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Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan parades Victory Day

APRIL 24 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan both moved their Victory Day military parades from May 9 to May 7 because their leaders were due to be in Moscow for the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany.

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(News report from Issue No. 229, published on April 29 2015)

Armenia’s economy to grow

APRIL 23 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Speaking at a regional conference, Armenian PM Hovik Abrahamyan said he forecast economic growth in 2015 despite predictions of the opposite. Media quoted Mr Abrahamyan as saying he thought the economy had grown by 2.5% in Q1.

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(News report from Issue No. 229, published on April 29 2015)

Greece refuse Georgia’s extradition request

APRIL 26 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Greece rejected an extradition request from Georgia for its ex-domestic intelligence chief, Data Akhalaia. Reports did not specify just why Greece’s Supreme Court had turned down Georgia’s request but Europe and the US have accused Georgia of using the law to settle vendettas.

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(News report from Issue No. 229, published on April 29 2015)

Kyrgyz newspaper complains

APRIL 28 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – A major newspaper in Kyrgyzstan complained of repressive action ordered by President Almazbek Atambayev in the build up to a parliamentary election later this year, Eurasianet reported. The Vechernii Bishkek newspaper supports the opposition, Eurasianet reported.

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(News report from Issue No. 229, published on April 29 2015)

Turkmen President to visit Astana

APRIL 27 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Turkmen president Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov will travel to Astana to meet with Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev soon, Kazakh media reported. This is important because Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are partnering up on a rail project linking Central Asia with Iran.

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(News report from Issue No. 229, published on April 29 2015)

Massimov re-affirmed as Kazakh PM

APRIL 29 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – In a constitutional formality, the Kazakh government resigned immediately after Nursultan Nazerbayev was re-elected as president for the fifth time. He re-appointed his trusted lieutenant Karim Massimov as PM, ensuring stability in the government.

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(News report from Issue No. 229, published on April 29 2015)

Saakashvili visiting Azerbaijan

APRIL 29 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Georgia has filed an extradition request to Azerbaijan for former president Mikheil Saakashvili, media reported. Mr Saakashvili, who is now based in New York and Kiev and is an adviser to the pro- Western Ukraine government, is visiting Azerbaijan for a conference.

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(News report from Issue No. 229, published on April 29 2015)

Armenia to get cheaper gas

APRIL 29 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has agreed to lower the price of gas it sells to consumers in Armenia by 13%, media reported quoting Gazprom chairman Alexei Miller. Gazprom owns the gas pipelines in Armenia.

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(News report from Issue No. 229, published on April 29 2015)

No devaluation, says Kazakh President

APRIL 27 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev dismissed rumours a devaluation of the tenge was now imminent after he had won another election. “There are no such plans,” he said at a news conference. The tenge has come under enormous pressure to devalue because of a fall in oil prices and a drop in the Russian rouble.

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(News report from Issue No. 229, published on April 29 2015)

Uzbek prosecutor quits

APRIL 24 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Uzbekistan’s prosecutor-general Rashid Qodirov has resigned unexpectedly, media reported. Mr Qodirov was made famous for ordering the arrest last year of Gulnara Krimova, eldest daughter of president Islam Karimov, for various economic crimes.

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(News report from Issue No. 229, published on April 29 2015)