The Russian labor market is a vital source of employment for many Central Asians; Russia plays key roles in the energy, and energy export, sectors of Central Asia; and Russia remains the guarantor of security in the region.

A storm in the Russian part of the Black Sea damaged the loading equipment of CPC, one of the world's largest oil pipelines that transports oil from Kazakhstan to world markets.

President Mirziyoyev issued a decree in October 2020 ordering the full or partial privatisation of over 620 state-owned companies and properties.

TBC Bank is one of Georgia's two biggest commercial banks and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Russia showed no letup in pounding Ukrainian cities already large reduced to rubble but still in their defenders’ hands. But Western defence analysts suggested Russian troops were becoming demoralised and had lost some ground to Ukrainian forces