News Digest
NEARLY 200 COFFINS SENT TO TAJIKISTAN FROM RUSSIA IN FIRST HALF 2006
By empty (7/8/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The bodies of 190 Tajik citizens were sent from Russia in the first six months of 2006, according to Interior Ministry data. The cause of death varied, with 69 killed in accidents, an equal number dying from disease, four committed suicide, and eight were killed in traffic accidents. The northern province of Sughd received the largest number of dead at 85.BRITISH GOLD COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE SHOT IN KYRGYZSTAN
By empty (7/8/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Sean Daley, a British citizen representing the interests of Britain\'s Oxus Gold in the latter\'s dispute with the Kyrgyz government, was hospitalized after suffering a gunshot wound in an attack in Bishkek on the night of July 6. Doctors in Bishkek told akipress.org on July 8 that Daley was in serious condition after surgery to remove a kidney.FOUR CIVILIANS KILLED, TWO WOUNDED IN ATTACK ON CAR IN CHECHNYA
By empty (7/8/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Four people were killed and two others seriously wounded in an attack on a privately-owned jeep in Chechnya, a local law enforcement source told Interfax Saturday. \"Unidentified people fired small arms at an UAZ car on a dirt road between the villages of Dubovskaya and Kargalinovskaya in the Shelkovskaya district. Four people died of wounds and two others were taken to the hospital in serious condition,\" the source said.KYRGYZ PRESIDENT VISITS KAZAKHSTAN
By empty (7/7/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev held talks with Kazakh President Nazarbaev in Astana on July 4. Their discussion reportedly focused on economic cooperation. Nazarbaev told a joint news conference after the meeting, \"I am always directing Kazakh businesses toward investing money in your country,\" RFE/RL\'s Kazakh Service reported.Visit also
Staff Publications
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.