Country Risk Rating

Ukraine's legislative assembly, the Verkhovna Rada, expressed its overwhelming support on May 19 for the government to close negotiations on the pending Deep and Comprehensive Free... 2011-05-20

Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov met with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on May 14 to discuss bilateral cooperation. Meanwhile, the National Bank of Kazakhstan has announced... 2011-05-19

We note that regional political tensions are another cause for concern, with the 'frozen conflict' with Armenia over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh recently heating up. In... 2011-05-04

Georgia's political risk profile continues to be weighed down by a challenging 'security threat' and regional environment, as a lack of political initiative towards resolving the dispute... 2011-05-04

Mongolia's finance ministry and the Development Bank of Mongolia signed an agreement in mid-April that will see the government guarantee Development Bank debt worth MNT800bn (US$633.4mn),... 2011-05-04

Russia's federal budget has improved markedly since the start of the year, with the cumulative fiscal balance rising to a RUB121.3bn surplus in the first quarter of 2011, on account... 2011-05-04

Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov is set to meet with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov on May 5-6. The aim of the meeting is to discuss deepening economic and... 2011-05-03

Ashgabat's energy diversification strategy is playing out well, with the country's state-owned energy company Turkmengaz recently accepting a loan to the tune of US$4.1bn from the... 2011-05-03

Moldova's interim head of state, President Marian Lupu, is scheduled to conduct his first official state visit between April 28 and 29 to neighbouring Romania since being elected to... 2011-04-28

Ukraine's Ministry for Foreign Affairs announced that the first round of talks between Ukraine and Turkey towards establishing a visa-free travel regime between the two countries commenced... 2011-04-27