Uzbekistan rejects idea of ​​gas union with Russia

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The Uzbek leadership has rejected the idea of ​​a so-called gas union with Russia and Kazakhstan proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month. Many experts argue that this is a sign of a growing rift between Moscow and the former Soviet republics over the conflict in Ukraine. OilPrice writes about this.

The head of the Russian Federation proposed to create a "gas union" with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on November 28 at talks with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at the time that the idea of ​​creating a mechanism for transporting natural gas between the three countries and to other states, including China, was proposed.



Uzbek Energy Minister Jorabek Mirzamakhmudov, in an interview with the Kun.uz news site published on December 7, said his country would not give up its national interests in exchange for natural gas. Tashkent favors commercial supplies over any alliances or alliances that limit profits.

While such a deal would help Central Asian countries secure supplies during peak demand, it met with unexpected resistance in the capitals of the former Soviet republics. For example, Tashkent gave an answer almost immediately, while Kazakhstan is still “thinking”, although such a delay in the time for making a decision indicates that the outcome is unlikely to be positive, especially since Uzbekistan has already refused.

If we sign something with the Russian Federation, then it will be a normal technical contract, but not union

the minister concluded.
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  1. Skipper
    Skipper
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    9 December 2022 12: 26
    Let them not be offended later and do not whine they say Russia help. They wanted a momentary benefit .. but refused to look into the future.
    1. de_monSher
      de_monSher
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      9 December 2022 14: 11
      In fact, it was you, Russia, that is, who wanted a momentary benefit, but on Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is aimed at a "long" game, and not at opportunistic, temporary alliances. So there is nothing to substitute concepts.
  2. trampoline instructor
    trampoline instructor
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    9 December 2022 12: 28
    The country /Uzbekistan/ gives preference to commercial supplies, and not to any alliances or alliances that limit profits.

    The main export resource of Uzbekistan is not oil and gas, but millions of guest workers who have seized Russian settlements. The billions of dollars they send to their remaining relatives form the backbone of the entire Uzbek budget. This is just a wonderful model of "economy" - with unearthly power to put pressure on your people on Jaissa, open borders and sit for decades doing nothing and counting money transfers from the country of pale-faced northern brothers.
    1. de_monSher
      de_monSher
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      9 December 2022 14: 12
      and millions of guest workers who captured Russian settlements

      This hasn't been the case for a long time. And, most importantly, do not confuse the Uzbek-speaking citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan with the actual citizens of Uzbekistan.
      1. Sapsan136
        Sapsan136
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        9 December 2022 15: 00
        Your problem is that your savages have forgotten the words of your wise men that a good neighbor is more expensive than a distant relative ... You have had a bunch of good things with the Russian Federation for a long time, from jobs to free loans, and in response to the Russian Federation they only crap and were rude ... In this life, you have to pay for everything, and for Russophobia too ... Russia is tired of the frankly boorish consumer attitude towards it, when you decided to hang all the problems that you had because of the theft and stupidity of your bais on the Russians ... starting pogroms on ethnic grounds in their Osh and other cities of the Russophobic separatist scoop ... Russia will not forget evil ... Whoever sows the wind will reap the storm ...
        1. de_monSher
          de_monSher
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          9 December 2022 16: 37
          Your problem is that your savages have forgotten the words of your own wise men that a good neighbor is more expensive than a distant relative...

          Let me remind you - savages, these are those who out of the blue FIGHT, drink each other's blood. We don't. So, let me remind you about the words of OUR SAGES -

          A good neighbor, more expensive than a distant relative.

          A bad peace is better than (any) war.

          WE, Uzbeks, treat you absolutely in a neighborly manner, calmly and without poison
          1. Sapsan136
            Sapsan136
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            9 December 2022 17: 57
            And the cries of "Moskals for knives" and the genocide of the indigenous Russian population on the lands stolen from Russia under the CPSU are not enough reason for you ?! I remember in your countries of the USSR that separated from Russia, military conflicts occur for much smaller reasons than those that Russia has ... Well, you Uzbeks in the Russian Federation distinguished themselves by such bloody crimes that it’s just right to close the border of the Russian Federation from you, one of your gangs has committed dozens of bloody killings on the highways near Moscow is worth something, but the fact that you decided to gear against the Russian Federation of the United States is another good reason for you to live at home, in Uzbekistan, and never asked the Russian Federation and its indigenous population for anything else, to which you treat this way negatively .... So the fact that you did not divide the land with your neighbors and staged a mutual massacre in Osh and the massacre of Russians is also Russia's fault?! This is partly the fault of the CPSU, but not Russia at all, and if you don’t see the difference, then you, Uzbeks and other patients with Russophobia in Russia have nothing to do ... EVERYTHING goes home ... so independent from Russia ... to which you all belong purely consumerist and boorish, which is unacceptable ...
            1. de_monSher
              de_monSher
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              9 December 2022 18: 05
              And the cries of "Moskals for knives" and the genocide of the indigenous Russian population on the lands stolen from Russia under the CPSU are not enough reason for you ?!

