News Digest
PRO-ISLAMIC GROUP FORMS IN STATE DUMA
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A new inter-factional deputies\' association has been created in the State Duma called Russia and the Islamic World: A Strategic Dialogue. Association co-Chairman Shamil Sultanov (Motherland) announced the group\'s formation at a press conference on 28 April. The group reportedly has 45 members, including Yurii Savelev (Motherland) and Albert Makashov (Communist).KAZAKH MINISTER SAYS CENTRAL ASIA INTEGRATION \'UNLIKELY\'
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Foreign Minister Qasymzhomart Toqaev said on 30 April that integration among Central Asian countries is \"unlikely to take place in the near future.\" The remarks came at the fifth session of the Foreign Ministry\'s Council for Foreign Policy. Toqaev noted that integration requires similar levels of structural development, a desire for integration, and an enormous amount of work.AZERBAIJAN\'S FM LIFTS VEIL ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH TALKS
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Azerbaijan and Armenia, which are locked in conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, are discussing a deal under which Armenian forces would cede territory in exchange for the re-opening of a rail link between their two countries, the Azeri foreign minister said. \"We are discussing various ideas, including the option of opening the railway with Armenia in exchange for it pulling back from the seven districts of Azerbaijan it has occupied,\" Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov told reporters. He added: \"The subject of our negotiations right now is how ready the sides are to make compromises.MANDATES OF EXILED ABKHAZ PARLIAMENTARIANS REVOKED
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After a four-hour discussion, the Georgian parliament\'s judicial and procedure committees jointly ruled on 30 April to annul the mandates of 10 Georgian deputies elected in late 1991 to the parliament of Abkhazia, and who since the end of the 1992-1993 civil war have been ex officio deputies of the Georgian parliament. Those 10 seats in the Georgian parliament will remain vacant until the central government restores its control over the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia. (Caucasus Press).Visit also
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Analysis Svante E. Cornell, "Promise and Peril in the Caucasus," AFPC Insights, March 30, 2023.
Oped S. Frederick Starr, Putin's War In Ukraine and the Crimean War), 19fourtyfive, January 2, 2023
Oped S. Frederick Starr, Russia Needs Its Own Charles de Gaulle, Foreign Policy, July 21, 2022.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Rethinking Greater Central Asia: American and Western Stakes in the Region and How to Advance Them, June 2022
Oped Svante E. Cornell & Albert Barro, With referendum, Kazakh President pushes for reforms, Euractiv, June 3, 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell Russia's Southern Neighbors Take a Stand, The Hill, May 6, 2022.
Silk Road Paper Johan Engvall, Between Bandits and Bureaucrats: 30 Years of Parliamentary Development in Kyrgyzstan, January 2022.
Oped Svante E. Cornell, No, The War in Ukraine is not about NATO, The Hill, March 9, 2022.
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.