Eurasia / Features
Kyrgyzstan: Kumtor’s fate uncertain once more
The mine used to be President Japarov's cause célèbre, but these days he has to be more pragmatic.
Emerging Europe strong on women’s economic opportunities but dragged down by low pensions
Different retirement ages for men and women lead to lower pensions for women despite reforms in 2019-2020, says World Bank report.
Copper is the new gold
Copper prices have been soaring as the post-coronavirus recovery gets under way, pushing up commodity prices, but copper has been supercharged by the digitisation of the global economy and the rise of the electric vehicle (EV) industry.
Lukoil ‘demonstrates worth to Uzbekistan as it takes on hard to recover gas challenge’
Russian giant, now sixth largest taxpayer in Central Asian country, has stepped up its cooperation with Tashkent.
Mongolia’s pitiless dzud
The unique weather disaster that leaves herders with a harvest of carcasses.
Petrostates to lose trillions of dollars in revenues amid clean energy push: report
New “wake-up call” analysis from Carbon Tracker looks at impact of shift towards lower-carbon energy.
Kyrgyzstan: As Japarov assumes power, politicised arrests come thick and fast
Arrests are coming swiftly for opponents of Kyrgyzstan's new president.
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OUTLOOK 2021 Iran
The Islamic Republic endured three years of economic hell under the weight of Donald Trump’s sanctions. Can Tehran strike a deal with Joe Biden that will unlock its vast trade and investment potential?
Following war with Armenia, Azerbaijan gains control of lucrative gold mines
The losses to tax revenues will hit the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh government even harder than Yerevan.