16.05.2019

International community should urgently intervene on behalf of Turkmen political prisoner Gulgeldy Annaniyazov.

The international Prove They are Alive! Campaign has received information from Turkmenistan confirming that Turkmen authorities have added five years to the sentence against prominent Turkmen dissident Gulgeldy Annaniyazov, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2008. The new sentence was imposed shortly before the end of his prior prison term. Annaniyazov is currently serving the new sentence in a settlement colony. Under his new sentence, the details of which remain unknown, he was transferred to the town of Karabogaz (formerly Bekdash) on the Caspian coast in the first half of… >> подробнее

06.04.2019

Caspian Barrel

In 2015, Turkmenistan held a pompous ceremony to begin construction of a new TAPI export gas pipeline. However, until now the government of Turkmenistan has not indicated anywhere how many kilometers the pipeline has been built. It may not be built at all – just no information.

In December 2009, when the opening of the first part of the export highway Turkmenistan-China was opened, official Ashgabat also joyfully reported about the earliest achievement of the volume of deliveries to China in the amount of 85 billion cubic meters. At the end of 2018, about 36 billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas was exported to China. Ashgabat then could not predict that the existing lines of the export pipeline (A, B and C), with a throughput of 55 billion cubic meters, would also be occupied by competitors — producers of blue fuel of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. China has a wise… >> подробнее

06.04.2019

Sanket Sudhir Kulkarni

The progress of the TAPI project would largely depend on the outcome of negotiations between the US and the Taliban.

Negotiations between the United States and the Taliban have now reached an advanced stage. As reported, representatives from the US and the Taliban are slated to engage in discussions with their respective stakeholders and leaderships before proceeding to the next stage of negotiations. The next phase, as reported, would witness discussions among different stakeholders within Afghanistan and also for a “comprehensive ceasefire”. Although the specific modalities of the proposed agreement are not clear yet, within the power corridors of South Asian capitals, the news of possible US withdrawal… >> подробнее