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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…

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…

Eurasian Union will be economic not political block

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RUSSIA

Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union

Armenia will seek new partners while holding to Russia

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ARMENIA

Armenian foreign policy under new management.

Uzbek president’s problems will mount in long term

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UZBEKISTAN

Constitutional change could keep him in power until 2037, providing an opportunity to transform Uzbekistan’s socio-economic conditions. However, significant domestic and foreign…

Russia’s decoupling from West looks to be long-term

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RUSSIA

This is Russia’s drastic response to most developed states’ economic sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine. It means a new geography of foreign trade that will not only…

Low gas prices drive Turkmenistan to seek volume sales

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TURKMENISTAN

Turkmenistan's gas diplomacy.

Russian oil exports will be tested in future

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RUSSIA

Most of Russia’s hydrocarbon export revenues are generated from oil now that gas sales have collapsed. Ambitious state spending plans are based on oil revenues rising this year…

Azerbaijan unlikely to meet EU's gas import ambition

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AZERBAIJAN

The EU wants to double gas imports from Azerbaijan by 2027, but this seems unrealistic judging by the constraints on production and export capacity. BP says the main gas field…

Prospects for Russian foreign policy to end-2022

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PROSPECTS H2 2022

Prospects for Russian foreign policy to end-2022.