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.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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