Kazakhstan's long-serving leaderhas announced his intention to stay at the helm of CentralAsia's largest economy for a third decade, erasing concernsabout the possibility of a destabilising succession struggle.
Turkmenistan's president said on Thursday the isolated Central Asian state had the capacity to almost quadruple gas exports in the next 20 years and was ready to meet demand from Europe.
Kazakh banks may have to write off 10 percent to 15 percent of loans after four of the former Soviet republic's lenders defaulted last year, Standard & Poor's said.
Cardin-McGovern bills would freeze assets, ban visas for individuals with hand in death of anti-corruption lawyer
Militants in Tajikistan's Rasht Valley ambushed a military convoy of 75 Tajik troops Sept. 19, killing 25 military personnel according to official reports and 40 according to the militants, who attacked from higher ground with small arms, automatic weapons and grenades.
Britain's new Bribery Act risks diverting a second wave of Kazakh companies seeking to raise money from the London Stock Exchange, according to bankers and businesses considering listing.
