Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan downgrading its nuclear cooperation with Russia
Rosatom appears on outs with Tashkent.
Headline inflation in Uzbekistan cools slightly to 6.2% in August
Gasoline prices rose 1.9% m/m and 20.2% y/y.
Build it, prove it, sell it: inside Uzbekistan's state-led fintech experiment
Uzbekistan's central bank writes the fintech rules, supervises the market, runs an incubator and has created a $50mn fund to invest in the sector. Inside the most interventionist fintech strategy anywhere.
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Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit comes up short on achievements
Iran left in lurch.
Putin seems peeved with Uzbekistan
Kremlin leader may harbour lengthy list of potential grievances.
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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.
Usmanov’s lawyers urge EU to review sanctions, citing thousands of media corrections
The lawyers of sanctioned tycoon Alisher Usmanov sent a letter seen by IntelliNews to the EC leadership calling on sanctions to be lifted after thousands of media reports that were used as the basis for imposing the sanctions have been deleted.
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.
Uzbek critical minerals scholar arrested and charged with espionage in Kazakhstan, says report
Iqboljon Karabaev may face claim he passed information to Uzbekistan’s consulate in Astana.
Azerbaijan's banks grow credit 15 times faster than the economy
Azerbaijan's banks are expanding credit more than 15 times faster than the economy they lend into, with profits up a quarter and a bad-loan surge abruptly stalling.
Tashkent and Beijing are expanding political dialogue across key institutional areas
Tashkent and Beijing are expanding political dialogue across key institutional areas As part of her visit to Beijing, Saida Mirziyoyeva, Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, met senior Chinese officials.
Uzbekistan’s 7M trade deficit widens to $9.7bn as exports decline and imports gain
Foreign trade turnover hits $49.5bn, higher by 8% year on year.
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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.
Uzbekistan targets 620mn kWh annual output from small hydropower by 2030
HPPs are expected to generate 620mn kWh of electricity annually, supply around 350,000 households, save 187mn cubic metres of natural gas and prevent 311,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
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.
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.
Europe killed 25,000 of its own people this summer for want of air conditioning
Extreme heat has killed more than 25,000 people across Europe this year, according to data compiled from government agencies and research institutions in Germany, Spain, France, the UK, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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."