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| Aleksandra Jarosiewicz
The increase in the Far Asian countries’ activity poses a challenge both to the West, which wishes to acquire raw materials (oil and gas, but also rare metals and uranium), as well as to Russia, which is interested in maintaining its…
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| Aleksandra Jarosiewicz
This strike is unprecedented in its duration and scale, and it has hit both Kazakhstan’s strategic oil sector and KazMunaiGaz, which is the most important state-owned company. The responses from both the company and the government have…
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In Kyrgyzstan on 16 August, the first stage of registering candidates before the presidential elections scheduled for October 30 was concluded. The very large number of candidates reflects the weakness and fragmentation of the political…
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On 27 July, the Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a visit to Baku. Despite the elaborate ceremonial, the visit did not bring about any concrete results; first of all, contrary to previous announcements, no agreement was…
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On 15 July, the Azerbaijani energy company SOCAR expressed an interest in participating in the planned privatisation of the Greek company DEPA, which is involved in the Turkey-Greece-Italy (ITGI) pipeline project. If SOCAR purchased the…
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On 18 and 26 July, talks were held between the government and the main opposition force, the Armenian National Congress (ANC), whose leader is the former President Levon Ter-Petrossian ( held office between 1991 and 1998). The ‘ruling camp…
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On 6 July in Georgia a regulation which strengthens the legal status of faith-based groups other than the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) came into force. The new law was adopted by parliament against the unanimous opposition of the GOC,…
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On 15 June, the parliament of Tajikistan adopted a law prohibiting children and adolescents aged under 18 from entering mosques (except for religious holidays recognised by the state) under penalty of punishment for their parents. Along…
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On 24 June, talks between Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Serzh Sargsian of Armenia concerning the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, conducted under Russian auspices in Kazan, ended in failure. The lack of progress in…
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On 9 June in Brussels, Georgia’s defence minister Bacho Akhalaia confirmed his country’s willingness to increase its military contingent in Afghanistan; it will now be the largest of the non-NATO forces. The decision demonstrates Tbilisi’s…