Javier M. Piedra
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- 9
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- Sep 17, 2026
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Samarkand Chess Olympiad Hosts FIDE Election as Timur Turlov Outlines His Plans - The Times Of Central Asia (opens the original)
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The 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, brings national teams together from September 15 to 27. Alongside the competition, delegates will elect the next leadership of FIDE, the International Chess Federation. Three presidential tickets have been approved for the September 26 election. Entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, co-founder of Freestyle Chess with Magnus Carlsen, is running with Malcolm Pein for deputy president. WR Chess founder and WR Group chairman Wadim Rosenstein is stan
Kyrgyzstan's High-Wire Act: Sanctions, Compliance, and National Interest - The Times Of Central Asia (opens the original)
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Bakyt Sydykov, Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Economy and Commerce and Special Presidential Representative for Sanctions Policy. Image: Ministry of Economy and Commerce On September 2, the day after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Heads of State Summit in Bishkek, The Times of Central Asia spoke with Bakyt Sydykov, Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Economy and Commerce and Special Presidential Representative for Sanctions Policy. He outlined the government’s approach to sanctions compliance and protect
Astana Finance Days: Rewiring Finance at Institutional Scale - The Case for Deeper Financial Markets - The Times Of Central Asia (opens the original)
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Image: Plenary session "Innovation at Institutional Scale: Rewiring the Architecture of Finance"; TCA/Javier M Piedra Kazakhstan needs deeper financial markets and a system less dependent on banks, senior financial officials told Astana Finance Days on September 9, 2026. Speakers at the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) explored how digital finance could support that shift during the plenary session, “Innovation at Institutional Scale: Rewiring the Architecture of Finance.” The turnou
Kyrgyzstan-Pakistan Trade: 12-Fold Growth or Pipe Dream? - The Times Of Central Asia (opens the original)
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One of the most notable of Kyrgyzstan’s agreements at the SCO Summit in Bishkek last week may be its deal with Pakistan to boost annual bilateral trade to US$200 million within the next two years. From a base of roughly US$16 million in 2025, that would represent roughly a twelvefold increase. It’s an ambitious target, made more so by associated geoeconomic undercurrents. As long as Bishkek avoids taking sides in any Indo-Pakistan unresolved border or other geopolitical disputes and sticks to tr
In Bishkek, Gor and Daines Put Business First - The Times Of Central Asia (opens the original)
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Gor and President Japarov, Image: president.kg/en/news/21/40715 U.S. Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor and U.S. Senator Steve Daines used their visit to Bishkek this week to put business squarely at the center of Washington’s engagement with Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia, with discussions focused on investment, trade, infrastructure and practical steps for turning ideas into deals. Gor and Daines arrived for the opening of the World Nomad Games to cheer on the U.S. team, a visit
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