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PUTIN STILL HOPES ECONOMIC BOOM WILL HEAL NORTH CAUCASUS
On October 18 Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual TV call-in show in the Kremlin. Questions came from teachers, students, scientists, farmers, and doctors from across Russia's 11 time zones. Two questions came from the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, which prompted him to... MORE
TYMOSHENKO THE REAL WINNER OF UKRAINE’S 2007 ELECTION
Ukraine officially announced its parliamentary election results on October 15. Unlike the 2006 elections, no political force has contested the results. The Party of Regions closed its makeshift camp in downtown Kyiv on October 18 after declaring that they would take their 175 seats, despite... MORE
PKK STAGES ANOTHER DEADLY ATTACK NEAR IRAQ’S BORDER WITH TURKEY
At 12:10 am Sunday, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) staged its second attack in two weeks against a Turkish battalion stationed four kilometers off the Iraqi border, killing at least 12 soldiers and wounding 16. The incident has brought the Turkish government another step... MORE
PKK TRYING TO DRAW TURKISH MILITARY INTO NORTHERN IRAQ
The latest attack by militants of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) seems to be an attempt to provoke Turkey into trying to stage a cross-border military strike into northern Iraq in the apparent hope of damaging relations between Turkey and its allies and ultimately internationalizing... MORE
PUTIN HAS FEW ANSWERS FOR IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Russian President Vladimir Putin has established an annual tradition of long, televised meetings where he answers carefully selected questions from “loyal subjects.” The session held on Thursday, October 18, had one notable feature – it was supposed to be the last installment of the show.... MORE
WILL PACE ELEVATE THE MAIN OFFENDER TO ITS PRESIDENCY?
Kremlin-connected politician Mikhail Margelov’s bid for the presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is beginning to run into trouble. It is not yet the done deal that Margelov’s supporters at and near the top of PACE’s leadership had hoped --... MORE
UPROAR OVER ANDIJAN FADES AS EU WARMS TO TASHKENT
On October 17 European Union foreign ministers agreed to lift travel restrictions against Uzbek Defense Minister Ruslan Mirzayev, National Security chief Rustam Inoyatov, and six others, saying it was "with a view to encouraging the Uzbek authorities to take positive steps to improve the human... MORE
WITHOUT HEIR, KARIMOV LIKELY TO STAND FOR RE-ELECTION
Uzbekistan’s Central Election Committee has announced that a presidential election will be held on December 23. According to Article 8 of the law on presidential elections, parliament is to approve the decision to hold an election three months before the president’s term in office ends... MORE
CASPIAN SUMMIT ENVISIONS CREATION OF REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS
At their summit in Tehran (see EDM, October 17), the presidents of the five Caspian countries’ agreed tentatively and in general terms to create an institutional framework for regional cooperation on economic, legal, and some security issues. The presidents, who had not met since 2002... MORE
RUSSIA PLEDGES ECONOMIC AID, MAY GET STAKE IN KYRGYZ DEFENSE INDUSTRY
Russian officials have announced plans to strengthen economic relations with Kyrgyzstan. Speaking at an October 12 session of the intergovernmental Russian-Kyrgyz Commission for Trade, Economic, and Technical Cooperation, Russian atomic energy chief Sergei Kiriyenko announced that bilateral trade is due to reach $1 billion in... MORE