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Central Asia: From Zhirinovsky With Love
Moscow :: Russia | 19 days ago
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Despite being the major destination for Central Asian migrant workers, Russia is famous for regular intolerance towards non-Russians' residing within its borders. Hate crimes based on race and ethnicity are not rare in the multinational federation,
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State Firm to Target Central Asian Drug Trade
Dushanbe :: Tajikistan | 23 days ago
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A government commission has agreed to establish a state corporation to turn locals away from drug smuggling by developing economic projects in Central Asia, said Viktor Ivanov, head of the Federal Drug Control Service. Ivanov, a member of President
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Kazakhstan Sanguine About Security After NATO Withdrawal
Astana :: Kazakhstan | 27 days ago
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Observers have voiced apprehension that the region will confront rising challenges from threats such as terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking that could destabilize the entire Central Asia region...I will say it directly: I do not accept the
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Despite Central Asia Focus, Armenia Still CSTO's Most Faithful Ally
Yerevan :: Armenia | 1 month ago
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Most of the focus on the Collective Security Treaty Organization has been its Central Asian activities, as Russia has positioned the new political-military bloc as its primary tool for preventing the spread of instability from Afghanistan toward its
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India Sets Up Military Hospital In Tajikistan
Dushanbe :: Tajikistan | 1 month ago
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India has set up a military hospital in southern Tajikistan in an attempt to "further strengthen India's geo-strategic footprint in the crucial Central Asian region," an Indian newspaper has reported. India's vice president visited Dushanbe earlier
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Russia "Increasingly Distrustful" Of SCO
Beijing :: China | 3 months ago
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For the most part, these two groups have looked past one another, staking out complementary, rather than competing, mandates, and including many of the same members (Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan all belong to both). But there is
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Uzbekistan: Capitol Hill Coddles Karimov
Tashkent :: Uzbekistan | 3 months ago
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Central Asian states do not face an imminent threat posed by Islamic militants, but they need US assistance to help defend against potential dangers, according to top US diplomats. Such assistance, it appears, may include drone aircraft delivered to
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Khar for addressing issues by improving ties with neighbours
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Tuesday said regional pivot of Pakistan government was based on wide political consensus that the challenges could only be addressed through improving relations with all its neighbours. Pakistan had been focusing on
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Would Turkey in the Shanghai Co-op Cause a Global Power Shift?
İstanbul :: Turkey | 3 months ago
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Is Turkey about to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)? After years of delay on its application to join the European Union (EU) as a full member, Turkey has made overtures to the SCO as an alternative to the EU. Turkish Prime Minister
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Central Asia: Cold-War Attitudes Hindering Drug War
Moscow :: Russia | 3 months ago
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Narcotics use is wreaking havoc in Russia, responsible for 30,000 annual deaths and 200 new HIV infections every day. But Vladimir Putin's Kremlin is letting knee-jerk hostility toward the United States cloud its response to the drug-trafficking
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