Field Reports
TAJIKISTAN SEEKS TO EASE DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN OIL
By Suhrob Majidov (5/11/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
From April 1, 2011, Russia has increased export dues for oil products for countries outside the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The export due has increased by up to US$ 283 for one ton of refined oil and up to US$ 198 for one ton of dark-oil products.
TURKISH ELECTIONS COULD OPEN WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IN TURKISH-ARMENIAN RELATIONS
By Armen Grigoryan (4/27/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The upcoming parliamentary elections in Turkey should clarify whether Turkish-Armenian relations may improve in a short-term perspective, opening for a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and regional cooperation in the South Caucasus. Regardless of the outcome of the elections, it will clarify the fate of the Turkish-Armenian protocols signed in October 2009. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP party seems capable of securing a majority in the newly elected parliament and to form a new government.
RUSSIAN SECURITY FORCES KILL HEAD OF THE DAGESTANI INSURGENCY
By Olof Staaf (4/27/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian Security Forces have reported that Israpil Validzhanov, who is also known as Emir Khasan, was killed on the night of April 18. Validzhanov was appointed head of Dagestan’s Shariat Jamaat after his predecessor Magomedali Vagabov was killed in August 2010.
According to the head of the republic’s Department of Investigation, Validzhanov and three other men were stopped by officers from the Federal Security Service and the Dagestani Interior Ministry at a checkpoint outside the village of Tashkapur in central Dagestan.
AZERBAIJAN PROTESTS PLANNED AIRPORT IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
By Mina Muradova (4/27/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The three Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia held a meeting in Moscow on April 22 to discuss several issues related to the resolution of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. An issue of special concern is the increased tension along the frontline due to intensifying cease-fire violations over recent months.
Observers said that tensions peaked when Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced his intention to be the first passenger on the first flight from Yerevan to a reopened airport in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Analysis Svante E. Cornell, Kazakhstan’s Crisis Calls for a Central Asia Policy Reboot, The National Interest, January 34, 2022.
Book S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, December 2021.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Starr & Albert Barro, Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President Tokayev, November 2021.