News Digest
INVESTIGATORS INDICT RUSSIAN NATIONALISTS IN GROZNY-MOSCOW TRAIN EXPLOSION
By empty (7/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Moscow\'s Meshchanskii Raion Court charged Vladimir Vlasov and Mikhail Klevachev, allegedly members of the banned extremist Russian National Unity (RNE) party, in connection with an explosion on the Grozny-to-Moscow train on 12 June. Vlasov and Klevachev were arrested by the FSB and charged with terrorism and attempted murder. Fifteen people were injured in the explosion and subsequent derailment of the train.PUTIN SIGNS LAW ON RUSSIAN AIR BASE WITH KYRGYZSTAN
By empty (7/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a federal bill ratifying the agreement with Kyrgyzstan on the status and operating conditions of the Russian air base in Kyrgyzstan, the Kremlin press service reported on Thursday. The State Duma passed the bill on July 8 and the Federation Council approved it on July 13. The Kant air base is part of the air wing of the collective rapid deployment force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Central Asia.RUSSIAN GOVT OKAYS RATIFICATION OF TAJIKISTAN BASE AGREEMENT
By empty (7/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Russian government has approved a bill that ratifies an agreement on Russia\'s military base in Tajikistan. Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said during the session that the base plays a key role in sustaining peace and stability in Central Asia and helps Tajik border guards stationed on the border with Afghanistan. The base\'s support of Tajikistan\'s Armed Forces in case the country is attacked by a foreign nation is hypothetically possible, the minister said.GEORGIAN POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN BUSH GRENADE INCIDENT
By empty (7/21/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Acting on an anonymous telephone call, Georgian antiterrorist police raided a building in the suburbs of Tbilisi late on 20 July where the man who allegedly threw a hand grenade at U.S. President George W.Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.
Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.