Kyrgyzstan
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Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit comes up short on achievements
Iran left in lurch.
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COMMENT: COP17 desertification summit delivered mixed results but important momentum
Nature Conservancy’s director of biodiversity and infrastructure policy releases closing statement after Ulaanbaatar conference.
Leaders of Russia, China, India and middle powers holding face-to-face meetings at Bishkek SCO summit
Event is a “must watch” for followers of the international geopolitical agenda. Iranian and Turkish presidents among those present.
Iran's Araghchi says Shanghai bloc must adopt unified stance on 'US aggression'
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said SCO member states should adopt unified positions on regional developments, as Tehran sought to draw the bloc into its grievances over recent conflict at the Bishkek summit.
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US effort to pressure Central Asian states on AI development falling flat
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan pushing back.
Rosatom is building 28 reactors abroad and negotiating 50 more
Rosatom is building 28 nuclear power units in nine countries and has signed agreements for 17 more, its chief executive told President Vladimir Putin.
Origin of recent Central Asian blackout pinpointed
Outage highlights shortcomings in regional grid.
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UNCCD COP17 addresses scourge of desertification
With up to 40% of world’s land degraded, delegates from around world gather in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to advance solutions.
Russia's ruble stablecoin has turned over $140bn since launch, its sponsor bank says
A ruble-backed stablecoin built by a sanctioned Russian defence bank has handled nearly $140bn of turnover since it was created 18 months ago.
Kyrgyzstan’s Japarov to run for re-election, claims original plan was to stand aside for coup plot convict Tashiyev
Anyone who wants to contest presidency is free to do so, he adds.
Blame game under way as massive blackout hits Central Asia
Kazakh utility points finger at hydropower failure in Kyrgyzstan. Claims made by Kyrgyz officials about Kazakh power line disruption denied by Kazakhstan.
Ukraine’s dragging of Wildberries into war hits Uzbekistan as exporters complain of lost business
With losses mounting up, Uzbek entrepreneur reflects that one of the Russian ecommerce giant’s warehouses “burns down almost every day."
China expanding scientific cooperation with Central Asia
China-Central Asia Monitor: July 31 – August 6.
Six years after Belarus's stolen election, Lukashenko is more entrenched than ever
Six years on, the protests have been crushed, the opposition scattered into exile, and Lukashenko is not only still in power but trading political prisoners for sanctions relief from Donald Trump's Washington while Belarus...
COMMENT: Russia's fuel crisis spills into Central Asia as Moscow's backup supply dries up
Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian refineries has rocked not only Russia's own fuel market but those of Central Asia too, Carnegie Politika's Galiya Ibragimova writes, warning the region has little time to avert a full-scale shortage.
China expands its presence in Uzbekistan
China-Central Asia Monitor: July 24-30.
Ukraine’s attacks on Wildberries will hit foreign traders for tens of millions, says company CEO
Businesses across Central Asia and countries including Belarus, Armenia and China will feel the pain, ecommerce boss adds.
Ukraine less births than Kyrgyzstan this year as Central Europe's demographic crisis deepens
Ukraine is on track to record fewer births this year than Kyrgyzstan for the first time - a reversal from the end of the Soviet Union, when Ukraine's newborns outnumbered Kyrgyzstan's five to one.
TCHAKAROV: The Kyrgyz som’s calm is getting expensive
The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic has sold almost $1.5bn through nine foreign-exchange interventions since the start of 2026.
Kyrgyzstan gained UN Security Council seat; now comes hard part
Bishkek’s priorities to include climate, Afghan reintegration into world order.