The share of e-commerce in retail trade exceeded 1.1 trillion tenge ($2.5 billion) in the Central Asian country of 19 million people and reached 9.7 percent of the total retail turnover or 11.6 trillion tenge in 2020.

Coca-Cola Bottlers Uzbekistan sold its stake to Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş. (CCI), an anchor bottler and a part of the Coca-Cola System, which is operating in Turkey.

Sporadic clashes and accusations between Azerbaijan and Armenia over their lingering border war have left a question as to whether anything will stop the smouldering conflict.