Eurasia

As oil prices surged to another record ($93.56 per barrel), energy analysts said Russia has become a critical player in the world oil and gas market. Richard Herold is director of international affairs of the London-based oil multinational, BP, which has large investments in Russia.

The freedom of religion and consciousness and the role of religious organizations in Kyrgyzstan were discussed at an OSCE conference in Bishkek on 29 October. 

About 100 nutrition experts from Central Asia will meet in Kazakhstan next week to discuss one of the most pressing health challenges that has faced the region in the past decade – malnutrition.

Ukrainian Communist Party leader Pyotr Simonenko plans to propose constitutional amendments to the Ukrainian Supreme Rada, in accordance with which Ukrainian president is to be elected by the parliament. Simonenko’s statement was released today by the Communist Party press office, a REGNUM correspondent informs.   

This is the first election in the history of the Republic of Uzbekistan with six candidates at once running for president. Two candidates have been the all-time record in all sixteen years of sovereignty until now.

Ashgabat, 18 October 2007 (nCa) — Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan signed 7 bilateral documents and issued a joint communiqué on the first day of the visit of President Islam Karimov to Ashgabat.

Abkhazia demands that Tbilisi withdraw its troops from the breakaway Georgian region’s border, a spokesman for the Abkhazian president said on Tuesday.

The five Caspian Sea littoral states adopted a declaration at their second summit on Tuesday in Tehran, pledging to deny access to third countries who intend to use force against any Caspian state.

  Oil hit a record over $84 a barrel Friday on mounting tensions between Turkey and northern Iraq and lingering supply concerns ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter. US crude rose 68 cents to $83.76 a barrel after trading up to a record $84.05 a barrel earlier. London Brent crude …

After the collapse of Soviet Union, new countries have emerged in a geography that extends from the Baltic region in the west, through the Pacific Ocean in the East.