News Digest
CHECHEN PM TENDERS RESIGNATION
By empty (2/28/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Chechen Prime Minister Sergei Abramov has tendered his resignation, the republic\'s President, Alu Alkhanov, told a news conference at the Interfax central office in Moscow. \"I can say that I received a letter of resignation from Sergei Borisovich [Abramov] today. We will consider it,\" he said.CHECHNYA\'S ALKHANOV ANNOUNCES TROOP REDUCTION
By empty (2/28/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The number of troops in Chechnya is being scaled down, the republic\'s President Alu Alkhanov told a news conference at the Interfax central office in Moscow. \"The number of military units is being reduced. In particular, a decision was taken at a recent session of the regional operational headquarters for the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus chaired by Arkady Yedelev to close down ten checkpoints,\" he said.KAZAKH INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS SENATE ADMINISTRATION HEAD ORDERED KILLING OF OPPOSITION LEADER
By empty (2/27/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Interior Minister Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov announced at a briefing in Astana on 27 February that Erzhan Utembaev, head of the administration of the Senate, ordered the killing of opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbaev out of \"personal enmity.\" Utembaev has been arrested in connection with the killing of Sarsenbaev, whose body was discovered on 13 February. Mukhamedzhanov said that the kidnapping and actual killing was carried out by five rogue members of the National Security Committee\'s Arystan special-forces unit and that Rustam Ibragimov, a former law-enforcement officer, oversaw the whole operation, which included the killing of Sarsenbaev\'s bodyguard and his driver.KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT SPEAKER RESIGNS
By empty (2/17/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Omurbek Tekebaev officially resigned from his post as speaker of Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament on 27 February. Parliament, which had previously failed to confirm his resignation, accepted Tekebaev\'s decision, with 53 legislators voting in favor. Tekebaev initially offered his resignation after referring to President Kurmanbek Bakiev as a \"dog.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.