1. From January 19 to 20, a Turkmen-Russian business forum will be held in Ashgabat, during which a joint meeting of business councils is planned. Within the framework of the event, the grand opening of the trade and exhibition site for Russian manufacturers “Trading House of Russia” is planned. The forum is aimed at deepening trade, economic and industrial cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation.

2. The economic society “Turkmen shohle”, known in Turkmenistan as a manufacturer of plastic products, plans to soon produce bicycles for children from 3 to 5 years old. Bicycles will enter the market under the trademark “Shohle plastic”.

3. On the sidelines of the 13th plenary session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly in Antalya, Chairwoman of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan Gulshat Mammedova met with Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mustafa Shentop. During the meeting, the importance of a constructive exchange of views at the 13th plenary session, as well as the significance of such events in terms of wider use of the possibilities of parliamentary diplomacy, was emphasized.

4. Hero of Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation, instructor-test cosmonaut, commander of the cosmonaut corps of the “Roscosmos” State Corporation Oleg Kononenko congratulated the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the New Year. The Russian cosmonaut expressed his conviction that under the leadership of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, all the tasks set in 2023 will be fulfilled and strategic development goals will be achieved.

5. At the end of 2022, Turkmenistan increased the import of Russian flour by 4,5 times compared to last year, which amounted to about 43 thousand tons. The top 5 importers of Russian flour also included Georgia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Türkiye.

6. A citizen of Pakistan from the city of Quetta, 52 years old Sardar Jan Mohammad Khan Khilji became a father for the sixtieth time. The man is a doctor by training, owns his own clinic. He is married to three women, but plans to take a fourth wife to bear him more children and asks his friends to help him find another bride. According to him, before he planned to have a hundred children, but changed his mind, as life in the country has become very expensive.

7. Uzbekistan and China have resumed regular flights for the first time since February 2020. On January 10, 2023, the national airline of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Airways operated a flight from Tashkent to Beijing and back. Uzbekistan Airways has operated direct flights to China before, but with charter status. Now air tickets are sold from 597 USD one way.

8. Football agent Armand Durn, representing the interests of “Bayer” attacker Serdar Azmoun, spoke about the future of the football player. “There were no specific proposals. Some clubs have shown interest in Serdar, but he will stay at Leverkusen”. Serdar Azmoun moved to “Bayer” at the end of January 2022 from St. Petersburg “Zenit”.

9. Former “Real Madrid” and Wales captain Gareth Bale has announced his retirement. “After careful and deep consideration, I have decided to announce that I am leaving my club and international football from now on. I consider myself incredibly lucky because I was able to realize my dream and play the sport that I love”, the footballer wrote on his social media page.

10. From February 23 to March 5, 2023, the II Winter International Sports Games “Children of Asia” will be held in Russia. For the first time, the program of the Winter Games included competitions in freestyle, speed skating and curling. In addition, demonstration and demonstration competitions in snow volleyball and e-sports will be held.