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Police break up oil worker demo in Astana

12 April 2023

More than 80 detained as authorities disperse protest mounted by group who travelled to capital from volatile town of Zhanaozen.

Hungary reaches new energy agreements in Moscow

12 April 2023

Budapest defies EU again and signs new agreements to ensure the uninterrupted supply of Russian gas and crude oil and to amend the financing of the Paks nuclear power plant expansion.

Turkmenistan: Going to the Arkadags

5 April 2023

Cargo traffic from Russia doubles, electricity export plans, and the former president gets even more megalomaniacal. Eurasianet’s weekly briefing.

Japan's purchases of Russian oil exceed G7 price cap

4 April 2023

Japan has been purchasing Russian crude oil at a price that exceeds the $60 per barrel price cap set by the G7 nations and Australia earlier this year, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal.