17:33, 01 January 2013 | GMT +5
2013 Year of Environmental Protection in CIS – official
ASHGABAT. January 1. KAZINFORM 2013 has been announced the Year of Ecological Culture and Environmental Protection in the CIS, Russian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Alexander Blokhin told reporters in Ashgabat on Saturday.

He said that the decision will be announced during a CIS summit in Ashgabat on December 5. He added that high on the agenda will be a whole array of pressing issues, including the creation of an integrated currency market within the CIS.
Source: The Voice of Russia