Features
Think tank releases intriguing account of how Turkmenistan’s Berdimuhamedov senior reclaimed power from junior
When the stars aligned for son Serdar, his father’s plans to rule from behind the scenes started unravelling, says journalist and researcher.
Kilicdaroglu warns of armed elements and deepfake videos ahead of his attempt to ‘retire Erdogan’
Nerve-racking week ahead for Turkey in run-up to May 14 elections.
Albania becomes an unexpected crisis-era success story
Modest inflation, a record-high lek and one of the Emerging Europe region’s fastest projected growth rates.
Meet the Russian partisans fighting back against Putin’s regime
Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to the head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, said “local resistance forces” were behind the attempted drone strike on the Kremlin.
ASEAN countries look to deepen ties with the BRICS bloc
The nineteenth ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials’ Meeting (ARSOM) took place in Siem Reap, Cambodia on April 29, where foreign ministers of member countries looked to deepen ties with the emerging BRICS bloc.
BRICS bloc – BRICS+ new members
South Africa is hosting what could turn out to be a historic meeting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) this August, where the leading emerging markets will invite new members to join an expanded "BRICS+" club
BRICS bloc: Death of the dollar?
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on April 25 that Russia is now settling more of its international trade deals with yuan than it is with dollars.
BRICS bloc: EM goldbugs
The dollar is becoming toxic in regular transactions, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Pankin told reporters on April 25, 2023. EM central banks are rushing into gold to protect their sovereign reserves.
BRICS bloc emerging
Has the US just made a strategic blunder? In leading the military support of Ukraine’s fight against Russia, introducing a massive package of sanctions and weaponising the dollar, the West is driving the leading EMs into a BRICS bloc.
Southeast European economies expected to outperform the wider region
Albania, Kosovo and Romania stand out with strong projected growth in 2023-25, wiiw forecasts show.
Rebuilding within sight of the Russians in Donbas
Undaunted by the extensive damage or the proximity of the Russian lines, Ukraine Aid International is determined to bring normal life back to a town that has already suffered two brutal battles.
Kuryk port project takes aim at Kazakhstan’s dependence on Russian pipelines
As Russia’s war in Ukraine upends the flow of fuels and commodities around the globe, countries including its ex-Soviet neighbours are hunting for alternative routes that avoid Russia.
Tajikistan pleads poverty, spends money on unneeded luxuries
A panhandling president is unaccountable to his Western benefactors.
Emerging Europe on tentative recovery path from 2023
The Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe economies have largely digested the economic shock caused by the war in Ukraine and are heading for modest growth this year, says wiiw.
Boom time on Central Asia’s stock exchanges pushes capitalisation above $100bn
Trading driven by covid rebound and rising importance of five ‘stans’ as manufacturing and transit economies due to sanctions imposed on Russia’s economy.
EU still among the largest importers of Russian oil products
New data shows that the EU is still among the largest importers of oil products from Russia, which are routed through 'laundromat' countries to avoid sanctions, according to the CREA.
Resilient Western Balkan economies now bigger than before pandemic
World Bank says reforms are needed to prepare the region for future shocks as growth is set to moderate this year.
Slovenia’s biggest listed companies face headwinds and tailwinds from a turbulent year
As results come through from Slovenia’s largest listed companies, there are stark differences in how the economic and political upheavals of the last year have treated them.
Exiled Russian oligarch Khodorkovsky urges caution using sanctions but says they are working
Sanctions are good as they have cut Putin's regime off from the premium markets in the West and forced him only do business with other authoritarian regimes, says Khodorkovsky.
Kyrgyzstan, Russia ties tested by differences on trade, language
Russia is hurting close allies, fuelling frustration with the Eurasian Economic Union, or EEU trade bloc.
