News Digest
GEORGIA SEEKS WAYS TO COMPENSATE FOR RUSSIAN WINE BAN
By empty (4/5/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Meeting on April 5 with farmers in Kakheti, one of Georgia\'s key wine-producing regions, President Mikheil Saakashvili asked them not to abandon viticulture in response to the recently announced ban in imports of Georgian wine to Russia, which hitherto accounted for 80-90 percent of all Georgian wine exports. Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli announced a three-month tax break for wine producers, and said Georgia will explore alternative markets for its wine, mentioning specifically Kazakhstan and China. Noghaideli also summoned Russian Ambassador Vladimir Chkhikvishvili in an attempt to clarify Moscow\'s rationale for the ban.PUTIN SAYS MEETINGS WITH NAZARBAYEV ALWAYS PRODUCTIVE
By empty (4/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he believes each of his meetings with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev results in \"the development of new projects and agreements and new levels of dialogue.\" Speaking at a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday, Putin pointed to significant growth in trade turnover between Russia and Kazakhstan, saying that the two countries are \"committed to strengthening multilateral ties.\" Nazarbayev said all former Soviet republics have realized in the fifteen years of independence that \"only through integration at the modern level is it possible not only to develop bilateral relations but also to facilitate each other\'s economic development.“TALEBAN” KILL TURKISH ENGINEER
By empty (4/3/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A Turkish engineer has been shot dead by suspected Taleban militants while working on a road construction project in western Afghanistan, officials said. The engineer was pulled from his car and shot when travelling along the border of Farah and Nimroz provinces. His body was set alight by the militants, an official said.KUWAIT MAY OPEN ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTER IN TATARSTAN
By empty (4/2/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Talks will are to be held with Kuwaiti ministries and organizations regarding plans to open a Kuwaiti Islamic cultural center in Russia\'s predominantly Muslim republic of Tatarstan, Tatar President Mintimer Shaimiyev said at a Sunday meeting with Kuwaiti Justice Minister Abdallah al-Matuq. Shaimiyev attaches great importance to developing spiritual ties between Kuwait and Russia, particularly Tatarstan, which is witnessing a vigorous religious revival, the Tatar president\'s press service told Interfax. Today Tatarstan has 1,100 mosques, compared with 23 in the late 1990s, Shaimiyev said.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.