Oil and gas condensate production declined 2.6 percent in January to July from a year earlier to 20.096 million tonnes, while natural gas output increased 7.8 percent to 24.085 billion cubic metres (bcm) in the same period.

Azerbaijan's state energy firm SOCAR submitted an application to Russian oil pipeline operator Transneft to transport 1.209 million tonnes of oil via Russia in 2022, up from 1.09 million tonnes that is planned to be shipped this year.

Fitch forecasts Ukraine's GDP growth of 4.1 percent this year, helped by a pick-up in agriculture and 12.9 percent real wage growth year-on-year in June, with short lockdowns in January and April subtracting an estimated 0.6 percentage points from annual growth.

Uzbekistan ranked 146 out of 180 countries and territories in the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International, well below its neighbour and closes trade partner Kazakhstan, which ranked 94.