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Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 15:41
As RIA Novosti puts it: "The development of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet became an important task for the country when a number of agreements were annulled with Ukraine after the Crimean Peninsula was reunited with Russia last month."
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 08:15
The Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization announced on Thursday that it would stop all contacts with NATO. It's a decision not likely to be deeply mourned in Brussels, which rarely had evinced any interest in cooperating with the CSTO in the first place.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 08:11
But Azerbaijan appeared to push back against any notion of formally banning outside military powers from the Caspian.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 08:08
But the espionage charge against Mirkadirov, who had traveled occasionally to Yerevan for conferences, could strongly discourage their continuing.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 11:20
While color revolutions have been on the agenda of the CSTO for some time, they have not been much under discussion in the SCO, which tends to focus more on Beijing-centric bogeymen like "splittists."
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 11:23
The polling data has important implications for Kyrgyzstan’s political future, as Russian media now seems better positioned than ever to influence Kyrgyz public opinion.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 11:07
From Azerbaijan's perspective, it seems that Baku realized that it couldn't have as many hostile neighbors as it had been collecting, said Alex Vatanka, an expert on Iran's relations with the former Soviet Union at the Middle East Institute.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 07:33
Azerbaijan appears to be joining in Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s campaign against a religious movement led by US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 12:58
Given recent developments, boosting patriotism has rocketed up Nazarbayev’s political agenda.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 09:28
Over the same period, Kazakhstan saw among the biggest defense spending increases in the Asia-Pacific region, with a ten percent increase, despite enjoying what SIPRI called an "essentially peaceful security environment."