CERES News Digest: Vol.2, Issue #5 - Feb.11-15, 2013

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Country News DigestVol.2, Issue #5

01/11/13-02/15/13

Editor: Eugene Imas

Contributors:-Joseph Gates-Matthew OBrien-Bree Swineford-Jillian Tetirick-Grace Tran

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2/6

Country News DigestLocal Azeri author, AkramAylisli, is being persecutedover his recent book, Stone

Azerbaijan

Georgia

RussiaDreams. Te book is about the Armenian-Azerbaijaniconicts during the 20th century but details themassacring o thousands o Armenians.

On Tursday, Russia issuedan arrest warrant or Giviargamadze, claimingthat he had plotted uprisings. Ocials alleged thatargamadze met with Udaltsov, as caught on videosurveillance. argamadze denied the charges and statedthat the FSB had manuactured the clip.

Armenia

Moldova

Belarus

Ukraine

Turkey

Ukraine and urkmenistanhave reached a tentativedeal to resume shipmentso natural gas. urkmenistan has previously suppliedUkraine with natural gas in exchange or cash and goods.Te deal hinges on approval rom Kazakhstan and Russiasince urkmen gas would have to transit through bothcountries en route to Ukraine.

Te trial o AlyaksandrVarlamau, one o Belarusmost prominent ashiondesigners, began last week. Varlamau has been underarrest since May 2011 on charges o misappropriation ostate unds to the tune o 1.2 billion Belarusian rubles($138,000). Speculation has suraced that Varlamau isbeing removed rom the height o the Belarusian ashionindustry to make way or someone else.

Te pro-western coalitiongovernment in Moldovais nearing collapse ascorruption investigations were launched against numerousministers. PM Vlad Filat criticized his coalition partners ina public display o the bitter inghting that has reportedlytroubled the coalition since it came to power in 2009.

Te Russian InvestigationCommittee has chargedGivi argamadze, a

Georgian member o parliament, with conspiring withSergei Udaltstov to plan opposition riots in downtownMoscow. Georgian ocials have stated that they willnot extradite argamadze to Russia, but they have alsonoted that he is not subject to any kind o parliamentaryimmunity and will investigate the matter themselves.

Te Armenian presidentialcandidates are entering thehomestretch o an election,

which has eatured a hunger-strike, an assassinationattempt, and three withdrawals o prominent oppositioncandidates. Experts and public polling analysts indicatethat incumbent Serzh Sargsyan will win reelection in alandslide when the election is held next week.

In addition to the eightgenerals that were recentlyarrested in relation to the

February 28, 1997 ousting o the Islamic government,authorities questioned six more army ocials potentiallylinked to the coup. Te investigations are consideredanother step in urther curtailing the military s power.

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Country News DigestFormer Kyrgyz presidentKurmanbek Bakiyev wassentenced in absentia by a

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Kazakhstan

military court to 24-years in a high security prison orabuse o oce. His brother Zhanysh was setenced tolie in prison or the murder o Meded Sadyrulov. AterBakiyev was overthrown in 2010, the two brothers ed toBelarus, where they remain today.

President o Aghanistan,Hamid Karzai, conrontedthe newly appointed topcommander o US and NAO troops in Aghanistan,General Joseph Dunord, over an airstrike that killed10 Aghan civilians. Dunord told Karzai that they wereinvestigating the incident and would send ocials toexpress condolences to the amilies o those afected.

Mongolia

IranRepresentatives rom theUNs International AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA)returned rom a visit to ehran last week without makingany progress on negotiations to resume inspections oIrans nuclear acilities. Iran has recently conrmed theinstallation o new centriuges, which will enrich uraniumour to ve times aster than its current system.

Ukraine and urkmenistanhave reached a tentativedeal to resume imports ogas rom urkmenistan. Agreements were signed aterurkmen president Berdymukhamedov met with hisUkrainian counterpart on February 13. Kazakhstan andRussia would have to agree to be transit states or the dealto be completed.

Te CEO o Rio intoSam Walsh has expressedhis concern with theattempt o Mongolian politicians to renegotiate termso the investment agreement or the Oyu olgoi coppermine. According to reports, the Mongolian governmentis seeking a greater cut o the revenue generated by themine, while Rio into is mulling a temporary workstoppage to protest these demands.

Kazakhstans governmenthas reiterated its commit-ment to compromise with

Russia over use o the Baikonur space port, which isleased to Russia or $115 million per year through 2050.Te two states have agreed to build a new joint acility,Baiterek, which will better serve the needs o each statesspace program.

Former Prime Ministero ajkistan AbdumalikAbdullajanov was arrested

at Kievs Boryspil Airport last week on an Interpol warrantissued by Dushanbe or his involvement in an allegedconspiracy to assassinate President Rahmon in 1997. AUkrainian court issued a warrant or his temporary arrestand detainment or 40 days, while Dushanbe and Kievnegotiate over the extradition. I convicted, Abdullajanovcould ace 20 years in prison.

Uzbekistan has announcedplans to build a rail linethrough a mountain pass

that would bypass ajikistan and directly link ashkentto Uzbekistans second-largest city, Namangan, in theFerghana Valley. Te Kamchik pass is home to the onlyhighway that runs entirely through Uzbek territory andconnects the two cities. Te current main rail line runsthrough 70 miles o ajikistans Ferghana territory.

