FEATURESDEVELOPMENTOFTHEECONOMICOFCENTRALASIA AT THE PRESENT STAGE
The article presents the results of the study of the specifics of the economy of the post-Soviet countries of Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, including taking into account the peculiarities of their relations with Russia. The article analyzes the dynamics of the main macroeconomic indicators, the role of external and internal factors that explain the high growth rates of production and consumption in comparison with the world economy as a whole, which took place since the beginning of the 2000s, the reasons that led to the gradual deterioration of economic dynamics. Common for all Central Asian countries and specific for some of them factors are highlighted. The assessment of economic growth opportunities for the future under different scenarios of changes in the foreign economic situation and domestic economic policy is given. The article also shows that the features of the economies of Central Asia are manifested in many aspects. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, all the above-mentioned countries, including Russia and Kazakhstan, changed their development directions and resorted to new conditions of the market economy.