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Long-delayed Romanian motorway will help Ukraine

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ROMANIA

This offers Ukraine enhanced connectivity to the EU, increasing the volume of throughputs in response to Russia’s restrictions on Black Sea shipping, but also responding to…

Ukraine heads for sustained if slow growth

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UKRAINE

The economy has stabilised after emerging from crisis and GDP is rising, although not at anything like the pace needed to make up for the 2014-15 recession. The government's…

War in Ukraine creates opportunities for Central Asia

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CENTRAL ASIA

The war in Ukraine has changed the dynamics of interaction between Russia and the Central Asian countries, which have been traditionally a source of migrant labour. Despite rising…

TurkStream will compete in a complex Balkan gas market

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BALKANS

With TurkStream, Russia has opened a new export route to the EU through South-eastern Europe under the Black Sea: Bulgaria, Greece and North Macedonia are receiving Russian gas…

Tajikistan will try to balance Russia and China

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TAJIKISTAN

Tajikistan's options for joining Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union.

Russia's need for China will not be reciprocal

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RUSSIA

Putin and Xi have already met at a June 23-24 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan.The size of Putin's delegation underscores the importance assigned to China…

Major Georgian port project revived

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GEORGIA

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili revealed in December that the government intended to build the Anaklia deep-water port, but without ADC involvement. After many false starts…

South Korea will regain growth momentum

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SOUTH KOREA

Separately, the head of Samsung Electronics -- the cornerstone of the Samsung Group, which contributes around 20% of South Korea’s GDP -- has been cleared of wrongdoing in a…

TurkStream would fit into Bulgaria’s plan for gas hub

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BULGARIA/RUSSIA

Revived plans to transit Russian gas through Bulgaria into Europe and build a nuclear plant at Belene.

Russia will expand support to small businesses

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RUSSIA

However, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a significant role in the economy, especially in service industries. They also provide a rising share of new jobs. The…