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Market volatility is a gift to the gold price

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INTERNATIONAL

Gold outperformed other asset classes, including US equities, last year for the first time since 2011. However, this was due more to gold's relatively low volatility than to…

Former Soviet states talk up 'Middle Corridor' route

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CENTRAL ASIA/CAUCASUS

Interest in the 'Middle Corridor' was revived after Russia invaded Ukraine and expanding Western sanctions raised the commercial risk for carriers. Despite enthusiasm among…

Kazakhstan will struggle to boost oil output

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KAZAKHSTAN

Astana's aspirations to reach 2 million b/d have been set back by difficulties in raising output at major fields. Government efforts to diversify the economy away from…

Eurasian Union will be economic not political block

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RUSSIA

Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union

Kazakhstan's China Silk Road will open up Central Asia

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KAZAKHSTAN/CHINA

The network of new land routes to link East Asia and Europe was first raised by President Xi Jinping on a 2013 visit to Kazakhstan, through which the more critical central…

Turkish Straits standoff with Russia will be avoided

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TURKEY/RUSSIA

Ring-fencing free navigation through the Turkish Straits from the Russian-Turkish confrontation.

Muslim states will turn a blind eye to China's abuses

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CHINA

The impact of repression in Xinjiang on China's relations with Muslim-majority countries.

Russia seeks help from friends for sanctions evasion

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RUSSIA

The US government has named Kazakhstan and many other countries as routes by which sanctioned goods have reached Russia, but has refrained from hitting them with secondary…

Russian recession will blunt Central Asian growth

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CIS

Russia's economic problems caused by the low price of oil and to a lesser extent Western sanctions are a challenge for Kazakhstan and the four other Central Asian states. In its…

Kazakhstan reliant on Russia but not compliant

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KAZAKHSTAN

Russia has long had ambitions to invest the EEU with political as well as economic function, but Kazakhstan has resisted this strongly. The Kazakh authorities still see the EEU as…