Volume 10 Issue 225

December 16, 2013

• Russia’s Arctic Policy: Between Commercialization and Militarization
• Rahmon Appoints New Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs
• Belarus’s Timid but Discernible Knock at Europe’s Door
• Astana Seeks to Expand Law Enforcement Cooperation with the US

Volume 10 Issue 224

December 13, 2013

• Pakistani Political Turmoil over Drone Strikes Complicates ISAF Afghan Supply Efforts
• Influence of Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami Spreads in Russia
• Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan Envisage Wide-Ranging Cooperation
• Hungarian MOL Active Upstream in the North Sea and Kazakhstan

Volume 10 Issue 223

December 12, 2013

• Kazakhstan Offers to Dispose of Syrian Chemical Weapons
• Chechens Among the Syrian Rebels: Small in Number, but Influential
• Putin Pushing Back Against the West and Its Presumed Agents
• The Tale of Two Cities: Kyiv and Simferopol

Volume 10 Issue 222

December 11, 2013

• Moscow Reverts to Siberian Migration to Bolster Ethnic Russian Presence in Stavropol
• US-Iran Rapprochement and the Immediate Consequences for Azerbaijan
• Moving Central Asian Cossacks to North Caucasus Threatens Russians and Non-Russians Alike
• Anti-Government Protests Unite Ukrainian Opposition

Volume 10 Issue 221

December 10, 2013

• Putin Struggles to Maintain Real Military Rearmament
• Armenia’s Economic Dependence on Russia Insurmountable by the European Union
• Putin’s Visit Reinforces Military, Political Ties with Armenia
• Russian Policy Toward Ukraine: What Next After EuroMaidan?

Volume 10 Issue 220

December 9, 2013

• Gazprom Agreements on South Stream Breach EU Law; Bulgaria and Serbia Ask EU to Negotiate with Russia
• European Union’s Eastern Partnership Unwanted by Armenia, Inadequate to Azerbaijan
• Maidan Stands Against Putin’s Plan to Buy Ukraine on the Cheap
• Kabardino-Balkarian Governor’s Resignation Likely Tied to Sochi Olympics

Volume 10 Issue 219

December 6, 2013

• Kazakhstani President Establishes Ambitious Goal for Successor Generation
• Crimean Tatars Support EuroMaidan Protests in Kyiv
• Officers of Elite Russian Forces Train Chechens
• Azerbaijan After Vilnius Summit: More Questions than Answers

Volume 10 Issue 218

December 5, 2013

• Attacks on Churches and Mosques in Russia on the Rise
• Ukraine—Strong People, Weak State (Part Two): Impact on Foreign Relations
• Moldovan Government Moves Closer to the European Union at the Vilnius Summit
• Moscow Believes Ukrainian Protests Are Western-Organized Conspiracy

Volume 10 Issue 217

December 4, 2013

• Ukraine—Strong People, Weak State (Part One): The Domestic Situation
• North Caucasus Prosecutor’s Office Reports Rise in Extremism-Related Crimes
• When Belarusians of All Stripes Perform in Vilnius
• Ukraine and the European Union at the Vilnius Summit and in Its Aftermath (Part Two)

Volume 10 Issue 216

December 3, 2013

• Belarusians in the Russian Federation Increasingly Nationalistic
• Ukraine and the European Union at the Vilnius Summit and in Its Aftermath (Part One)
• Russian Airpower Skydives to New Depths

Volume 10 Issue 215

December 2, 2013

• Kabardino-Balkarian Government Policy Failures Raise Ethnic Tensions
• Georgia’s Association with the EU: Start of a Complicated and Hazardous Journey
• Failure to Sign Association Agreement with EU Triggers Violence in Ukrainian Capital

Volume 10 Issue 214

November 27, 2013

• Kazakhstan Steps up Anti-Corruption Measures, but Problems Remain
• North Caucasians in Russian Capital Increasingly Target of Hate Crimes
• Parallel Soul-Searching: EU on Belarus and Belarus on Russia
• Meskhetian Turks: Ten Years On

Volume 10 Issue 213

November 26, 2013

• Kazakh Nationalists as a Wild Card in Kazakhstan’s Domestic Politics
• Georgia Between Russia and the European Union: Toward the Vilnius Summit and Beyond (Part Two)
• Moscow’s Effort to Debunk Circassian ‘Genocide’ Backfires
• The Role of Women in Russia’s Armed Forces

Volume 10 Issue 212

November 25, 2013

• Putin’s Ukrainian Triumph Is a Major Setback for Russia
• Implications of Ilham Aliyev’s Visit to Turkey
• Dagestan’s President Proposes Another Level of Bureaucracy for the Republic
• Georgia Between Russia and the European Union: Toward the Vilnius Summit and Beyond (Part One)

