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It has been announced that Kazakhstan and the United States are discussing logistics opportunities and the prospects of natural resource extraction in this Central Asian country. Recently, Astana has taken measures to eliminate bottlenecks in the Middle Corridor. During negotiations in Washington, t...

There has been significant controversy surrounding the Kyrgyz parliament's adoption of a law regulating the activities of foreign representatives, including non-governmental and public organizations. This law is similar to the Russian law on foreign agents and places significant limitations on the a...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The United States is concerned about a draft law on foreign agents that may be passed in Kyrgyzstan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote about this in a letter to Kyrgyz leader Sadyr Japarov. The US State Department notes that 'we have already seen the negative consequence...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The share of national currencies in interstate settlements between Russia and Kyrgyzstan exceeded 88% last year, said the Rusian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
“It is important that Russian-Kyrgyz interaction and trade and economic cooperation are developing successfully. In...

By Rhod Mackenzie

For the first time, Gazprom has provided a detailed overview of its strategy for the Central Asian market. The company intends to enhance its presence in the region over the next 15 years. During the annual gas conference, Gazprom's CEO, Alexey Miller, expressed a willingness to...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Chinese Premier Li Qiang embarks on a four-day visit to Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday. He will attend the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Bishkek and pay an official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic from O...