... US$ 500 million is a blank cheque for Uzbekistan to spend however it wishes, the 250 million with CDB for support Chinese SMEs to bring technology transfers to Uzbekistan. This development is mirrored in the recent creation of a new
US$ 500 million Kazakhstan-China Eurasian Nurly Fund
and the
Russia-China Investment Fund
, a US$ 225 million fund denominated in RMB established principally by the sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund and China Investment Corporation. These funds are designed ...
... continued. An important event in Russia–China relations in the run-up to the summit was the state visit by the President of the Russian Federation, which resulted in the deepening of the comprehensive bilateral strategic partnership. The leader of Kazakhstan made a similar trip to China, as did the President of Kyrgyzstan, the country which officially assumed chairmanship of the SCO for the upcoming year following the Qingdao summit.
Andrey Kortunov:
SCO: The Cornerstone Rejected by the Builders of a New Eurasia?
The endorsement ...
... coals (up 203 per cent year-on-year according to Reuters) – the highest-quality coals, whose reserves are very limited in China.
Coal production and coal exports in Russia are sure to increase with the implementation of major projects, including the ... ...
Despite the fact that Russia exports significant volumes of coal, it also imports between 20 and 25 million tonnes annually from Kazakhstan for electricity generation purposes in several cities across the Urals. It is cheaper to import coal from Kazakhstan ...
... and 10. The event is already being touted by the media and official figures of the participating countries as one of the most important international events of the year. All the more so because it will mark the first time that the six member states (China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan anthd Uzbekistan) are joined by India and Pakistan. Journalists and analysts were quick to point out that the participants account for a sizeable share of world’s population, territory, natural resources and ...
... transport corridors of a continental scale being constructed in Russia. But to the extent that it is more or less feasible, involvement in trans-continental projects can and should be embraced. This goes for the Northern Silk Road routes, which pass through China, Kazakhstan and Russia: through such cities as Urumqi, Dostyk, Omsk, Moscow, into EU countries. In its Russian sections, this route passes through Orenburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow and St Petersburg, before finishing at the ports of the Baltic Sea ...
... Republic of Kazakhstan – the Leader of the Nation took part in this work. The Report was presented on April 17 in Astana, at the “Creating Eurasia: “Silk Road Economic Belt” international conference. Over 40 experts from Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran and Turkey took part in the discussion.
The Report analyzes the prospects for Russia’s participation in the PRC initiative that aims to establish the “Silk Road Economic Belt” – the network of land ...
... countries in the region are ruled out by the the very same parameters but with a different modulus sign. Russia is dealing with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, providing the two latter with aid and debt forgiveness. At the same time Russia is conducting ... ... joining the Customs Union can play against Russia in the regional “game”, no matter how generous she is to her allies. China ‘s mostly economic relationships with Central Asian states make it look like there is nothing Central Asia can get ...
A test of good-neighbourliness
The problem of sharing transboundary waters for China’s neighbouring countries comes to the fore. The Irtysh River, which connects three friendly countries – China, Kazakhstan and Russia – integrated by strategic cooperation, is the subject of negotiations at different levels now for the second decade. Although Russia and Kazakhstan have quickly come to a common understanding of how to jointly and efficiently manage ...
