'The full-scale invasion of Ukraine is accelerating the process of China edging out Russia from Central and Eastern Europe,' writes Dimitar Bechev for Carnegie Politika.
carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Vladimir Putin touched down in Beijing, marking his first first foreign trip since securing another six years in the Kremlin.

🇷🇺🇦🇫Trade between Russia and Afghanistan has increased fivefold since the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan, reaching $1 billion, according to Rustam Khabibullin, head of the Russian Trade Center in Kabul.

ria.ru/20240515/tovar…

Recently our team at NGO Sharoit+ conducted accessibility monitoring of Public Services Centres (PSCs) in #Tashkent . Read about the outcomes in my op-ed Газета.uz where I propose to adopt a gov. standard of public service delivery for disabled people.
dilmurad.me/expert/how-acc…

Impressive # from Uzbekistan. But what is more impressive is that most are not funded by 🇺🇿 govt. "El-yurt umidi" Foundation (state) gives out scholarships (around 550 current fellows) but the new generation is good at getting grants and financing themselves.
statista.com/chart/3624/the…

Regress of the Western Aral Sea just in one year. Hurry up if you haven't seen it. The time is up. Photo by Khurmet Jalimbetov.

🇨🇳🇷🇺Putin assesses every relationship through a lens of 3 considerations:
- can it help on the battlefield
- can it help to sustain RU economy & circumvent sanctions
- can it help push against the West

China ticks all 3 boxes.

Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士 Michelle Ye Hee Lee washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/…

“The Chinese parallel order is now taking shape“ - very interesting read on China-Russia trade links and their geopolitical ambitions. With expert opinions from ⁦Temur Umarov 马铁木⁩ and others.
on.ft.com/4bALmrc

The truth is that after two years of war in Ukraine and painful Western sanctions, it’s not just Mr. Putin who needs China — Russia does, too. Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士
nytimes.com/2024/05/15/opi…

Here we are! Nargis Kassenova Chatham House chathamhouse.org/events/all/res…

Life goes on, and by the end of the week, Putin will head to China. There, he'll discuss finetuning the lifeline Beijing has extended to Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine. This visit may show US threats are wishful thinking. Delving into this topic 👇on.ft.com/4biKyHC

Uzbekistan's president Mirziyoyev hosted a delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Liu Guozhong of the State Council of the PRC. The visit was in conjunction with the upcoming session of the Uzbekistan-China Intergovernmental Committee on Cooperation. daryo.uz/en/2024/05/14/…

“More and more Europeans are waking up to the fact that after losing Russia, they cannot now lose China.”

guancha.cn/WangWen/2024_0…

May 3-9, China's special representative Li Hui 'carried out the 3round of shuttle diplomacy on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis.' Before and after the visit Li Hui had discussions w/ Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa & Kazakhstan.
fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_6…

Expect growth of uranium import from Kazakhstan.

The Washington Post: U.S. bans Russian uranium imports
washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

A NEW RED LINE MINI-SERIES:

'THE ARMED FORCES OF CENTRAL ASIA'

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PART 1: >>>> 16/5/24