Turkmenistan

Georgia will no longer refine Russian crude

Georgia’s only oil refinery will stop processing Russian crude and reorient to supplies from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, local outlet Business Media reported on March 30.

30 March, 08:27 PM

Iranian cargo ship disabled in Caspian Sea

Iranian dry cargo ship Rona, believed to be sailing a route used to deliver weapons from Iran to Russia, was disabled in the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry said on Jan. 14.

14 January, 11:08 PM

Ukraine's Naftogaz ends operations in Turkmenistan

Ukraine's Naftogaz state oil and gas company closed its branch in Turkmenistan on Dec. 31, 2025, as part of efforts to optimize its corporate structure, according to ExPro.

7 January, 03:58 PM

Erdogan may meet Putin in Turkmenistan today

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan may meet with Vladimir Putin in Turkmenistan, CNN Turk reported on Dec. 12.

12 December 2025, 11:56 AM

Hungary, Gazprom’s largest EU client, seeks to start gas imports from Turkmenistan

Hungary, the largest remaining European Union customer of Russia’s Gazprom, wants to begin buying gas from Turkmenistan, The Moscow Times reported on Oct. 3.

3 October 2025, 02:46 PM

Russia recruits 100+ Turkmen citizens for its war on Ukraine in 2025

In the first six months of 2025, Russia brought at least 122 citizens of Turkmenistan into its war against Ukraine, the I Want to Live project reported on Aug. 21.

22 August 2025, 08:57 AM

Turkmenistan to double gas output as China, India drive global demand

Worldwide natural gas consumption peaked in 2024, contributing 35% to the growth in primary energy supply, and is projected to increase by 2% annually in 2025-2026, Mohamed Hamel, Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), said on April 24, speaking at the International Forum on Attracting Foreign Investment to Turkmenistan’s Economy, as reported by Interfax.

24 April 2025, 03:55 PM

Turkey’s TANAP expansion to reduce Russian gas exports

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced plans to expand the Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TANAP) to increase the transportation capacity of gas produced in Turkmenistan to Europe, the Turkish news agency TRT Haber reported on June 4.

5 June 2024, 12:17 PM

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