Monthly review for February 2009: Central Asia & Caspian Region

In this issue:

3 Laws & Legislations
3-4 Politics and Economics
3 Kyrgyzstan approves U.S. air base closure
3 EBRD says Turkmenistan makes progress in carrying out economic reform
4 Foreign trade turnover up 17.2%
4 Crisis-hit Tajikistan secures $120 mln IMF loan
4 Armenia to get $500 mln loan from Russia
5 Banking
5 Baku subsidiary of Russian Vneshtorgbank officially registered as Bank VTB
5 Bank of Baku determined the winners of “Win over 15 Years”
5 Bank of Georgia allots USD 28m to "save" real estate market
5 HR News
6-7 Corporate News
6 Dragon Oil updates on reserves
6 TeliaSonera profit, sales advance on added customers
6 Gazprom to conduct large scale seismic operations in Tajikistan
7 France Telecom To Launch Armenia Network ‘In Fall’
6 IPO and M&A news
7 Last month gainers / losers
8 Market Spotlight: NK LUKOIL OAO