              Brother - IT'S YOUR problem with them. We, the Central Asians - DO NOT INTERFERE. You, on Central Asia, have ZERO information, that is, nothing but clichés and your fantasies. So you shouldn't "shine" with this ZERO.
              1. Sapsan136
                Sapsan136
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                9 December 2022 18: 13
                The family of my former colleague are Russian refugees from Kyrgyzstan and he is not alone in his sadness, so I have plenty of information from how you behave in your non-states that separated from Russia ... your ethnic crime inside the Russian Federation is also enough, without which I will wonderfully manage , as well as without your eternally hungry and dissatisfied diasporas ... My friend. I am still an officer and still in the service and with women, at least, no worse than any of you, so you should not continue to show here the level of your culture and education, it has already been more than obvious to everyone for so long ... Goodbye ... and a fair wind in the back to all your Russophobic diasporas on the way to their villages and villages ...
                1. de_monSher
                  de_monSher
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                  9 December 2022 18: 17
                  The family of my former colleague are Russian refugees from Kyrgyzstan

                  In 2010, Uzbekistan received almost a million refugees from Kyrgyzstan. Here, all sorts of different people are rolling a barrel on Uzbekistan - and you, you got in with your ... Kyrgyzstan. Do not interfere with the "fight" ... verbally ... *))
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            2. de_monSher
              de_monSher
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              9 December 2022 18: 09
              gear against the Russian Federation USA is another good reason for you to live at home, in Uzbekistan

              Uzbekistan, as it can at the UN level, and at all other levels, SUPPORTS Russia. We live at home, thank God. Those times when Uzbeks went to you to work, thank God, are coming to an end. Hold your bile - there is little left to endure. At the same time, maybe hurry up, take your "refugees"? They have already occupied Tashkent, far and wide.
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      2. trampoline instructor
        trampoline instructor
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        9 December 2022 16: 15
        Uzbek-speaking citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, with the actual citizens of Uzbekistan.

        It remains only to find out whether Russia needs so many of the above people with minimal education, minimal knowledge of the Russian language, who often violate the laws of the host country and belong to "the most peaceful religion."
        1. de_monSher
          de_monSher
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          9 December 2022 16: 40
          It remains only to find out whether Russia needs such a number of the above people with minimal education

          Work, brother. Flag in your hands and a drum around your neck ...
          1. trampoline instructor
            trampoline instructor
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            9 December 2022 17: 20
            So far, your countrymen are working for me.
            I do not trust them with a flag and a drum, but only crowbars with shovels.
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  3. ivan2022
    ivan2022
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    10 December 2022 04: 48
    As one Jew who left for Israel said:

    Russia is fabulously rich, but the life of the Russian people is such that you remember the saying "it is better to lose with a smart than to find with a fool"...

    So you can understand Asians.

    The beginning of everything in our recent history - a unique fact - three dudes gathered at night in the Belovezhskaya forest on December 8, 1991 (by the way, why don't I see a holiday and don't hear the sounds of timpani ?!) - and they wrote a paper that countries with a population of almost 300 million more no.

    And the Asians can be proud that not one of them was a disgrace at this .... Representatives of the "three single Russian people" did the job ..... Two of which are now clobbering each other ....
  4. Watching
    Watching
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    10 December 2022 22: 26
    Quote: Sapsan136
    Russia will not forget evil... He who sows the wind will reap the storm...

    Russia only does what it forgets the evil of its "partners". On the one hand, it is understandable to some extent, because there are no allies at all, but still humiliating. When will the Kremlin begin to treat all its "former" normally, as with strangers? There is still no sense, no partnership from these beggars, and there never will be, but they will most likely be bought for dollars.
  5. Alexander Ponamarev
    Alexander Ponamarev
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    11 December 2022 02: 55
    Uzbeks are closer to Turkey, in spirit and religion, so let millions of guest workers go there and earn money, and let those in power fork out for decent wages for the unworthy work they did