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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 07:58
Today, at a meeting of parliament’s defense committee, Kyrgyzstan’s deputy prime minister for security issues, Tokon Mamytov, defended the decision to kill all the suspects.
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 06:19
The question now is whether, beyond statements of neighborly respect, there is the political will in Dushanbe and Bishkek to address questions of co-existence here, or whether compromise will be hijacked by domestic political concerns.
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 05:58
The upsurge in violence is most likely connected with the Paris talks, said Alex Jackson, an expert on Caspian regional issues and editor of the Caucasian Review of International Affairs.
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 09:32
When Russia moved the Sochi Olympics security zone 11 kilometers deep into neighboring breakaway Abkhazia, Tbilisi protested, but sotto voce. Not loud enough to disrupt its official attempts to normalize ties with Moscow.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 10:34
Bordyuzha's stated 2014 priorities of the CSTO contained nothing the organization hadn't already discussed: aid to Tajikistan to help protect the border with Afghanistan, establishment of joint military forces, including air forces, and so on.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 10:27
The focus of the cooperation would be training -- including Israeli soldiers conducting drills in Kazakhstan -- and Israeli technical expertise for Kazakhstan's nascent defense industry.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 08:04
Starting today, anyone entering the zone will have to produce documents to police, according to a report by the Abkhazian news agency Apsny (and translated into English by civil.ge).
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 10:28
In opinion surveys conducted over the past four years by the internationally funded Caucasus Research Resource Centers, Azerbaijani respondents routinely have indicated they have more faith in President Aliyev than in the judicial system.
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 09:58
In renaming the ministry from "Office of State Minister for Reintegration of Georgia" to "State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality of Georgia." "The term "reintegration" within the title held back communication with Abkhazian and Ossetian communities.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 08:47
Edil Baisalov, a Kyrgyzstan analyst/activist and former presidential adviser, told The Bug Pit that Russia is losing credibility as a security provider in Central Asia with its silence.