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  • Beeline Tajikistan calls on Ceragon for backhaul solution

    Hardware vendor Ceragon Networks has announced a deal with Tajik mobile network operator Beeline Tajikistan. Under the terms of the agreement between the two companies, Ceragon will provide its Evolution Long Haul backhaul platform with a view to enabling Beeline to maintain and develop its 3G data and voice services across Tajikistan. Further, Ceragon claims its solution will serve to increase ...

  • Ukraine looks to Turkmenistan

    By Roman Muzalevsky On February 12, Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych paid a three-day visit to gas-rich Turkmenistan to sign a memorandum of understanding on energy cooperation and reiterate Kiev's interest in resuming direct imports of the Central Asian country's natural gas, which were suspended in 2006. The visit revealed Kiev and Ashgabat's strong desire to reduce ...

  • Xi may hold key to Moscow gas goals

    By Sergie Blagov Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich traveled to China on February 25 to attend a first meeting of the bilateral intergovernmental commission on energy cooperation. The commission was formed in December 2012 to replace the bilateral Russia-China energy dialogue. Dvorkovich held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier Wang Qishan, to discuss ties in the ...

  • Kazakhstan-Korea trade changes shape

    By Richard Weitz Kazakhstan has become South Korea's (also known as the Republic of Korea - ROK) main economic partner in Central Asia, and powerful complementarities exist between Astana's desire for foreign capital and technologies, especially in order to develop its infrastructure and new high-technology sectors, and Seoul's need for natural resources, particularly energy ...

  • Russias cash flight to gather momentum

    By Pavel K Baev Last week marked the anniversary of the shocking performance staged by the Pussy Riot punk rock group in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow. And this year saw a spectacular increase in the density of "patriotic" political noise silencing common sense in debates over such matters as separation of church and state, homosexual "propaganda" or the ...


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Persepolis [Blu-Ray]

Persepolis [Blu-Ray]

One of the best things I can say about Persepolis--which, in my opinion, is one of the best things I can say about any film--is that I cannot imagine it being in any style other than the one in which it is told. The film borrows its simple, yet exceedingly elegant visual look from i ... ...

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  • Nazarbayev brings in new blood

    By Georgiy Voloshin Just two weeks into 2013, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced the reorganization of the country's government. On January 16, he ordered the establishment of a new ministry in charge of regional development whose head, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, had previously led the day-to-day activities of the ruling Nur Otan party in the capacity of its ...

  • Kyrgyzstan seeks to double its GDP

    reforms and intends to spend US$13 billion to double gross domestic product (GDP) in five years, drawing on aid and investment to fund projects in agriculture, mining, transport, power and other sectors. Doubling the GDP will require an annual growth rate of at least 7%. Kyrgyzstan's GDP growth is projected at 8.5% in 2013, up to 7.5% in 2014, and up to 3.5% in 2015; inflation is ...

  • Tajikistan regions still at war

    By Shavkat Kasymov Fifteen years have passed since a peace agreement which ended a five-year long civil war in Tajikistan. Fought between regional groups and the national government of president Rahmon Nabiyev, the conflict killed between 50,000 and 100,000 and displaced more than a million. Presidential elections scheduled for the fall offer an opportunity to reflect on the disastrous ...

  • Kazakhstan seeks wider horizons

    By Sergei Gretsky Kazakhstan is well known for the successful transformation of its economy following independence more than 20 years ago, and the leadership has consistently set ambitious goals to solidify the gains and diversify the economy to meet the challenges of the 21st century. The year 2012 ended on a high note - the 2012-2013 Global Competitiveness Report by the World Economic ...

  • After Gazprom snub Greece to sell gas company to Azerbaijan

    Privatization Having failed to woo Gazprom, Greece is to sell a 66 percent share in DESFA, a fully owned subsidiary of state-run natural gas company DEPA, for EUR400 million to Azeri state-owned SOCAR. Greece will receive approximately EUR188m from the sale, which it will use to pay off its massive debts. "The privatization agency is very pleased, it's basically a done ...

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