For Moscow, that price comes in the form of complete political loyalty from Turkmenistan.
ISAF's command, as will its outpost in nearby Maimana, close to the border with Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan has since made efforts to break out of Russia's hold on its exports.
Besides infrastructure, several other issues must be settled before Turkmenistan and China can realize these agreements.
South Korea are top seeds in Group 3 which also includes Jordan and Turkmenistan.
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia have oil and gas, as well as agricultural goods.
Oil producer Burren Energy (on the London Stock Exchange) has been operating in Turkmenistan since 1995.
Russian government officials then began to put pressure on Turkmenistan to rescind the decision.
Kirgizstan, in contrast to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, is not rich in oil and gas.
In May, they struck an even more important deal in Ashgabat, capital of gas-rich Turkmenistan.
That current mission is actually being commanded by Oleg Dmitrievich Komonenko, a Russian national born in Turkmenistan.
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Further flights carrying UK aid were expected to leave later in the week for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Today, Chinese oil companies are active throughout Africa, Latin America, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan, according to Dan.
Tunisia and Turkmenistan, nations where the Internet is heavily restricted, also find a place on the list.
This long allowed Gazprom, a Russian monopoly which generates 70% of Turkmenistan's GDP, to dictate the price.
Turkmenistan, however, has shared a border with the Taliban now for three years and is less concerned.
We have students in places such as Nigeria and Turkmenistan who cannot access fast internet connections everyday.
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So Turkmenistan is still forced to look for other options to make up for its export supply glut.
Before the pipeline rupture, Turkmenistan did not pursue such projects vigorously because it could count on Russian consumption.
Pipelines from neighbouring countries (including one of 1, 100 miles from gas-rich Turkmenistan) and LNG regasification terminals have proliferated.
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, in turn, are economically too isolated for the crisis to have had much impact yet.
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After Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan is the region's largest gas supplier and it has recently moved to decisively hike its prices.
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It has agreed on its border with China, but it is still negotiating with Russia, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
Increasing exports to Iran is also problematic, as the current pipeline from Turkmenistan to Iran has a relatively small capacity.
The Europeans have long discussed their desire to include Turkmenistan in ambitious projects like the Nabucco pipeline or Trans-Caspian.
Thus, China can offer small a reprieve to Turkmenistan, but any significant boost will have to wait for the future.
Turkmenistan has the fifth-largest deposits of natural gas in the world but most of its population live in abject poverty.
In terms of natural resources, mainly oil and gas, Kazakhstan's and Turkmenistan's relative wealth contrasts with Kirgizstan's and Tajikistan's poverty.
The expectation is that the energy boom will make Turkmenistan rich within ten years and create a property-owning middle class.
Turkmenistan was subsequently forced to close more than 200 wells because there was simply nowhere else to send the natural gas.
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