The volume of insurance premiums amounted to 522.4 billion tenge as of October 1, which is 40 percent more than in the same period last year.

BP's new strategy is aimed at supporting decarbonisation and refusal to invest in new hydrocarbon projects.

EBRD revised up its outlook for the economies of the South Caucasus and Central Asia in 2021, predicting that growth would be stronger than it initially expected, though called the recovery "bittersweet".

Earlier this week, the central bank kept the refinancing rate unchanged at 7.25 percent to control rising inflation.

No matter how President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s second term develops, there is no hope in expecting Uzbekistan to transform into a liberal democracy.