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  1. GITEX Came to Astana
    EconomyBrief4 Jun

    What GITEX in Astana revealed about Central Asia's tech ambitions

    600+ exhibitors, 60 countries, 10,000 professionals over three days. Kazakhstan hosted the first GITEX Central Asia & Caucasus. The event closed 4 June.

  2. Uzbekistan's trade deficit hit $6.4bn — the headline is misleading
    EconomyBrief4 Jun

    Uzbekistan's trade deficit hit $6.4 billion in four months. The headline is misleading

    Total turnover reached $26.3 billion, up 5.8%. Exports fell 16.8%. But strip out gold, which Tashkent paused for six months, and the picture looks different.

  3. Armenia T-3: Civil Contract leads, but a third of voters undecided
    PoliticsBrief4 Jun

    Armenia T-3: Civil Contract leads by a distance, but a third of voters are still undecided

    The latest polling aggregate puts Pashinyan at 46% of decided voters. The undecided bloc is large enough to change the outcome. Campaign ends tomorrow.

  4. Cyprus on the Middle Corridor: Tokayev recruits a Mediterranean shipping hub
    EconomyBrief4 Jun

    Cyprus on the Middle Corridor: Tokayev recruits a Mediterranean shipping hub

    A Kazakhstan-Cyprus Business Forum in Astana. An EU-Kazakhstan transport seminar the same day. Both pointed at the same 23 June meeting.

  5. KYRGYZSTAN · UN SECURITY COUNCIL
    PoliticsBrief4 Jun

    Kyrgyzstan wins a UN Security Council seat, 142 to 49 over the Philippines

    Four rounds of voting. A result that Central Asian diplomats called historic. Bishkek joins the Council for the first time since independence in 1991.

  6. The Silence Before the Vote: what Armenia's campaign tells us about June 7
    PoliticsBrief3 Jun

    The silence before the vote: what Armenia's campaign says about 7 June

    Pashinyan leads but is weaker than at any point since 2018. The opposition is fragmented but financed. The campaign ends Thursday.

  7. Kyrgyzstan vs Philippines: UN votes for Asia-Pacific Security Council seat
    PoliticsBrief3 Jun

    Kyrgyzstan vs the Philippines: the UN votes today for an Asia-Pacific Security Council seat

    The ballot in New York opens at 10am local time. A Kyrgyzstan win would put Central Asia on the Council for the first time since Kazakhstan's 2017 to 2018 term.

  8. BTK goes full throttle: upgraded Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway enters operation
    EconomyBrief3 Jun

    BTK goes full throttle: the upgraded Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway enters operation

    Capacity jumped from 1 to 5 million tonnes a year. The Middle Corridor's western spine is no longer a bottleneck.

  9. The First Country: what happened after the EU made an example of Kyrgyzstan
    PoliticsBrief2 Jun

    The first country: what happened after the EU made an example of Kyrgyzstan

    Brussels activated a tool it had never used. Six weeks later, Bishkek shut down 50 companies. The experiment is being watched across the region.

  10. Kazakhstan sells 3.4 billion yuan in debut sovereign Panda bond
    China FactorBrief2 Jun

    Kazakhstan sells 3.4 billion yuan in debut sovereign panda bond

    Demand was twice the supply. The Ministry of Finance calls it proof of Chinese investor confidence in Kazakhstani macroeconomics.

  11. Nikol Pashinyan Vladimir Putin
    PoliticsBrief1 Jun

    The train to Brussels runs on Russian rails

    Armenia wants to end Moscow’s monopoly on its railways, electricity and gas. The 7 June election will determine whether it can

  12. Putin Ends Astana Visit
    PoliticsBrief1 Jun

    Putin ends Astana visit with Ukraine warnings and EAEU posturing

    The Russian president used the Eurasian Economic Forum platform for some of his sharpest public language on Ukraine in months, delivered from Kazakhstan’s capital

  13. Baku–Supsa Pipeline Returns
    EnergyBrief1 Jun

    Baku-Supsa pipeline returns: Kazakhstan oil joins the rerouting

    A deal signed during Kobakhidze’s Baku visit on 18 May restores a dormant Caspian export route, and Astana is already looking at it