetrator was and on whose behalf he acted.
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YEREVAN (TCA) — Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetian met with Iran’s and Turkmenistan’s ambassadors in Yerevan on January 9 for talks that apparently focused on possible supplies of Turkmen natural gas to Armenia via Iran, MassisPost.com reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Transport Ministry of Russia is ready to negotiate a resumption of air service with Tajikistan at the beginning of this year, Russia’s TASS news agency reported on January 9 with reference to a Ministry source.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has harshly criticized the country’s prosecutors, calling on them to treat ordinary citizens and entrepreneurs properly, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has postponed by four years, until 1 January 2021, a plan to introduce visa-free travel in Uzbekistan for citizens of 27 countries, RFE/RL reports.
