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Kyrgyzstan to face inflation

JUNE 14 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Kyrgyzstan will only see the benefits of its membership of the Kremlin-led Eurasian Economic Union in 2017, media quoted economy minister Oleg Pankratov as saying. He said inflation will initially soar in Kyrgyzstan once it joins the economic group.

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(News report from Issue No. 236, published on June 18 2015)

Azerbaijan’s oil production dips slightly

JUNE 12 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Oil production in Azerbaijan fell slightly in the first five months of the year to 17.6m tonnes compared to 17.7m tonnes during the same period in 2014, an official at the national statistics agency told Reuters.

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(News report from Issue No. 236, published on June 18 2015)

Uzbekistan-Russia trade drops

JUNE 13 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Trade between Russia and Uzbekistan has dropped slightly last year because of the worsening economic conditions, Vladimir Tyurdenev, the Russian ambassador in Tashkent, told media. Mr Tyurdenev’s comments are a rare admission by an official that the downturn in Russia’s economy has hit Uzbekistan.

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(News report from Issue No. 236, published on June 18 2015)

Azerbaijani gas exports rise

JUNE 17 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Azerbaijan exported 4.1% more gas in the first five months of the year compared to the same period last year, media quoted the country’s statistics agency as saying. Azerbaijan wants to expand gas exports.

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(News report from Issue No. 236, published on June 18 2015)

Georgian police detains IS recruiters

JUNE 16 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Police in Georgia detained four people on suspicion of working for the radical group IS and trying to recruit people to head out to Syria, media reported. The Georgian government has said it is worried about people living in its Pankisi Gorge, which has a reputation for lawlessness, heading out to join IS.

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(News report from Issue No. 236, published on June 18 2015)

Property price fall in Azerbaijan

JUNE 18 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Experts in Azerbaijan’s real estate sector are predicting a drop in house prices this year as the market reacts to a decline in economic conditions in the region, media reported. A sharp fall in oil prices and the value of the Russian rouble have hit the former Soviet region.

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(News report from Issue No. 236, published on June 18 2015)

Improve rights, says UN to Uzbekistan

JUNE 12 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – In Tashkent, UN chief Ban Ki-Moon said the Uzbek authorities should stop using forced labour to pick cotton and also improve prisoners’ rights. Clothing companies have boycotted Uzbek cotton.

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(News report from Issue No. 236, published on June 18 2015)

Fuel prices rise in Kyrgyzstan

JUNE 15 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Fuel prices in Kyrgyzstan are rising, media reported quoting the Kyrgyz Association of fuel traders. They said extra tax imposed by the Kyrgyz government had triggered the rise. Kyrgyzstan is also facing general inflation due to the falling value of its currency.

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(News report from Issue No. 236, published on June 18 2015)

Kazakh telecom plans IPO in London

JUNE 18 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Kaztelecom, Kazakhstan’s stateowned fixed line telecoms company, plans to launch an IPO in London, its CEO Kuanyshbek Yessekeyev, said in an interview to the KazTag news agency. If the IPO does progress, and Mr Yessekeyev didn’t give a timeframe, it will attract much interest.

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(News report from Issue No. 236, published on June 18 2015)

Azerbaijani activist flees to Switzerland

JUNE 13 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – The Swiss embassy in Baku organised for Emin Huseynov, an Azerbaijani dissident and critic of President Ilham Aliyev’s administration, to fly out to Switzerland with Swiss foreign minister Didier Burkhalter. Mr Huseynov had been sheltering in the Swiss embassy since mid-August when police had tried to arrest him on drug-related charges.

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(News report from Issue No. 236, published on June 18 2015)