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The Baymak district in Bashkortostan, Russia, is known as an agrarian region and makes a significant contribution to the republic's food security. Despite changing weather each year, local farmers harvest abundant crops, lead in kumis production and remain at the forefront of livestock farming.
Kyrgyzstan's Finance Ministry has set the state investment budget for 2027 at 47.3 billion soms, 6% more than in the current year. External financing is expected to total 45.1 billion soms, including 33.5 billion soms in loans and 11.5 billion soms in grants. The budget is projected to rise to 75.8 billion soms in 2028.
Commercial banks and virtual asset service providers in Kyrgyzstan must introduce enhanced monitoring of cross-border transactions from the fourth quarter of 2026 through 2028. Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev issued the instruction in Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 653 of September 29.
Uzbekistan produced 9.1 billion kWh of green energy in January–August 2026. Over the past four years, the development of this sector has helped save more than 6.5 billion cubic metres of natural gas and prevent the release of over 14.5 million tonnes of harmful gases into the atmosphere.
The Ulusal Birlik Partisi (UBP) has set the order numbers to be used in its candidate ranking vote, according to a party statement. Savaşan said the numbers were determined under the supervision and oversight of the Central Election Committee.
Fevzi Uzel, Istanbul representative of the Business People’s Association (İŞAD), outlined the Northern Cyprus Technology Base project on KIBRIS TV’s “Güne Yansıyanlar” programme. He said the base will consist of nine separate facilities combining a data centre, software, cyber security, entrepreneurship and technology, and that the project aims to reverse brain drain.
Uzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs says traffic into Samarkand and along several central streets will be restricted from time to time due to international events. On October 19-20, the city will host a meeting of foreign ministers from Central Asian countries and the United States in the C5+1 format. On October 21-22, it will host a global summit dedicated to child welfare and the future of children.
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Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has congratulated Azerbaijan on Restoration of Independence Day. Day.Az reported that the message was published on the ministry's official account on the social network X.
An international conference, “XX–XXI Century Tatar Literature, Culture and Contemporary Literary Strategies”, was held at the Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication of Kazan Federal University to mark the 85th anniversary of Tatarstan People's Poet Renat Kharis. Scholars from Russian regions, as well as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other countries, took part, Intertat reported.
One person was killed and five others were injured in a mass drone attack on St Petersburg, which the source attributes to Ukraine's Armed Forces, according to St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov. APA's Russia bureau reported the governor's statement, saying the attack damaged a 12-storey apartment building and two private houses.
UBP Secretary-General Ahmet Savaşan has announced that serial numbers have been determined for 72 pre-candidates seeking to represent the National Unity Party in six electoral districts, competing for 50 parliamentary candidacies ahead of the general election on 6 December 2026. The numbers were set under the supervision of the Central Election Committee.
Uzbekistan has announced that people who involve minors in drug use could face up to 10 years of deprivation of liberty. The provision is set out in a law aimed at strengthening the protection of children from violence, which was signed by the President. Under the law, criminal liability for involving minors in drugs and psychotropic substances has been sharply increased.
The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan will host the 15th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA) and a meeting of the Assembly Council on October 19-20.
Kazakhstan has received an operating university as a gift. Nurasyl Medeu, founder of the Kazakh National University of Sport (KNUS), has decided to give the state the institution, into which he invested his own funds for five years. The decision was made known on 17 October in Astana, where KNUS marked its fifth anniversary.
In the Russian region of Yakutia, deliveries of petroleum products to the Nizhny Bestyakh station are continuing as part of planned work to replenish fuel storage facilities. The total volume of the shipment is 19.5 thousand tonnes, according to Deputy Minister for Civil Defence and Life Safety of the Population Nikita Pavlov.
Representatives of Turkmenistan took part as observers in the 46th meeting of the Coordinating Transport Meeting (KTS) of CIS member states in Astana. The meeting was held within the eighth International Transport and Logistics Business Forum «New Silk Way» and the international exhibition «TransLogistica Kazakhstan 2026».
Uzbekistan intends to expand deep processing of natural gas to produce high value-added products, rather than limiting its use to fuel for electricity generation. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced this on October 16 at an open dialogue with investors in the fuel and energy sector, stressing the economic value created by processing.
Kazakhstan is seeking closer cooperation with Belgium to develop the Middle Corridor, including a potential partnership between the Port of Antwerp-Bruges and the Caspian ports of Aktau and Kuryk, Euronews reports. Speaking at the Belgium-Kazakhstan Business Council, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said the partnership "could open wider markets for our metals, petrochemicals and agricultural products." The business forum resulted in 17 agreements covering logistics, agriculture, artificial intelligence, energy, healthcare and manufacturing.
Azerbaijan's extended chairmanship of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) until 2028 opens new opportunities for regional cooperation, security and joint economic projects, according to Ranokhon Tursunova, a professor at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent. She spoke to Day.az about the outcomes of the 7th CICA summit, held in Baku on 15 October.
A jubilee evening marking the 85th birthday of poet and publicist Garifjan Mukhammetshin was held at the Baltach Culture Center in Tatarstan, Russia. Titled "Feeling the Sorrow of the Native Land," the event was reported by the press service of the Tatarstan Writers' Union.
Azerbaijan will have four consecutive non-working days in November, Day.Az reports. This year, 8 November, Victory Day, falls on a Sunday. The following day, 9 November, is marked as State Flag Day and is also a non-working day.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan has urged China Energy International to make new investments in the water supply system of the Navoi region. The issue was discussed on October 16 at a meeting with the heads of Chinese companies CAMCE, China Energy and Sinoma Energy, and the chairman of the board of directors of Oman's Voltamp Energy, Sayyid Ayman Al Busaidi. The presidential press service reported the meeting.
Kyrgyzstan plans to build 115 kindergartens each year, with 240 places per facility, and to raise preschool coverage to 80% by 2030. The measures are part of the first stage of the Concept of Demographic Policy until 2040, which was discussed on 16 October at a meeting of the Council on Demographic Policy under the Cabinet, the Ministry of Social Labour reported.
Uzbekistan will for the first time develop a National Energy Development Master Plan through 2050 and publish it openly. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced this on October 16 at an open dialogue with investors in the fuel and energy sector.
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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