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4/6

Country News DigestTe Estonian governmentis seeking to enhance tradewith India. On Wednesday,

Estonia

Lithuania

Czech RepublicEstonia opened its rst embassy in New Delhi, an eventconcurrent with the visit o a delegation o Estonian Iand tech entrepreneurs to India and Sri Lanka. Estoniasconnections to Europes rail system and its cheaper labormarkets make it an attractive business partner.

Czech PM Petr Necasthreat to veto the EUbudget paid of or thecountry. Ater twenty-our hours o negotiations, Necaswas able to increase the amount o unds available to theCzech Republic by 900 million euros. Te country willalso see increased access to CAP unds.

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Te Slovak economy grewslower than expected, andthe government was orcedto revise its orecast or the second time in our months.Te disappointing growth has orced the government toredirect unds in an attempt to adhere to its scal targets.

Ocial data released thisweek has shown that theeconomic condition oHungary is worse than analysts previously thought.According to the report, Hungarys economy contractedby 1.7% in 2012, with its recession deepening in theourth quarter.

A Romanian court has ruledin avor o the early releaseo ormer Prime MinisterAdrian Nastase on grounds o good behavior. Te ruling,however, is not nal, as the National AnticorruptionDirectorate prosecutors are appealing the decision.Nastase was sentenced to two years in jail in June 2012or illegally nancing his election campaign.

Lithuania has suspendedthe operations o UkioBankas, its sixth-largest

lender by assets. Te bank lost $17 million in the rstthree quarters o 2012 and is under investigation relatedto embezzlement charges. Lithuanias central bank hasordered Ukio to sell its assets in order to mitigate theorganizations impact on the states nancial system.

While speaking beore theLatvian Council o PublicOrganizations, the Russian

Ambassador to Latvia, Alexander Veshnyakov, outragedthe crowd by denying that the Soviet Union orciblyoccupied the Baltics rom 1941-1990, instead claimingthat they had liberated them rom Nazi Germany. Tedebate over the role o the USSR in the Baltics has beena point o contention in the Russian-Latvian relationshipsince the all o the Soviet Union.

Polands credit rating hasreceived a boost rom thenew EU multi-year budget

proposal, which came out last week. Despite cuts o 38billion euros rom the overall budget, Polands shareincreased by about 4 billion euros. Te state is still thelargest recipient o unds in the EU but is expected to bea net payer by 2020.

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5/6

Country News DigestOn Friday, Bulgariaexpelled three Hamaslawmakers, citing national

Bulgaria

Albania

Croatiasecurity risks. Te Palestinians had come to Bulgaria or aprivate NGO meeting, but there was enough evidence tosuggest that their presence would have constituted a riskor national security.

Croatian Prime MinisterZoran Milanovic releaseda statement this week thatCroatia will support Macedonia in its eforts to jointhe European Union, citing the lack o any unresolvedproblems in their relationship. Croatia is set to join theEuropean Union in July.

Serbia

Macedonia

Te large winter stormmoving through Europecontinues to afectMontenegro. High wind gusts and mounting snow haveefectively closed roadways and resulted in many villagersbecoming snowbound.

Last week, Kosovarpresident Atiete Jahjagamet with Serbian presidentomislav Nikolic, a move that experts say is a big steptowards normalizing relations. Both presidents pledgedto mend their strained relationship, although Serbia stillwill not recognize Kosovo. Prime Minister Hashim Taciis also optimistic about his meeting with his Serbiancounterpart later this month.

Standard & Poors (S&P)downgraded Sloveniascredit rating this week romA to A-, as the countrys debt burden continues to grow.S&P voiced concern over the increasing debt held bypublicly held banks and orecasts that that debt is goingto increase in 2013.

On Wednesday, Albania,Greece, and Italy signedan agreement backing the

proposed rans Adriatic Pipeline (AP) that would takegas rom Azerbaijan to Europe. Te 800-kilometer gaspipeline would have an initial capacity o 10 bcm andrun rom Greece to Albania to southern Italy, wherethe gas could then be transported onward to WesternEurope. APs main competitor to supply Europe is theEU-backed Nabucco pipeline.

Te Serbian governmenthas declared that it willnot recognize Kosovar

independence, even i it was a precondition to EUmembership. Te government has stated that it is preparedto give a great degree o autonomy to the majority KosovoAlbanians, in an efort to normalize relations betweenBelgrade and Pristina.

Te EU EnlargementCommissioner, StephenFule, has unexpectedly

cancelled his meeting in Skopje, citing the countryspolitical unrest as an impasse to its accession into the EU.Fule reerred to the December 24 incident and statedthat Macedonia needed to ocus on its commitment todemocracy beore moving orward.

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6/6

Country News Digest

Bosnia &Herzegovina

Members o the Houseo Representatives inBosnias Federation oBosnia and Herzegovina passed a vote o no condencein the government on Wednesday. Te vote was led bythe parliamentary majority comprised o the SocialDemocratic Party, the Alliance or a Better Future, theCroatian Democratic Union, and its sister party. Prime

Minister Niksic, member o the Social Democratic Party,has also called or a change o government.

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CERES News Digest: Vol.2, Issue #5 - Feb.11-15, 2013

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