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Kazakhstan's presidential election has been moved forward from December 2012 to April 3 2011, and we expect the incumbent Nursultan Nazarbayev to cruise to victory. The Organisation... 2011-03-28

The prime ministers of Mongolia and South Korea recently have completed talks in Seoul with the aim of expanding economic ties and deepening relations between the two nations. The meeting... 2011-03-28

The Mongolian government has proposed amendments to the existing terms of the deal which sees it develop the Oyu Tolgoi silver, gold and copper mine together with Ivanhoe and Rio... 2011-03-28

US Vice President Joe Biden called on Georgia to withdraw its opposition to Russia's WTO membership bid on March 23, highlighting what we see as growing US support for the country's... 2011-03-25

In a sign of goodwill Azerbaijan and Armenia competed a prisoner exchange on March 17, following an earlier agreement between the two countries' presidents during a meeting in Russia.... 2011-03-25

Belarusian authorities have continued to arrest activists following widespread protests against the government in the aftermath of disputed elections back in December 2010. In early... 2011-03-25

President Viktor Yanukovich urged domestic lawmakers to speed up the pace of the privatisation of Ukraine's numerous state-owned enterprises, according to comments presented by the... 2011-03-24

A bill backed by Moldova's government to ban discrimination of homosexuals and other minorities faces stiff resistance in the country's parliamentary assembly, with religious leaders... 2011-03-24

Uzbek President Islam Karimov was urged by European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso to free a number of domestic political prisoners at a meeting in Brussels in late January. The meeting... 2011-02-28

The approval ratings for Ukraine's government, led by President Viktor Yanukovich's Party of Regions, have suffered a precipitous fall from May of last year, according to a survey undertaken... 2011-02-22