Volume 10 Issue 211

November 22, 2013

• Ukraine: Not Going West for Now
• Intra-Muslim Conflict Becomes New Dimension to Instability Dagestan
• India’s Foray into Central Asia: Trade Potential and Transit Corridors
• Georgian Government Escalates Repression Threats Against Opposition UNM Party

Volume 10 Issue 210

November 21, 2013

• Israeli PM Netanyahu in Moscow to Strengthen Ties with Russia
• Belarus: Tough Times, Austerity and New Potential Benefits from Russia
• Alleged Organizer of Volgograd Bombing Killed in Dagestan

Volume 10 Issue 209

November 20, 2013

• Moldova, the European Union and the Vilnius Summit (Part Two)
• Chevron Leaves Lithuania: Russia’s Win, Europe’s Loss
• Russian TV Alleges Circassian Activist Is Conspiring Against Russian State
• New Georgian Presidential Administration: New Foreign Policy?

Volume 10 Issue 208

November 19, 2013

• The ‘Orenburg Corridor’ and the Future of the Middle Volga
• Kazakhstan Seeks to Avoid Resource Curse
• Moldova, the European Union and the Vilnius Summit (Part One)
• Dostoevsky Doctrine Dominates Russian Naval Planning

Volume 10 Issue 207

November 18, 2013

• Kazakhstan Expands Economic Cooperation with Russia, but Guards Own Interests
• Dagestani Government Expands Counter-Insurgency Operations
• Zeynalov’s Case Might Become Turning Point for Azerbaijan
• The Latest Round of Russian Nuclear Intimidation

Volume 10 Issue 206

November 15, 2013

• Why Did the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia Step Down?
• Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan Economic Relations Make Progress
• Croatian Government Can Still De-Escalate Tensions with Hungarian MOL
• The Role of the Hijab Is Becoming a National Problem for Russia

Volume 10 Issue 205

November 15, 2013

• Kyiv Testing ‘Pause’ in EU Integration
• Croatian Government Seeks to Change Agreement with Hungarian MOL Under Duress
• Russian Investigative Committee Takes on Kadyrov’s Chechnya
• Russia Preparing for Global Resource War

Volume 10 Issue 204

November 13, 2013

• Russia to Double Aircraft at Kant Airfield in Kyrgyzstan
• Crimean Tatar Mejlis Elects New Chairperson as Mustafa Cemilev Steps Down
• Russian Security Services Harass Foreign Journalists in Sochi Area
• Tatarstan Has Long Had Its Own Foreign Policy

Volume 10 Issue 203

November 12, 2013

• Cancerous Corruption Pervades Russia’s Defense Sector
• Time Runs out for Ukraine to Free Tymoshenko
• NATO Holds Article Five Exercise in the Baltic Region
• NATO’s Steadfast Jazz 2013 Exercise: One Step Toward Fully Credible Common Defense in the Baltic Region

Volume 10 Issue 202

November 11, 2013

• Iran’s New Flexibility Exposes Russia’s Arrogance and Irrelevance
• Mongolian President’s Trip to Pyongyang: Significant Agreements, but No Meeting with Kim Jong Un
• Ethnic Russians in Stavropol Demand Special Status

Volume 10 Issue 201

November 8, 2013

• Emomalii Rahmon Reelected President of Tajikistan Amid Opposition Boycott
• Prospects for Turkey Joining the Russia-Led Customs Union
• Moscow Strives to Break the Resistance of Dagestani Militants
• Ukraine Launching Major Gas Extraction Projects with Western Companies

Volume 10 Issue 200

November 7, 2013

• Once Considered a Rising Star, Dagestan’s Gaji Makhachev May Be Heading for a Fall
• Kazakh Language Comes into Its Own
• Russian Strategic Bombers Touch Down in Latin America

Volume 10 Issue 199

November 6, 2013

• Russia’s Eurasian Integration Projects Threatened by Internal Dissent
• Indo-Russian Summit Highlights Emerging Trends in Asian International Relations
• Circassians Organize as Sochi Olympics Approach

Volume 10 Issue 198

November 5, 2013

• Will Belarus’s Social Model Survive Yet Again?
• Ukraine’s Military Reform Marred by ‘Generals Scandal’
• Shoigu Opts for Mystical Defense Plans (Part Two)

Volume 10 Issue 197

November 4, 2013

• Irakli Garibashvili Named as Georgia’s Next Prime Minister
• Tiananmen Attack: Global, Local or Both
• Lawlessness as the Central Pillar of Putin’s Authority
• Zhirinovsky’s Remarks Add to Rising Inter-Ethnic Tensions in Russia

