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No more cheap Central Asian gas for Gazprom

No more cheap Central Asian gas for Gazprom

12.03.2008 11:06 msk Business Russia

Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan will start selling gas to Gazprom at European tariffs as of 2009 in accordance with the decision made at the meeting of senior executives of Gazprom, Kazmunaigaz, Uzbekneftegaz, and Turkmengaz yesterday. Gazprom Press Service reports that these countries inte

Uzbek National Bank violates its commitments to customers

Uzbek National Bank violates its commitments to customers

18.02.2008 10:10 msk Business Uzbekistan

All official regulations and procedures aside, the Uzbek National Bank arrogantly ignores its own commitments to customers whose rights are systematically encroached on. Tashkent sources report that delays with distribution of the finances transacted to private bank accounts began in early December

Uzbekistan: Tashkent tax police demolished Nirvana trade network

Uzbekistan: Tashkent tax police demolished Nirvana trade network

29.01.2008 20:22 msk Business Uzbekistan

Tashkent tax department and the Uzbek Republican Copyright Agency launched an unprecedented large-scale joint operation on January 25, 2008. 18 tax squads accompanied by local media reporters and state broadcasting corporation correspondents simultaneously broke out into18 outlets of the Nirvana tra

Uzbekistan: No agreement on gas price with Gazprom

Uzbekistan: No agreement on gas price with Gazprom

23.12.2007 17:36 msk Business Russia

Russian Gazprom delegation failed to reach an agreement with the Uzbek part on mutually beneficial prices for the Uzbek gas export and the Turkmen gas transit for 2008. The negotiation took place in Tashkent yesterday.

Uzbekistan intends to nearly double the gas price for Tajikistan

Uzbekistan intends to nearly double the gas price for Tajikistan

20.12.2007 11:06 msk Business Uzbekistan

"Uztransgas (Uzbekistan) will up gas price for Tajikistan to $180 as of January 1, 2008," Tajikgaz General Director Fathiddin Muhsiddinov was quoted as saying on December 19. "We are doing what we can to lower the price, but Uztransgas insists on signing the contract before December 24."

Uzbekistan: Private hotels in Samarkand are forbidden to service customers during the presidential election

Uzbekistan: Private hotels in Samarkand are forbidden to service customers during the presidential election

19.12.2007 10:01 msk Business Uzbekistan

Ferghana.Ru sources report that private B&B (bed & breakfast) hotels in Samarkand are ordered to suspend business till January 5, 2008. This weird order (weird in free enterprise society Uzbekistan purports to be) came from the local authorities who advise private hotels to turn over clientele to th

The government of Kazakhstan is determined to repossess energy assets

The government of Kazakhstan is determined to repossess energy assets

14.12.2007 16:05 msk Business Kazakhstan

"Wherever possible, the government of Kazakhstan stands for repossession of energy assets in strategic spheres in the name of energy security," Prime Minister Karim Masimov told Nur Otan faction of the parliament. "Certain steps in this direction are already taken."

The Great Silk Road with one's own eyes. Part III. Chinese expansion

The Great Silk Road with one's own eyes. Part III. Chinese expansion

30.11.2007 22:01 msk Business Kyrgyzstan

Economies of post-Soviet Central Asian countries and their development directly depend on China with its economic clout. Aware of the need of stable markets to dump goods and commodities into, the government of China actually encourages its businessmen to establish joint ventures in nearby countries

Finland refuses to buy Uzbek cotton harvested by children

Finland refuses to buy Uzbek cotton harvested by children

28.11.2007 15:06 msk Business Uzbekistan

Marimekko of Finland terminated its contract with Kreenholm (Estonia) suspecting it of the use of children's labor.

Beijing is quite generous to Central Asian countries

Beijing is quite generous to Central Asian countries

28.11.2007 14:06 msk Business China

China is out to reequip the Turkmen army. The Tajik Defense Ministry expects military hardware, equipment, and uniforms for soldiers and officers from China within the framework of the state credit ($3 million) next year, a source in the government of Turkmenistan said. Experts point out that Beijin

Samarkand pensioner built a hydroelectric power plant of his own

Samarkand pensioner built a hydroelectric power plant of his own

21.11.2007 11:26 msk Business Uzbekistan

Anvar Jurakulov, a retired teacher of physics, designed and built a hydroelectric mini-power plant in the settlement of Turtkul, Urgut district of the Samarkand region.

Uzbekistan: Prime minister buys meat cheaper than the rest of the country

Uzbekistan: Prime minister buys meat cheaper than the rest of the country

19.11.2007 11:19 msk Business Uzbekistan

The Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Activists reports that there are two meat prices in Uzbekistan nowadays, one that is declared and the actual one.

Almost 150,000 immigrants from Tajikistan work in Moscow

Almost 150,000 immigrants from Tajikistan work in Moscow

09.11.2007 13:00 msk Business Russia

Communal services in Moscow thrive on the use of cheap labor of illegal immigrants colloquially known as Gastarbeiters. According to calculations offered in Izvestia, street sweepers from Tajikistan alone "earn" upper echelons of Moscow communal services nearly 300 million rubles every month. Throug

Loaf of bread in some regions of Uzbekistan is halved

Loaf of bread in some regions of Uzbekistan is halved

06.11.2007 14:29 msk Business Uzbekistan

Ferghana.Ru has already reported flour and bread spiralling prices in Uzbekistan. Price of a kilogram of ordinary flour rose 20-37% and that of high quality flour 10-15% in September alone.

Uzbekistan: shortage of cooking oil in Tashkent stores is reported

Uzbekistan: shortage of cooking oil in Tashkent stores is reported

24.10.2007 11:05 msk Business Uzbekistan

Cooking oil, both vegetable and cotton, has essentially disappeared from Tashkent stores. The stores that used to sell numerous brands (local and imported from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Iran) are empty nowadays.

Turkmen economy is made open to foreigners

Turkmen economy is made open to foreigners

15.10.2007 11:58 msk Business Turkmenistan

The decree "On foreign investments in Turkmenistan" President Gurbankuly Berdymuhammedov signed permits sale of real estate to foreigners. Berdymuhammedov intends to carry out monetary reforms as well.

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