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	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:36:19 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Shortly about modern Turkmenistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkmenistan is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west.

Ashgabat is the capital and largest city with a population of approximately 900,000 people. The Turkmen capital became the Guinness book record holder for the number of buildings made of white marble.

The population is about 6 million, the lowest of the Central Asian republics, and Turkmenistan is one of the most sparsely populated nations in Asia.

The territory of the country is spread over 491,200 sq. km. The lands of Turkmenistan are 80% represented by deserts. Most of the country is covered by the Karakum Desert.

Turkmenistan possesses the world's fifth largest reserves of natural gas. From 1993 to 2017, citizens received government-provided electricity,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 21:12:37 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Shortly about modern Tajikistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tajikistan (officially the Republic of Tajikistan) is a landlocked country in Central Asia.

It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. It is separated narrowly from Pakistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor.

Tajikistan has an area of 143,100 km2 and an estimated population of 9,749,625 people. Mountains cover more than 90% of the country.

Most of Tajikistan's population belongs to the Tajik ethnic group, who speak the Tajik language — the first official language — making it one of the three Persian speaking countries alongside Afghanistan and Iran. Russian is used as the official inter-ethnic language. While the state is constitutionally secular, Islam is nominally adhered to by 98% of the population.

Its capital and largest city is Dushanbe with 846,400 people living there.

The national currency is somoni, which was introduced on 30 October 2000, replacing the rouble.

On 9 September 1991,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 21:06:45 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Shortly about modern Uzbekistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.

It is surrounded by five landlocked countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistanto the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest.

The total area of Uzbekistan is 448 924км² and is the 56th in the world.

Its capital and largest city is Tashkent with 3 mln people population.

As of July 1, 2021, the permanent population of the republic is 34,860,170 people.

The official language of Uzbekistan is Uzbek. The second most important language is Russian, which is spoken by a significant part of the population and is widely spoken in the country.

The national currency is Sum, which was introduced on July 1, 1994. $1 = 11200 UZS (2022).

Uzbekistan is a secular state, with a presidential constitutional government in place. The head of state is the president. The highest state representative body is the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:15:59 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Shortly about modern Kazakhstan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kazakhstan (the official name is the Republic of Kazakhstan) is a state in the center of Eurasia, most of which is in Asia, smaller - in Europe.

Population of Kazakhstan is 19 mln people (2021).

It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea.

Kazakhstan is officially a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage.

It is located between the Caspian Sea, the Lower Volga region, the Urals, Siberia, China and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea.

Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country with an area of 2,724,902 km². It ranks 9th in the world in terms of territory, 2nd among post-Soviet countries (after Russia).]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:09:53 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Shortly about modern Kyrgyzstan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan ( officially the Kyrgyz Republic) is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east.

Kyrgyzstan is a presidential, secular, unitary republic.

The state language is Kyrgyz, the official language is Russian.

The monetary unit is the Kyrgyz som, which was introduced in 1993, first among the CIS. $1 = 84.5 KGS (2022).

Kyrgyzstan’s capital and largest city is Bishkek with a permanent population of 1,053,900 people.

The second largest city in terms of population is Osh, where more than 500 000 people live.

The population of Kyrgyzstan is 7 million people and the country ranks 110th in the world. Ethnic Kyrgyz make up the majority of the country, followed by significant minorities of Uzbeks and Russians. The Kyrgyz language is closely related to other Turkic languages.

In terms of area, the country ranks 85th in the world (199,951 km²),]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 21:41:57 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Emamoli Rahmon - President of the Republic of Tajikistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emamoli Rahmon is the President of Tajikistan. He was born on October 5, 1952, in the village of Dangara, Kulyab region. He is the third president of the Republic of Tajikistan since November 16, 1994.

From November 27, 1992 to November 16, 1994, he was the chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Tajikistan, that is, he was actually the head of state, since the post of president of the Republic of Tajikistan was abolished during this period. Since March 18, 1998, he has also been the leader of the center-left People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan, which dominates the parliament of Tajikistan. He was elected Vice President of the UN General Assembly on September 30, 1999 for a period of one year.

Since December 25, 2015, Emamoli Rahmon has been holding the life title "Peshvoi Millat", which means "Leader of the Nation", in full - "Founder of Peace and National Unity - Leader of the Nation". He won the presidential elections five times (in the elections of 1994, 1999, 2006, 2013 and 2020),]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:35:36 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Shavkat Mirziyoyev - President of the Republic of Uzbekistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shavkat Mirziyoyev is the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan since December 14, 2016.

He worked as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan from December 12, 2003 to December 14, 2016.

After an investigation by a number of journalists and publications, it became clear that the native of the Tajik village of Yakhtan is Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s grandfather from his father’s side, and Shavkat Mirziyoyev himself is an Uzbek. In the official biography of the president, his nationality is listed as Uzbek. Almost all residents of Yakhtan are ethnic Uzbeks today.

He has two sisters, a half-brother and a sister. Mirziyoyev is married to Ziroathon Khoshimova and has two daughters, a son and five grandchildren. His elder son-in-law, Oybek Tursunov, is currently the head of presidential administration, while his younger son-in-law, Otabek Shakhanov, is the head of the presidential security service.

Since coming to power,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:34:11 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Kassym-Jomart Tokayev - President of the Republic of Kazakhstan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich Tokayev was born on May 17, 1953 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan since March 20, 2019.

He is the Chairman of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan since January 5, 2022,

Chairman of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan since April 28, 2021,

Chairman of the Amanat Party from January 28 to April 26, 2022.

From October 16, 2013 to March 20, 2019, he was the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From March 12, 2011 to October 16, 2013, he worked as the Director General of the UN office in Geneva.

From October 1999 to January 2002 he worked as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Doctor of Political Sciences Kassym-Jomart Tokayev headed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan twice - 1994-1999, 2002-2007.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:31:54 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Sadyr Zhaparov - President of the Kyrgyz Republic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[crossing the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border on March 25, 2017, he was detained and taken to the pre-trial detention center of the State Committee for National Security on charges of organizing mass riots and taking hostage of Emilbek Kaptagaev, the governor of Issyk-Kul Oblast. Zhaparov was sentenced to 11 years and 6 months in prison.

In March 2017, Zhaparov released a video message where he spoke about Kumtor and the Megacom mobile operator and expressed his confidence that the company should remain in state ownership. In his video message he also announced that is returning to his homeland.

On the day of his arrival, he was detained at a checkpoint with Kazakhstan and taken to a temporary detention center, and then he was convicted and imprisoned.

On October 5, 2020, mass protests began in Kyrgyzstan against the results of the parliamentary elections. On the morning of October 6, protesters led by Kamchybek Tashiev (Zhaparov’s friend), released Sadyr Zhaparov and took him to the central square of Bishkek,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:30:22 +0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Serdar Berdimuhamedov - President of Turkmenistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Serdar Gurbangulyevich Berdimuhamedov was born on September 22, 1981 in Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR.

Serdar Berdimuhamedov is the President of Turkmenistan and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan since March 19, 2022.

Serdar is the only son of the second President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

In 2001, he graduated from Turkmen Agricultural University named after Sapar Niyazov with a degree in process engineering. At that time, his father was the Minister of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, and in 2001, in parallel, one of the deputy chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country, headed by President Saparmurat Niyazov.

In 2008-2011, Serdar Berdimuhamedov was the Minister Counselor of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation, in Moscow. There he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation under the second higher education program with a degree in international relations.

In 2011-2013,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:27:31 +0600</pubDate>
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