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Gazprom to sponsor International football tournament in Cent...

The Russian transnational energy company Gazprom will become a sponsor of the championship of the Football Association of Central Asian countries, acc...

Turkmenistan reaffirmed commitment to a full-fledged membership in WTO

The delegation of Turkmenistan led by Rahimberdi Jepbarov, Chairman of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan has held series of meetings with representatives of the World Trade Organization, the International Trade Centre and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, NewsCentralAsian.net reports citing the Turkmenistan mission to the UN Office at Geneva. During the meetings the delegation of Turkmenistan has stressed strong commitment of the Government of Turkmeni...

Kazakhstan seized property of Roskosmos at Baikonur

Kazakhstan has seized the property of the TsENKI (Center for the Operation of Terrestrial Space Infrastructure) operating in Baikonur, a subsidiary of Russian Roscosmos, and intends to recover from it a debt in the amount of 13.5 billion tenge ($26.3 million). At the same time, the head of the company is forbidden to leave the country, according to the Fergana portal. The report says that at the disposal of the editors of the portal there was a notice on the initiation of enforcement proceeding...

Kazakhstan set to introduce digital tenge by end of year

The National Bank of Kazakhstan, together with the participants of the country's financial market, plans to start implementing the digital tenge platform by the end of 2023, the press service of the National Bank said following a meeting on the development of the national payment system and digital financial infrastructure, Interfax reports. "This year, together with financial market participants, it is planned to introduce the first stage of an indфustrial digital tenge platform with real cons...

Parthia - world's first state with a neutral status - Turkmen scientist

Turkmen historian Juma Orazklychev proved that Parthia was the first state in world history to legally fix its neutral status, according to the material of the Mir 24 TV channel. At the same time, the scientist studied almost 40 thousand pages of ancient texts, including the works of the ancient Greek writer and philosopher Plutarch, the works of the Roman historian Tacitus. “It took me a year to work. During this time, it was necessary to obtain and process a large amount of materials. Irrefut...

11 mln foreigners entered Kyrgyzstan in 2022

11 million foreign citizens entered Kyrgyzstan in 2022, Nurlanbek Zhalbiyev, head of the Main Border Control Department of the State Committee for National Security of the State Committee for National Security, said at a meeting of the Kyrgyz Parliament Committee on Social Policy, AKIpress reports. In 2021, 5.4 million foreigners entered and left Kyrgyzstan, Zhalbiev said and noted that in September 2022 there was a large influx of Russians, but now they have already left Kyrgyzstan. According...

Тumber of Russians working in Kazakhstan doubled

The number of Russians who travel to Kazakhstan to work has doubled, Zakon.kz reports, citing the Eurasian Economic Commission. In 2021, 31,600 Russian citizens entered Kazakhstan for the purpose of employment, and in 2022, 63,000 Russians entered Kazakhstan. Director of the Department of Labor Migration and Social Protection of the EEC Altynai Omurbekova notes that statistics are kept only for workers. “That is, for people who come to this or that country for the specific purpose of working,...

Kyrgyzstan and Kuwait increased trade turnover by more than 8 times

Kyrgyzstan and Kuwait have increased bilateral trade over the past year by 8 times, it was announced at the meeting of the Minister of Finance of Kyrgyzstan Almaz Baketaev with the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kuwait Mohammed Jassim al-Hamad al-Sakr, reports the portal Economist.kg. According to the results of 11 months of 2022, the volume of trade amounted to $3.4 million, it was noted at the meeting. The parties also discussed further goals for the effective development of ...

Казахстан не будет помогать обходить санкции против России

Официальный представитель МИД Казахстана Айбек Смадияров на брифинге для СМИ в Астане высказался относительно публикаций в зарубежных СМИ о том, что Россия в обход санкций получает иностранные технологи для создания оружия, в том числе и от Казахстана через третьи страны, сообщает Казинформ. «Как мы до этого говорили, у нас работают специалисты, эксперты, которые изучают заранее все контракты, и Казахстан не намерен давать свою площадку для обхода санкций. На сегодняшний день ни одна казахстанс...

Кыргызстану захотелось закупать б/у сельхозтехнику в Германии

Посол Кыргызстана в Германии Омурбек Текебаев договорился с региональным директором немецкой компании Claas в Харзевинкеле Нилсом Ройчем и обсудил поставки б/у тракторов и сельхозмашин в Кыргызстана, сообщает пресс-служба МИД Кыргызстана. Целью встречи было установление сотрудничества в сфере поставок тракторов и сельхозмашин Claas бывших в употреблении через систему лизинга для сельскохозяйственных предприятий Кыргызстана. Стоимость подобной техники до 50% ниже новой. Таким образом, кыргызским...

Страны Центральной Азии оказались ниже 60 стран мира по мощи армии

Вмировом рейтинге среди армий все страны Центральной Азии расположились между 60 и 120 местом, который составляется Global Firepower. На 62 месте расположился Узбекистана, на 63 месте Казахстан оказался на 63-м месте из 145 в мировом рейтинге стран по уровню военной мощи Global Firepower. Индекс Казахстана составил 1,0873, сообщает Zakon.kz. Чем ниже индекс, тем больше военная мощь государства. Специалисты рейтинга оценивали 60 различных факторов, в том числе уровень расходов на оборону, арсена...