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01/05/2022

: Baku, 🇦🇿 📷 Alamy.

01/05/2022

From the very outset of Russia’s of Ukraine, commentators said , home to 350,000 people and the site of a depot housing 20,000 tonnes of , could well serve as a theatre for opening “a second front” in ’s onslaught.

From the very outset of Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, commentators said Transnistria, home to 350,000 people and the site of a depot housing 20,000 tonnes of munitions, could well serve as a theatre for opening “a second front” in Russia’s onslaught.

29/04/2022

Two struck the Ukrainian capital after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio ended with Ukrainian President Volodymyr focusing on how to save servicemen and civilians still trapped in the besieged and ruined port of .

Guterres acknowledged the failure of U.N. institutions, primarily the Security Council, to resolve the humanitarian crisis in the port – earlier this week he said he had secured a commitment from Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to allow the U.N. to oversee an evacuation.

29/04/2022

decided not to ship via in May due to reasons caused by an uneasy situation over Russia’s of and Western imposed on Moscow.

Last year, SOCAR said it planned to transport 1.209 million tonnes of oil via Russia in 2022.

29/04/2022

’s economic activity grew by 9.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year backed by real sector growth. In March alone, activity expanded by 6.7% year-on-year and by 8.4% compared to February this year.

Armenia's economy has expanded by 5.7 percent last year, backed by a rise in prices for commodities on world markets, growth in agriculture and robust tax collection.

29/04/2022

has revised the International of ’s (ABB) outlook to from while affirming its long-term Issuer Default Rating ( ) at ‘B’.

International Bank of Azerbaijan reported a net profit of 139,592 million manats ($82 million) in 2021, 22 percent down from a year earlier.

29/04/2022

, officially known as , is located in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of north-eastern known for its alpine and . The town was officially renamed Stepantsminda in 2006 after a Georgian Orthodox named Stephan, who constructed a at the location on what would later become the Georgian Military Road.

Kazbegi is an extremely popular destination both among foreign tourists and for Tbilisians due to it being accessible all year round. Kazbegi should be your first taste of the Georgian countryside.

29/04/2022

Issyk-Kul region, Karakichi, Lake Sonkel, 🇰🇬 📷 Alamy.

28/04/2022

: Poi Kalon Mosque and Minaret at the sunset, Bukhara, 🇺🇿 📷 Alamy.

27/04/2022

Western nations stepped up pledges of hardware for in response to calls from the United States to boost Kyiv’s military capabilities to ensure that the could never undertake another similar military adventure.

Germany embarks on a dramatic reversal of its previous reluctance to supply weapons, agreeing to dispatch dozens of armoured anti-aircraft vehicles to the ex-Soviet state.

27/04/2022

Commercial in increased net by 16.9% year-on-year to 173.9 million manats ($63.4 million) in the first quarter of this year.

Lenders reported a rise in total net profit by 16.9 percent year-on-year to 173.9 million manats ($63.4 million) in the first quarter of this year.

27/04/2022

: Tbilisi view, 🇬🇪 📷 Alamy.

27/04/2022

’s central kept the key rate at 14%, amid accelerating and risks stemming from the Central Asian nation’s close ties with .

Russia is one of Kyrgyzstan's main trade partners and sanctions imposed by the West against Moscow would impact not only Russia, but the economies of its partners.

27/04/2022

’s commercial sector reported a rise in net in amount of 413,486 million lari ($137.4 million) in the first quarter of this year compared with 411,807 million lari in the same period of 2021.

Georgia’s commercial banking sector reported a rise in net profit in amount of 413,486 million lari ($137.4 million) in the first quarter of this year compared with 411,807 million lari in the same period of 2021.

26/04/2022

will build 15 large plants (HPP) and upgrade five existing HPPs across the country within the next five years to increase significantly the use of hydropower potential of the populous Central Asian nation.

The country has been actively recruiting foreign companies to build wind, solar and hydropower plants on the basis of public-private partnerships and has signed agreements to implement several large power projects.

26/04/2022

Holding, a leading holding in , reported a 17.4% in its to 15.5 billion manats ($9.1 billion) in 2021 from 13.2 billion manats a year earlier.

Еру рщдвштпэы total equity declined to 2.25 billion manats as of January 1, 2022 from 2.6 billion manats a year earlier. Revenue rose to 1.7 billion manats from 1.6 billion manats.

26/04/2022

’s National raised its key policy rate to 14% from 13.5% to curb amid risks.

The rate on access operations to provide liquidity was raised to 15 percent from 14.5 percent and the rate on access operations to withdraw liquidity - to 13 percent from 12.5 percent.

26/04/2022

: A girl in traditional clothes, 🇹🇯 📷 Alamy.

25/04/2022

marked Easter without a cease-fire as intensified its on a range of cities and two top U.S. offered more and after talks in Kyiv with President Volodymyr .

Ukrainian officials proposed new talks with Russia – specifically on tackling the long-running humanitarian crisis in Mariupol. But Moscow said nothing about the appeal.

25/04/2022

’s has by 5.8% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year compared to 3% growth in the same period last year.

The country's budget envisages 6 percent economic growth this year and annual inflation at around 9 percent.

25/04/2022

has cut its production forecast to 86 million tonnes from a previous forecast of 87.5 million tonnes this year due to works on the storm-damaged berths of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium .

Kazakhstan has increased oil production by 7.6 percent year-on-year to 22.7 tonnes, while natural gas production rose by 8.2 percent to 15 bcm in the first quarter of this year.

25/04/2022

: Man walking towards the Hazrat Sultan Mosque in Nur-Sultan, 🇰🇿 📷 Alamy.

22/04/2022

has revised its state for this year and based it on an average price of $90 per barrel, up from a previous estimation of $60.

The Central Asian country's government has projected its gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 3.9 percent in 2022.

22/04/2022

’s central has kept its key rate to 17% to sustain current monetary conditions aimed at stabilising the and situation in the country amid uncertainties in , the main trading partner of the Central Asian nation.

The central bank said the annual inflation rate was expected to amount to around 12-14 percent by the end of the year, up from a previous projection of 8-9 percent.

22/04/2022

The state-owned International of (ABB) reported a net of 139,592 million manats ($82 million) in 2021, 22% down from a year earlier.

The bank reported a net profit of 139,592 million manats ($82 million) in 2021, 22 percent down from a year earlier.

22/04/2022

In 2003 Kocharli opened her first on fountain square in downtown . She christened her first store Ali & Nino after the popular classic novel, about a romance between a Muslim Azerbaijani boy and Christian Georgian girl in Baku during the years 1918–1920.

In 2003 Kocharli opened her first bookstore on fountain square in downtown Baku. She christened her first store Ali & Nino after the popular classic Azerbaijani novel, about a romance between a Muslim Azerbaijani boy and Christian Georgian girl in Baku during the years 1918–1920.

22/04/2022

: 🇹🇲 women in traditional costumes 📷 Alamy.

21/04/2022

earned $1.866 billion from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) project and $359 million from natural and sales from the Shah Deniz field in the first quarter of this year.

Development of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oilfield and the Shah Deniz gas field are the main energy projects in Azerbaijan.

21/04/2022

’s state-owned gold company has increased the estimation of recoverable reserves at the gold deposit by 3.5 times – up to 731,900 ounces.

AzerGold has increased the estimation of recoverable gold reserves at the Chovdar gold deposit by 3.5 times - up to 731,900 ounces.

21/04/2022

: A boy assembling a yurt, 🇰🇬 📷 Alamy.