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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…

Prospects for the Russian economy in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

President Vladimir Putin has dropped ambitions to lift Russia into the top five global economies and postponed by six years to 2030 his plan to halve the poverty rate. The…

Cheap oil will not bridge Turkey's external gap

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TURKEY

Turkey's external balances in 2016.

War in Ukraine will impel Kazakhstan to diversify

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KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhstan’s economy has weathered well the turbulences created by the war in Ukraine. A new context for the country’s traditional aspirations to balance and diversify economic…

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…

Kyrgyzstan looks to Russia and gold for salvation

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KYRGYZSTAN

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the complex fallout for its neighbours have aggravated chronic hardship in Kyrgyzstan just as the country was recovering from the COVID-19…

Global trends will favour Guyana's oil development

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GUYANA

With the United States declaring that it will no longer purchase Russian oil, other markets are also set to begin pivoting away from reliance on Russian supplies to reduce their…

Moscow will test German pragmatism

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GERMANY/RUSSIA

Germany’s relations with Russia.

Prospects for fossil fuels to end-2016

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PROSPECTS H2 2016

Prospects for fossil fuels to end-2016.

Russian economic strategy will mix diverse approaches

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RUSSIA

The Kremlin is open to a range of viewpoints, and various plans are being drafted to avoid stagnation and reignite the growth rates of the 2000s.