Bruce Pannier
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 07:31
The Uzbek ministers know about the recent captures of broadcasting stations in eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian forces and this is perhaps the ministers' way of pre-empting similar events in Uzbekistan.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 07:49
Otorbaev went so far as to say the more criticism he hears from the opposition, the happier he will be.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 08:22
Sadly, but understandably, people are politically apathetic. No one wants to talk about politics, certainly not Turkmenistan's domestic politics.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 08:01
Steve Levine, who I think anyone would agree is a leading authority on Kazakhstan’s oil sector, wrote on April 6 that the new pipeline will need to be made of a nickel-based alloy that can cost 10 to 15 times more than ordinary pipeline.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 09:10
That is due to a new rule, made public at the start of April that sets new rules for publishing or broadcasting information after a state of emergency has been declared in Kazakhstan.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 08:06
The official told the governor that a team from Turkmenistan would be sent to assess how best to solve one of Qarqeen’s biggest problems -- the migrating river.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 09:00
So once the U.S. troops pack up the last of their prefabricated buildings and the last military cargo planes take off from Manas, the majority of people in Kyrgyzstan will remain with essentially the same ideas about who Americans are and what they want.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 10:10
And also, don't mention Global Intel at the interview, which hardly anyone would do anyway, since they probably already suspect their sudden good fortune is probably the result of something not quite legal.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 09:42
The problem is, some of the Afghan Turkmen have reason to view Turkmenistan as an enemy, rather than a friend.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 06:58
I am on good terms with Turkmenistan for a long time, I did not allow any infiltration during the period of jihad, or during the Junbish's time [when ethnic Uzbek commander Abdul Rashid Dostum was ruler of the town] and no threat will be posed to Turkmenistan.