News Digest
ARMENIA RAISES PENSIONS
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The Armenian government approved on 12 September a 13 percent increase in state pensions, effective 1 October, Noyan Tapan and RFE/RL's Yerevan bureau reported. The average pension will rise from 5,400 to 6,100 drams ($11), which, however, is still far below the unofficial subsistence level of $40. (RFE/RL).U.S. SANCTIONS RUSSIAN FIRMS FOR ALLEGED TIES WITH TERRORISM
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The U.S. State Department has announced the imposition of economic sanctions against three Russian state enterprises that are allegedly producing military supplies for states that the United States claims support international terrorism.RUSSIA REJECTS 'ILLEGITIMATE' U.S. SANCTIONS ON WEAPONS FIRMS
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Deputy Foreign Minister Boris Malakhov said that he had handed to U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs Bolton a note of protest concerning U.GEORGIAN PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO RUSSIAN COUNTERPART
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On 13 September President Shevardnadze formally responded to President Putin's 11 September statement warning that Russia may resort to unilateral military intervention if Georgia fails to take resolute action to neutralize "international terrorists" in the Pankisi Gorge. Shevardnadze expressed his readiness to discuss with Putin personally "all outstanding issues that are preventing closer ties" between Russia and Georgia. Shevardnadze expressed optimism that the Pankisi operation could be concluded in approximately three weeks; observers suggest he and Putin may meet face to face to discuss the Pankisi problem on the sidelines of the CIS summit to be held in Chisinau on 7 October.Visit also
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.
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.