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Gas revenue boost will not resolve Turkmen problems

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: TURKMENISTAN
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Turkmenistan RUCIS Afghanistan Central Asia China CIS

Topical: economy industry international relations politics social fiscal foreign trade gas poverty protest debt food growth health infrastructure public sector reform
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2021), "Gas revenue boost will not resolve Turkmen problems", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB262472

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Government finances crashed last year as Chinese demand for natural gas, Turkmenistan's main export, dropped sharply owing to the impact of COVID-19.

Russia is now China's second-largest gas supplier but Turkmenistan will retain its strong lead.
Progress on the trans-Afghan and trans-Caspian pipelines is a long way off.
Unlike Tajik and Uzbek leaders, the government is feigning unconcern about Taliban offensives south of the Afghan border.