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#Pictureoftheday: Baku, 🇦🇿 #Azerbaijan 📷 Alamy.

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From the very outset of Russia’s #invasion of Ukraine, commentators said #Transnistria, home to 350,000 people and the site of a depot housing 20,000 tonnes of #munitions, could well serve as a theatre for opening “a second front” in #Russia’s onslaught. https://t.co/sDxJS72pO0

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#Kazbegi is an extremely popular #destination both among foreign tourists and #Tbilisians due to it being accessible all year round. Kazbegi should be your first taste of the #Georgian countryside.https://t.co/EpkTLy6X52

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#FitchRatings has revised the International #Bank of #Azerbaijan’s (ABB) outlook to #Stable from #Positive while affirming its long-term Issuer Default Rating (#IDR) at ‘B’. https://t.co/pfSFxJyfCe

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#Armenia’s economic activity grew by 9.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year backed by real sector growth. In March alone, #economic activity expanded by 6.7% year-on-year and by 8.4% compared to February this year. https://t.co/WlRF8csO9z

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#Azerbaijan decided not to ship #oil via #Russia in May due to #commercial reasons caused by an uneasy #geopolitical situation over Russia’s #invasion of #Ukraine and Western #sanctions imposed on Moscow. https://t.co/zeo4j0fcVh

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Two #Russian #missiles struck #Kyiv after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio #Guterres ended #talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky focusing on how to save servicemen and civilians still trapped in the besieged and ruined port of #Mariupol. https://t.co/6NOtt2DNvf

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#Pictureoftheday Issyk-Kul region, Karakichi, Lake Sonkel, 🇰🇬 #Kyrgyzstan 📷 Alamy.

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#Pictureoftheday: Poi Kalon Mosque and Minaret at the sunset, Bukhara, 🇺🇿 #Uzbekistan 📷 Alamy.

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Western nations stepped up pledges of #military hardware for #Ukraine in response to calls from the United States to boost Kyiv’s military capabilities to ensure that the #Kremlin could never undertake another similar military adventure. https://t.co/Us43AdjtH6

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#Pictureoftheday: Tbilisi view, 🇬🇪 #Georgia 📷 Alamy.

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Commercial #banks in #Azerbaijan increased net #profit by 16.9% year-on-year to 173.9 million manats ($63.4 million) in the first quarter of this year. https://t.co/gZgB7XbCFA

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#Kyrgyzstan’s central #bank kept the key #refinancing rate at 14%, amid accelerating #inflation and #geopolitical risks stemming from the Central Asian nation’s close #economic ties with #Russia. https://t.co/nbDItlw63A

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#Georgia’s commercial #banking sector reported a rise in net #profit in amount of 413,486 million lari ($137.4 million) in the first quarter of this year compared with 411,807 million lari in the same period of 2021. https://t.co/M6v51ZWx5F

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#Uzbekistan will build 15 large #hydropower plants (HPP) and upgrade five existing HPPs across the country within the next five years to increase significantly the use of hydropower potential of the populous Central Asian nation. https://t.co/FhZSnXCgyq

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#PASHA Holding, a leading #investment holding in #Azerbaijan, reported a 17.4% #rise in its #assets to 15.5 billion manats ($9.1 billion) in 2021 from 13.2 billion manats a year earlier. https://t.co/oeMvytad7r

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#Kazakhstan’s National #Bank raised its key policy rate to 14% from 13.5% to curb #inflation amid #geopolitical risks. https://t.co/oKcxmjRG6Z

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#Pictureoftheday: A girl in traditional clothes, 🇹🇯 #Tajikistan 📷 Alamy.

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#Ukraine marked Easter without a cease-fire as #Russia intensified its #attacks on a range of cities and two top U.S. #diplomats offered more #aid and #supplies after talks in Kyiv with President Volodymyr #Zelensky. https://t.co/mfVdCUkFAE

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#Uzbekistan’s #economy has #expanded by 5.8% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year compared to 3% growth in the same period last year. https://t.co/mbFvcrtjre