Соглашение о Строительстве Центра Данных Министерство искусственного интеллекта и цифрового развития Казахстана подписало соглашение с международным консорциумом на строительство крупномасштабного государственного центра данных. Однако сроки реализации проекта зависят от возможности страны решить нарастающую проблему с нехваткой электроэнергии. Меморандум с группой, возглавляемой JMOT04 Ltd., предполагает создание высокодоступного центра данных класса 4 и сопутствующей газово

Визит Эмамали Рахмона в Пекин Во время трехдневного визита в Пекин лидер Таджикистана Эмамали Рахмон подписал ряд инвестиционных соглашений и крупный финансовый пакет. Это произошло на фоне растущих вопросов о выбранных подрядчиках для строительства солнечного сектора страны. Рахмон подписал около 50 отдельных соглашений, которые, по словам официальных лиц, могут принести около 8 миллиардов долларов. Кроме того, он получил кредит в размере 800 миллионов долларов от Азиатского

Обзор событий Казахский президент Касым-Жомарт Токаев и президент Узбекистана Шавкат Мирзиеев прибыли в Москву 9 мая, чтобы присутствовать на сокращенной церемонии Дня Победы вместе с президентом Владимиром Путиным. Этот шаг вызвал новые спекуляции о том, почему два обычно осторожных региональных лидера изменили свои планы в последний момент. Парад на центральной площади Москвы был значительно короче и менее помпезным, чем в предыдущие годы, из-за опасений по поводу возможных

Kazakh authorities say a Rosatom-associated company failed to meet financial and operational duties at a southern uranium mine, prompting a formal complaint that could complicate nuclear plans and supply chains. Kazatomprom lodged a grievance earlier this year against a firm tied to Russia’s state nuclear corporation, accusing it of shirking payments meant to cover environmental restoration and of falling short on 2024 extraction targets at the Budenovskoye joint venture in T

Washington’s agencies and lawmakers keep sending Central Asia to different policy boxes, hampering a united response to Beijing’s westward push. Congress has shuffled oversight of the five republics across committees that focus alternately on Europe, the Asia‑Pacific, the Middle East and South Asia, a rotation that has continued through four recent congressional sessions. Those moves aren’t just administrative housekeeping. They signal uncertainty about how the United States

Turkmen diplomats, U.S. trade officials and private‑sector leaders gathered in the capital on May 7 to inaugurate the Turkmen‑American Business Cooperation Association, a private initiative designed to expand commercial links and facilitate direct business deals between the two countries. The daylong program, organized by the association and Turkmenistan’s embassy in Washington, drew senior officials from the U.S. Department of Commerce, representatives from multilateral inst

Kazakhstan is collecting larger petrodollar inflows as turmoil around Iran pushes global crude prices higher, but the immediate boost to state revenue could deepen structural problems that leave ordinary households worse off. The recent spike in export receipts is easing budget pressures, yet it also strengthens the tenge and makes non-energy industries less competitive, a pattern economists call Dutch disease. For people in regional towns who rely on manufacturing and farmin

Cove Kaz Capital finalized purchase of a majority stake in two Kazakh tungsten deposits on April 29, advancing a project first announced at a White House meeting last year. The company, a unit of U.S.-based Cove Capital, agreed to buy seven-tenths of the venture from state miner Tau-Ken Samruk, leaving the national company with three-tenths ownership and a role in overseeing development. Company officials said exploration and preparatory work will begin this summer, leading i

Kazakhstan’s energy ministry said Wednesday it will remain inside the OPEC+ framework even after the United Arab Emirates announced it will leave the group at the start of next month, a move that surprised some market watchers and domestic critics. Officials in Astana framed the choice as pragmatic: the government doesn’t plan to change how it coordinates crude output with the alliance for now. OPEC+ links full OPEC members with other producers to manage supply levels and sta

