News Digest
OSCE MINSK GROUP MEETS WITH ARMENIAN LEADERS
By empty (5/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The French, Russian, and U.S. co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group, accompanied by senior diplomats from the three countries, met in Yerevan on May 25 with Armenian President Robert Kocharian and Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian to discuss the ongoing search for a solution to the Karabakh conflict, RFE/RL\'s Armenian Service reported.KULAYEV SENTENCE FAIR – KADYROV
By empty (5/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The sentence handed down to Nurpasha Kulayev, the only surviving member of an illegal armed group that seized School No 1 in Beslan, corresponds to the gravity of his crimes, Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov said. \"A criminal who raises a hand on children does not deserve sympathy, no matter the motives behind his acts,\" Kadyrov told Interfax on Friday commenting on the sentence handed down by the North Ossetian Supreme Court to Kulayev. \"All Chechens closely followed the investigation and expected that those guilty would be punished,\" he said.KAZAKH OIL REACHES CHINA
By empty (5/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Oil pumped from Kazakhstan has reached China through a 962-kilometer pipeline linking the two countries, China\'s \"People\'s Daily\" reported on May 25. The event marks the first direct pipeline import of oil to China. Yin Juntai, deputy general manager of China Petroleum Exploration and Development Company, commented that the pipeline, which was completed in November, \"has provided a direct link between Kazakhstan\'s rich oil resources and China\'s robust oil consumer market.FOUR INTERIOR TROOPS KILLED, THREE WOUNDED IN CHECHNYA
By empty (5/24/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Four interior troops were killed and three others wounded when militants attacked an interior troops post in Chechnya\'s Vedeno district, a source in the Interior Troops headquarters in the North Caucasus told Interfax on Wednesday. The servicemen were attacked outside the village of Ishil-Khatoi overnight. \"Four servicemen were killed and three others, among them a senior officer, suffered wounds in the attack,\" the source said.Visit also
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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.