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Iran-Turkmenistan pipeline online in weeks
A natural gas pipeline from the Dauletabad gas field in Turkmenistan is set for a December launch to bring 700 billion cubic feet of gas to Iran each year. Comment?
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Davran Salimov: life backstage
... films won a multitude of awards at international festivals in Krakow (Poland), Tallinn (Estonia), Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), St. Petersburg (Russia), Kiev (Ukraine), Tampere (Finland), and Almaty (Kazakhstan). Throughout forty years of his creative ... Comment?
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The signal of freedom, part 2: monopol-e-commerce
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Image by Flickr user Daniel Broche . Editora s note : This is the latest post in neweurasiaa s ongoing coverage of the rise of the a oeTurkmeneta , the online community in the Turkmen language, as well as third on the rise of the mobile internet across Central Asia.A Check out Annasoltan's previous post on the mobile internet in Turkmenistan and ... Comment?
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Turkmenistan has completed the construction of the Dovletabad-Salyp Yar gas pipeline to Iran
Turkmenistan has completed the construction of a gas pipeline to Iran. Specialists from the state-owned company Turkmengaz reported to Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov on Wednesday that the Dovletabad-Salyp Yar pipeline was ready to be filled with gas, national television said. Comment?
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Dragon Oil minority holder shuns ENOC bid
The largest minority shareholder in Dublin-listed Dragon Oil has rejected a takeover offer from Dubai-based Emirates National Oil Company, saying it materially undervalues the Turkmenistan oil producer, according to a statement published on its website Tuesday. Comment?
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The signal of freedom, part 1: can you hear me yet?
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... largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, has just announced that the number of MTS subscribers in Turkmenistan have exceeded 1.5 million, a half million increase since February 2009.A It's a surprising and staggering number. Consider ... Comment?
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Gazprom's First Half Profit Falls 48%
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... gas, and left Gazprom struggling to find markets for its own volumes. In April, Gazprom halted purchases from Turkmenistan after a pipeline explosion there. Ashgabat blamed Gazprom for deliberately lowering the pipeline's pressure to cause the ... Comment?
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Kazakhs To Make Hajj While Turkmen Will Stay Home
... vaccine is still being tested. There have been 17 confirmed swine-flu cases in Kazakhstan so far. Meanwhile, in Turkmenistan, authorities have banned people from making the hajj this year, even though swine flu has not been detected in the country. ... Comment?
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Bulgaria's Nabucco Opera Not Music to Putin's Ears
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... resource base for Nabucco, he said, expressing his hope that the pipeline will also transport Turkmen gas. "Turkmenistan is also among the resource countries but has put Nabucco lower in their priority order," he said. "If the EU is serious about ... Comment?
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Turkmen President Fails to Fulfil Internet Pledge
... international resource centres close. By IWPR staff in Central Asia (RCA No. 594, 10-Nov-09) Internet users in Turkmenistan have long complained that President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov is failing to live up to pledges to allow unrestricted access ... Comment?
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S Korea, Turkmenistan agree to sign double-taxation avoidance agreement
South Korea and Turkmenistan agreed to sign a double-taxation avoidance pact in a bid to promote bilateral investment and other exchanges, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. Comment?
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Turkmenistan frees, then expels, civil society activist
Ex-Soviet Turkmenistan has freed an activist whose conviction sparked outrage from rights groups, but are expelling him from the country and seizing his home, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. Comment?
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Turkoman autocracy lives on while market reforms bite
ALMOST three years after the death of the "Leader of all Turkomans", Turkmenistan's people find their new leader comes with a similarly autocratic personality cult, but a new readiness to carry out painful reforms. Comment?
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Turkmen, Uzbek Regimes Ranked Among World's Worst for Press Freedom
... The project halted in September 2007 but with new funding the service is resuming, covering only Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan for the moment. IWPR is actively seeking further support to take forward the next stage of this innovative web-based news ... Comment?
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Turkmenistan, Nabucco, Azerbaijan, and Russian natural gas
... in context, it would make South Yolaton the fourth or fifth largest gas field in the world, and would mean that Turkmenistan might have reserves as large as 80% of those reserves in the entire Russian nation. Turkmenistan is currently getting its ... Comment?
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Eni and KazMunaiGas close to $50bn deal
... oil and gas sectors. Separately Paolo Scaroni, Eni's chief executive, confirmed he had recently visited Turkmenistan where Eni has been labouring under a two-year visa ban for its employees following its purchase of Burren Energy of the UK, which ... Comment?
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Turkmen Case Highlights Plight Of Activists In Central Asia
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... activist has narrowly avoided going to prison for what he believes were trumped-up charges. A regional court in Turkmenistan's northern Dashoguz Province overturned the sentence handed down last week against Zatoka for assault, RFE/RL's Turkmen ... Comment?
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Turkmenistan: Justice Makes a U-Turn in Zatoka Case
Justice can take some unusual turns in Turkmenistan. In a do-over court proceeding, a regional court on November 6 threw out an earlier conviction of environmentalist Andrei Zatoka, and replaced the five-year prison sentence with a fine. Comment?
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Turkmen Case Highlights Plight Of Activists In Central Asia
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... activist has narrowly avoided going to prison for what he believes were trumped-up charges. A regional court in Turkmenistan's northern Dashoguz Province overturned the sentence handed down last week against Zatoka for assault, RFE/RL's Turkmen ... Comment?
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The Sinister Dissembling of Jerome A Paris
... else would be "Conspiracy theory". There is a minimum of 15 trillion - yes trillion - dollars of natural gas in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Since 2005, Russian diplomacy has tied up the contracts for Gazprom. Before that the US had more than a foot ... Comment?
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