Ukraine’s wheat harvest could hit record levels of up to 32 million tonnes this year on the back of high yields and favourable weather.

In January-June 2021 production of natural gas increased by 4.7 percent year-on-year to 26.308 bcm.

Uzbekistan has listed several major state-owned enterprises for initial public offerings (IPO)  to take place in 2021-2023.

On June 10th 2021, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree to improve the country’s human rights record. He emphasised the rights of citizens with disabilities and victims of human trafficking as priority areas, in addition to ensuring the right to freedom of association, expression, and ‘public order’. The decree comes on the heels of two years of heightened dissent and protests in Kazakhstan, so what are the prospects for reform in the realm of civil liberties?