Central Asia – the distorted reality
MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) The inauguration of Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on February 13 as the new president of Turkmenistan was notable for his speech announcing greater access to the […]
Read MoreSupply and Demand: China’s Growing Industrial Sector Looks to Russia for Energy
The steadily improving relations between Russia and China reached a new high earlier this year when the two countries signed 29 bilateral agreements on energy, telecommunications, IT, banking and money […]
Read MoreAnother Big Player for a Neighbor
Kazakhstan has a long common border with China to the east and has been exporting Caspian oil to China’s north-western province Xinjiang by rail since the 1990s. In 2005, Kazakhstan […]
Read MoreGetting the Story Wrong: Akayev Wasn’t Liberal and the Kyrgyz aren’t Anti-Russian
The developments in Kyrgyzstan in March unleashed the usual torrent of “expert” commentary. Armchair academics and parachute journalists saw the protests against the results of the Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, the […]
Read MoreNo Simple Case of Allegiance: Debunking the Radical Islam Stereotype in Central Asia
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – The bomb attacks in the Uzbek capital Tashkent in August once again appeared to raise the spectre of Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism in Central Asia. But to […]
Read MoreРоссийский Кризис: Уроки и Прогнозы для Кыргызстана
The Russian Crisis – Lessons and Forecasts for Kyrgyzstan by Ian Pryde – December 1998 Written by Ian Pryde in Russian for the Securities Journal of the National Commission on […]
Read MorePrivatisation in the Kyrgyz Republic
Briefing Number 6 of the Former Soviet South Project at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, July 1996.
Read MoreИностранные Инвестиции в золотодобычу стимулирует экономику Киргизии
FDI In Gold Mining Stimulates Kyrgyz Economy by Ian Pryde Special to Финансовые Известия (Financial Izvestiya), Moscow, a joint publication of The Financial Times and Izvestiya. Written in Russian and […]
Read MoreKyrgyzstan’s Slow Progress to Reform
Kyrgyzstan’s Slow Progress to Reform by Ian Pryde in The World Today, June1995 Published in The World Today, the monthly journal of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, July […]
Read MoreОткрывая Фондовая Биржа, Киргизия стремится привлечь инвесторов
Kyrgyz Stock Exchange hopes to attract investors by Ian Pryde Special to Финансовые Известия (Financial Izvestiya), Moscow, a joint publication of The Financial Times and Izvestiya. Written in Russian and […]
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