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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Authorities in Turkmenistan have restricted the use of hard currencies in the country. Banks in Turkmenistan have stopped selling US dollars but they still buy them, the Alternative News of Turkmenistan website reported on January 12. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Production in Turkmenistan grew 4.8 percent in 2015 as compared with the previous year, with high performance indicators observed in nearly all sectors of the country’s economy. This was said at the Turkmen Government meeting on January 8 that reviewed Turkmenistan’s economic results of 2015, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported. The meeting was chaired by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Here below is an analysis by Stratfor’s analyst Eugene Chausovsky that explores the past, present and future of the confrontation between Russia and the West on the Eurasian landmass. This article is focused on Central Asia. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Russian gas giant Gazprom in 2016 will increase natural gas purchases from Uzbekistan, Russia’s TASS news agency reported citing Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmenistan's state natural-gas company Turkmengas on January 4 said that Russia’s Gazprom Export, the export arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, had notified Turkmengas of a decision to terminate purchases of Turkmen natural gas in January 2016. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Politically and economically, Central Asia will largely depend on Russia’s and China’s recovery and any prediction for 2016 can make sense only with consideration of the political and economic capabilities of these two countries. Continue reading
