Central Asia

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New INSTC Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran Deal Is Hugely Significant: Analysis

Africa, Asia, Caucasus, Central Asia, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, India, Infrastructure, Investment, Middle East, Russia

Railway executives from Russia, Iran, and Azerbaijan have met in Baku to hold the 83rd meeting of the Transport Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States. So far, so routine.   But what was actually agreed – and signed off – at that meeting has significant implications. In agreeing a new strategy and signing an MoU […]

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Afghanistan Main

Russia Looking To Develop Agricultural Trade With Afghanistan

Agriculture, Central Asia, Exports, Imports, Trade

Russia’s Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut has been discussing cooperation in the agricultural sector with Mawlavi Ataullah Omari. Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock.  Lut stated that “In recent years, agricultural trade between Russia and Afghanistan has been growing. Russian exports form the basis of this mutual trade—flour, sunflower oil, and sugar are supplied

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SCO Putin

Vladimir Putin Speech At Shanghai Cooperation Organisation 2025 Moscow Summit: Comments and Analysis

Asia, Central Asia, China, Economy, Infrastructure, Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Russia is the current chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and has been hosting the Council of Heads of Government in Moscow. The Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, chaired the event, while the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, also addressed the attendees. These included China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan, Iran, and Belarus. This is

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Oman

Oman Makes Tracks To Join INSTC; Russia Views Overland Reach To Afghanistan and Shipping To Africa

Africa, Central Asia, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russia, Trade

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Marat Khusnullin, has been attending the Russia-Oman business forum held in Muscat and has provided updates on Oman becoming an additional destination on the southern part of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). He stated that “We have a very interesting project with Oman in port infrastructure development. The connection between

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Lukoil

US Treasury Dilutes Sanctions On Rosneft and Lukoil’s Caspian & Central Asian Projects

Caucasus, Central Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Russia, Trade

The United States Treasury ‘Office of Foreign Assets Control’ (OFAC) has issued a license permitting transactions involving Russia’s Lukoil and Rosneft related to the operation of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) and the Tengiz and Karachaganak fields in Kazakhstan. The license foes not require any “transactions for the sale, disposition, or transfer of any interest”

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Kazakhstan

Russia, Kazakhstan: November 2025 Presidential Meetings, Strategic Partnership Agreement, NPP Financing

Central Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Investment, Trade

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has met with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kazakhstan, in Moscow. This follows an Intergovernmental Commission meeting held in Astana a few days earlier, which we discussed here. Russia and Kazakhstan are both neighbours, ex-Soviet Union partners, and members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Union and

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CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States To Cooperate On Shipbuilding & Outfitting

Central Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Trade

A cooperation agreement between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on the development of civilian shipbuilding and production of ship outfitting equipment has gone into effect, the CIS Executive Committee has reported. The CIS includes Russia along with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Of these, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and

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Uzbek Exports

Russian Agricultural Exports To Uzbekistan Up 15% During 2025

Agriculture, Central Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Exports, Trade

Russia boosted exports of agricultural products to Uzbekistan 15% year-on-year to US$938 million in value over the first ten months of 2025, according to the Russian Agroexport Federal Center. This means that Uzbekistan is now among the top 10 buyers of Russian food products. In 2021, significant Russian agricultural export markets also included Latvia, Lithuania,

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan Regional Quadripartite Meet To Discuss Regional Security 

Central Asia, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Economy, Security

The “Regional Quadripartite” – Russia, China, Iran, and Pakistan – has held its fourth meeting to address Afghanistan security and related affairs. The meeting was attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Yue Xiaoyong, the Chinese envoy on Afghanistan, and Umer Siddique, a senior Pakistani diplomat. The participants reviewed

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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Joins The Eurasian Development Bank

Central Asia, Eurasian Economic Union, Finance, Infrastructure, Investment, Trade

The Uzbekistan President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a decree for the country’s accession to the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), with the country purchasing 777,777 shares in the EDB’s charter capital with a nominal value of US$1,000 each. Of these, 168,411 shares (21.7%) are paid-in, and 609,366 shares (78.3%) are to be paid upon demand. The

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