A chance meeting in 2016 in Bishkek set the tone for a new Uzbek leadership that welcomed U.S. assistance, pledged governance reforms and launched tools for direct citizen engagement. When Uzbekistan’s newly installed president met a senior U.S. official on a hot summer day, he emphasized a pragmatic approach to security and education while signaling a break from his predecessor. He noted that, two years earlier, Tashkent had taken delivery of 328 surplus MRAP armored vehicle

A U.S.-affiliated mining company has finalized its purchase of a major tungsten concession in Kazakhstan and says on-site exploration will begin this summer, moving the multimillion-dollar project closer to development. At the same time, the American firm has announced plans to merge with a separate company that, according to press accounts, includes investments from the adult sons of U.S. President Donald Trump. The consolidation would create a publicly listed entity that in

Flooding and slope failures hit multiple regions, washing out roads, damaging farms and dozens of homes Heavy downpours and accompanying mudflows over the past few days have killed four people across Tajikistan and wrecked dozens of houses, officials said, as emergency crews raced to restore roads and clear farmland choked with debris. Three of the fatalities occurred after an overnight storm inundated the southern city of Kulob, where three more people were taken to hospital

A planned transport artery linking Azerbaijan’s main territory with its Nakhchivan exclave will not start this year, Baku’s foreign minister said, pushing the earliest construction into 2027 and complicating a fragile normalization process between Yerevan and Baku. The route — known by its TRIPP acronym and agreed in principle in Washington last year — was expected to break ground before year-end 2026 but now faces both technical and diplomatic hurdles, officials say. The cor

Tashkent is offering one-time start-up payments to citizens who worked abroad last year or this year, aiming to encourage returned labor migrants to establish or grow small enterprises at home rather than resume work overseas. The government announced a program that makes 60 million Uzbek soum available to eligible applicants — roughly $5,090 — to invest in micro- or small-business ventures. The award is open to any Uzbek who held paid work abroad in 2025 or 2026 and wants to

Chinese Single-Consist Freight Service Scheduled To Reach Iran Late This Month A sealed freight train carrying 55 loaded containers is moving overland from western China toward Iran, passing through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, Uzbek rail officials said. The service, which entered Kazakhstan on Sept. 7, is expected to complete the roughly 6,000-kilometer, or about 3,700-mile, trip around Sept. 21. The precise makeup of the cargo remains unclear, prompting unease a

Russia Is Shipping Large Volumes Into Central Asia After Black Sea Routes Were Disrupted, Underpricing Kazakh Wheat and Pressuring Local Mills Kazakh grain exporters and processors say they are being squeezed as cheaper Russian wheat floods neighboring markets. With Moscow finding it harder to move large loads through the Black Sea after sustained attacks on shipping routes, traders and state buyers in Central Asia have increasingly turned to Russian supplies sold at prices K

BRICS leaders meeting in New Delhi issued a long joint declaration calling for major changes to global financial rule-making, yet failed to forge a cohesive front to roll back American influence over world markets. The 140-item communique urged more say for developing economies at institutions such as the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, but stop-short language and divergent national priorities undercut any immediate push to displa

Across Europe and Central Asia, new United Nations Development Programme findings show that care services — from childcare to long-term support for older people and those with disabilities — are becoming a critical factor in economic strength as populations get older and workforces shrink. Policymakers have focused on roads, energy and digital upgrades, but the UNDP review of Moldova, North Macedonia, Türkiye, Ukraine and Uzbekistan argues that care provision must be treated

Subheadline: Local producers and consumers feel the pinch as maintenance, regional attacks and constrained routes leave Astana with few short-term options Kazakhstan’s oil industry is unlikely to step in to ease a looming global supply crunch, officials and industry analysts say, as domestic output slips and the country’s most-used export corridors face recurring interruptions. With chokepoints and attacks curtailing flows from the Gulf and elsewhere, observers had hoped Kaza

Seoul hosted the first-ever summit bringing South Korea together with the five Central Asian republics, producing a multi-year cooperation plan and a string of bilateral business agreements that officials say will deepen trade and technological links across the region. At the Sept. 16 meeting, held in the South Korean capital, leaders signed a declaration that lays out a framework for continued engagement: a heads-of-state meeting every two years, new ministerial consultative