Monday, February 11, 2013

Kazakhstan US sign new energy plan

  • Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By Richard Weitz The latest meeting of the Kazakhstani-US Energy Partnership Commission took place in Washington on October 15-16, 2012. The two delegation heads, Kazakhstan's Minister of ...

  • Gazprom closes on South Stream goal

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By Margarita Assenova Russia is moving rapidly to start building the South Stream natural gas pipeline before the end of the year. On October 29, Serbia became the first Gazprom partner to ...

  • Gazprom moves on helium demand

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By John Helmer MOSCOW - Blimps long ago lost their value as a means of cargo transportation, military reconnaissance, or anti-aircraft defense; whilst the helium that fills them - more safely ...

  • All Central Asian roads lead to Muscovy

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    All Central Asian roads lead to Muscovy By Himar Arjun Singh Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Please ...

  • Kazakhstan to upgrade refinery production

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By Georgiy Voloshin On October 2 and 3, Kazakhstan's capital hosted an annual gathering of the Kazenergy Association, which is comprised of 50 of the biggest players in the oil and gas ...

  • Russia bridges Middle Eastern divides

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By M K Bhadrakumar A multi-billion dollar arms deal with Iraq, a summit meeting with Turkey, a fence-mending exercise with Saudi Arabia, a debut with Egypt's Sphinx-like Muslim Brothers - ...

  • Syria Waiting for someone named Obama

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    Went to town Now, the intriguing part is that it was left to a third party to resort to shrill rhetoric - the United States. The State Department spokeswoman in Washington used harsh language to ...

  • Russia struggles to drawTajikistan into Customs Union

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By Sergei Blagov Russian officials have reiterated pledges to boost economic cooperation with Tajikistan. Meanwhile, the authorities in Dushanbe seem to remain hesitant on some issues, notably ...

  • Moscow beckons Pakistans Kayani

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    Moscow beckons Pakistan's Kiani By M K Bhadrakumar The phrase coined by the 17th-century English philosopher Francis Bacon is: "If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, then ...

  • Uzbekistan and the road to war

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By Dmitry Shlapentokh The policies of Islam Karimov, the strongman of Uzbekistan, are not easy to decipher, at least in regard to foreign policy. He recently noted in conversation with Nursultan ...

  • Bishkek hands Putin Kyrgyz independence

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By Fozil Mashrab Kyrgyz leaders are expected to play host to Russian President Vladimir Putin today, September 20, when he is due in Bishkek to oversee the signing of inter-governmental ...

  • Russia Kazakhstan slow to build growth

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By Sergei Blagov Russian and Kazakhstani leaders have reiterated plans to further develop bilateral commerce, relying on the free-trade arrangements of their Customs Union. Two-way trade, ...

  • Turkmen navy backs eastward stance

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    serious implications for regions far away from the Caspian shores. Turkmenistan has come into possession of considerable amounts of gas, which it is anxious to sell to Europe. Indeed, European ...

  • Nuclear fuel bank or nuclear graveyard

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By Zhulduz Baizakova Kazakhstan plans to build an international nuclear fuel bank in Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen), in the country's east, at the site of Ulba Metallurgic Plant, part of the ...

  • Russia migrants kept to the shadows

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW - Bek Takhirov knows all too well the problems that migrant workers face. The 38-year-old ethnic Uzbek came to Russia in 2004 and worked illegally, stacking cargo in a ...

  • ... as Central Asia bracesfor militant returnees

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    By Jacob Zenn On December 4, 2012, the deputy chairman of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee, Kabdulkarim Abdikazymov, said that Jund al-Khilafa was a "real threat" to ...

  • Kazakhstan Photo Room with a View

    EurasiaNet - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    Joanna Lillis Girls enjoy an afternoon break at a caf in Almaty's Esentai Mall with a view of the snow covered Tien Shan mountain range in the distance. Joanna Lillis is a freelance writer who ...

  • Clashes challenge Azerbaijan strongman

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    increasingly vocal opposition, many believe Azerbaijan is in for a lot more political turmoil in the year to come. "The opposition political parties hope to expand their electoral base by ...

  • Kyrgyzstan seeks to double its GDP

    Asia Times - Sunday 10th February, 2013

    reforms and intends to spend US$13 billion to double gross domestic product (GDP) in five years, drawing on aid and investment to fund projects in agriculture, mining, transport, power and other ...

  • ECO summit brings no change

    Asia Times - Saturday 9th February, 2013

    By Anar Valiyev Last month, Baku hosted the 12th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). The presidents of Azerbaijan, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, as well as the ...

  • A Wolfe loose as Miami meets Moscow

    Asia Times - Saturday 9th February, 2013

    A Wolfe loose as Miami meets Moscow Back to Blood: A Novel by Tom Wolfe Reviewed by John Helmer MOSCOW - The value difference and profit opportunity between a genuine piece of art and a fake ...

  • Uzbekistan bids to save culture from popping

    Asia Times - Saturday 9th February, 2013

    ensure students do not fall prey to supposedly subversive ideas. She's not thrilled about the task. "Students spend so much time playing games featuring violence, such as a ...

  • Source: http://www.turkmenistannews.net/index.php/sid/212481573/scat/929bcf2071e81801

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