Only in #Tajikistan. Pyramids of melon welcome you for #CSTO military talks on #Afghanistan.

Xi and Putin pledge to co-operate on Afghanistan after Taliban takeover #afghanistan #csto #sco Oybek Shaykhov ft.com/content/c8d25a…

How Tajikistan became hub for Afghanistan’s resistance via Financial Times #Afghanistan #Tajikistan ⁦Dr. Latif Pedram⁩ on.ft.com/3ogGVMX

Tune in today. #CCA #IMF

Moderating a talk on Russian metals for “green” future ⁦Московская Биржа⁩ Nov 16. Join online here forum2021.moex.com

Curious of the metals #EVs, solar panels and wind turbines are made of and how to recycle them? Talked it through with metals giants United Company RUSAL ⁦Nornickel⁩ and Metaloinvest at Московская Биржа today. Playback here forum2021.moex.com

Gazprom reports record profits ft.com/content/169fbc…

How Russia plans to power its #Arctic with floating nuclear reactors as Northern Sea Route #NSR gains momentum. From Pevek, Russia's northernmost port. #Chukotka Росатом ft.com/content/f5d251…

Full story with Nastassia Astrasheuskaya & Polina Ivanova as Kazakhstan's government resigns in the face of mass popular protests over rising fuel costs, in a major test of the 31-year long autocratic regime of octogenarian Nursultan Nazabayev ft.com/content/9dc586… Financial Times

Sechin-Miller head-to-head. #Russia #gas #Gazprom #Rosneft #NordStream2 Putin faces judgment call on allies over gas supplies ft.com/content/571e69…

Kazakh protests mark end of Nazarbayev era ft.com/content/d6890b… #KazakhstanProtests #kazakhstan #KazakhstanProtest

Who is Kassym-Jomart #Tokayev, #Kazakhstan president confronting a troubled nation ft.com/content/bb0570…. #KazakhstanProtests

Dove into the essence of #KazakhstanProtests and who protesters in #Kazakhstan really were here. Kazakh unrest: ‘bandits’, foreign ‘terrorists’ or messy power struggle? ft.com/content/90355e…

Why did protests in Kazakhstan seemingly come out of nowhere? Half the economy is owned by a handful of people – many of whom happen to be related to the former president – while ordinary people get by on $500 a month. Nastassia Astrasheuskaya⁩ reports: on.ft.com/3fmxdCJ

We used to compare #uzbekistan with #kazakhstan. It’s vive versa now. KZ up for reform and elite renegotiations just as in UZ after Karimov in 2016. Kazakh leader vows to tackle inequality behind protests via Financial Times on.ft.com/3fmxdCJ

Thriller material. A deep dive into how #Nazarbayev built “one of the strongest examples of a modern kleptocracy” in #Kazakhstan by Tom Burgis Nazarbayev and the power struggle over Kazakhstan’s future ft.com/content/a16331…

Some truly disturbing voices from #Kazakhstan on tortures and deaths. But protesters unbowed via Financial Times on.ft.com/31YjM95

How could sanctions against Russia hit European economies? ft.com/content/26d7e3… Our take with with ⁦Valentina Romei Martin Arnold ⁩

Polina Ivanova John Reed After Russia invaded today, the FT is making our key Ukraine coverage free to read, as we did with the Covid-19 pandemic. Follow this page for all the latest ft.com/content/77ab8d…

BP under pressure to sever ties with Rosneft, which provides fuel to Russia’s armed forces. UK business secretary calls in BP boss to explain Rosneft ties ft.com/content/24ee9f…