News Digest
MASKHADOV KILLED BY FELLOW MILITANTS AT OWN REQUEST – SHEPEL
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Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov was shot by guerrillas hiding in the same underground bunker, Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Shepel told journalists on Friday. \"Maskhadov died of multiple bullet wounds inflicted on him by people hiding in the same bunker at his request,\" Shepel said. (Interfax).MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES CANCEL PLANNED ARMENIAN CONCERT OF CONTROVERSIAL RUSSIAN SINGER
By empty (4/1/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Authorities in Yerevan cancelled on 31 March a series of concerts of popular Russian singer Filip Kirkorov after significant pressure from Armenian youth groups, according to RFE/RL\'s Yerevan bureau and Yerkir. The furor over the planned concerts stems from allegations that the Russian singer is \"anti-Armenian\" and routinely sings Turkish songs in his concerts. The protesters also argued that the timing of his concerts in Yerevan coincide with the April commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian genocide and are, therefore, \"immoral and intolerable.WORLD BANK TO GIVE KAZAKHSTAN $35 MILLION FOR AGRICULTURE
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Representatives of the World Bank and the government of Kazakhstan signed an agreement on 1 April to undertake a $96.1 million project to support agriculture in Kazakhstan. The World Bank will provide $35 million for the project, which is intended to support agriculture development and raise standards of living in rural areas.AKAYEV WOULD BE IN DANGER IF HE RETURNED TO KYRGYZSTAN - FOREIGN MINISTER
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Interim Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Roza Otunbayeva told journalists on Friday that it would be dangerous for ousted President Askar Akayev to return to Kyrgyzstan. \"We don\'t want him to be torn apart by the crowds,\" Otunbayeva said. \"Akayev can live in Kyrgyzstan if his own people accept him,\" she said.Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.
Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.