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Friday, January 10, 2014 - 13:38
The two countries recently signed a "road map" laying out the plans for the city and cosmodrome for the period 2014-2016, and it includes some extension of Kazakhstan's sovereignty into Baikonur.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 08:37
The U.S. is "appreciative" of Russia's help in transiting military goods to and from Afghanistan, but the Russian (and Central Asian) route is still too expensive, a senior U.S. military officer has said.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 08:28
The recently passed U.S. defense budget bill eliminated funding for the Trans Regional Web Initiative, a program that published a variety of regional "news" websites, including Central Asia Online.
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 08:29
Georgians wanted Russian soldiers to "take" then-president Mikheil Saakashvili during the 2008 war over South Ossetia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 08:16
But where Western democracy activists see the government trampling of civil society, some claim that many Western officials see only gas and oil.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 08:49
Last month, a Japanese newspaper reported that Turkey and Japan were cooperating on an engine for Turkey's Altay tank, which had the same Azerbaijan-export problem with the same German enginemaker, MTU.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:55
"We want Azerbaijan’s electoral legislation to be applied in other member states of the CIS, too,” he enthused to Trend news agency.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:03
In advance of any official statement about the bilateral discussions, Armenian analysts tended to voice pessimism about the visit, asserting that Davutoğlu’s “intentions are not sincere.”
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 07:49
The latest episode was sparked November 29, when police and officers from the State Committee on National Security (GKNB) attempted to arrest a Drug Control Agency officer, Sherik Abdulamidov.
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 08:55
A delegation from Uzbekistan visited Washington this week as the two countries try to figure out how the impending withdrawal from Afghanistan is going to affect their relationship. The content of the discussions, part of the annual high-level talks that the U.S. has with every Central Asian country, were kept very quiet, but no doubt focused heavily on security issues.