Volume 10 Issue 196

November 1, 2013

• The ‘Magician,’ the ‘Mace’ and the Russian Defense Industry (Part Two): When the Magic Does Not Work
• The ‘Russian March’ in 2013
• Eurasian Chemical Weapons Threat Persists
• Tensions Rise Between Authorities and Muslims in Stavropol Region

Volume 10 Issue 195

October 31, 2013

• New Russian Legislation Codifies Collective Punishment
• Evasive Maneuvering Around Belarus
• Shoigu to Build Office and Command Center Separate from General Staff

Volume 10 Issue 194

October 30, 2013

• Ethnic Russians Increasingly Regard North Caucasus as Foreign Entity
• Turkey’s Undersea Marmaray Railway Tunnel Unites Europe, Asia
• Georgia Elects Its Fourth President

Volume 10 Issue 193

October 29, 2013

• Ever More Ethnic Russians are Becoming Islamist Militants
• Afghan and Syrian Links to Central Asian Jihadism
• Shoigu Opts for Mystical Defense Plans (Part One)

Volume 10 Issue 192

October 28, 2013

• Government Forces Ramp Up Activities in Dagestan after Volgograd Attack
• New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
• Tennessee Williams and Russian Arms Sales in Latin America

Volume 10 Issue 191

October 25, 2013

• The ‘Magician,’ the ‘Mace’ and the Russian Defense Industry (Part One): The Magician Practices His Trade
• Turkey’s Difficult Choice: A Co-Produced Defense System with China?
• Volgograd Suicide Bombing: Were the Sochi Olympics the Real Target?

Volume 10 Issue 190

October 24, 2013

• Dagestan’s Government Celebrates Anniversary of Republic’s ‘Voluntary Accession’ into Russia
• Shoigu Agrees to Maintain a Videolink to the Pentagon
• Why Do Western Belarus Policies Miss the Mark?

Volume 10 Issue 189

October 23, 2013

• Two Crimean Tatar Mosques Torched in Crimea on the Eve of Major Muslim Holiday
• Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan: Can Common Interests Push Old Quarrels Aside?
• Violence in Kabardino-Balkaria Continues as Circassian ‘Officials’ Reiterate Support for Kremlin-Backed Sochi Olympics

Volume 10 Issue 188

October 22, 2013

• Controversy over Rogun Dam Complicates CASA-1000 Plans in Central Asia
• Bulava: Russia’s Most Spectacular Defense Industry Failure
• Dagestan’s Plan to Bring Home Muslims Studying Abroad Unlikely to Work

Volume 10 Issue 187

October 22, 2013

• Georgian Presidential Candidate Frontrunner Says He Will Not Run in a Second Round
• Will the Moscow Riots Cause a Shift in Kremlin Policies Toward the North Caucasus?
• Moscow Becomes an Intersection for Two Waves of Anti-Regime Protests

Volume 10 Issue 186

October 18, 2013

• Kremlin Effort Backfires on Embarrassing Imprisoned Ingush Guerilla Commander Magas
• Kazakhstan and Belarus Host High-Level Ukrainian Officials
• Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Ordinary Russians

Volume 10 Issue 185

October 17, 2013

• Libya in Anarchy Two Years After Western Intervention
• The Future of the Railway Link Between Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey Is Still Vague
• Resurgent Russian Nationalism Flies in the Face of Putin’s Imperial Eurasian Union Plans
• Moscow Establishes Cadet Corps in the North Caucasus in a Bid to Create Loyalist Elite

Volume 10 Issue 184

October 16, 2013

• Moscow and Dushanbe Strengthen Their Military Alliance
• Putin’s Valdai Vision and Sochi Olympics Preparations Underscore Failure
• Russia Conducts Trade Warfare on Multiple Fronts
• Russian Security Services Plan Wide Surveillance During Sochi Olympics

Volume 10 Issue 183

October 15, 2013

• India Looses out to China in Central Asia’s Uranium Competition
• Activist Says Abkhaz Are Not Genuine Allies of Circassians
• Georgia Will Not Turn Away from the North Caucasus, Expert Says
• Space and Robotic Technology: the Kremlin’s Final Frontier?

Volume 10 Issue 182

October 11, 2013

• Ukraine Conducts Aggressor Response Exercise Amidst Tensions with Russia
• The Electoral Rating of Alyaksandr Lukashenka Is Up Again
• As Sochi Approaches, Ethnic Russians Continue to Leave the North Caucasus
• Russia’s Trade Warfare Against Lithuania Is a Challenge to the European Union

Volume 10 Issue 181

October 11, 2013

• Kabardino-Balkaria’s Crackdown on Rebels and Their Relatives Likely to Boomerang
• Georgian Parliament Once Again Alters Constitution
• Russia on a Collision Course with the European Union

Volume 10 Issue 180

October 9, 2013

• Moldova Hands Over Chisinau International Airport to Russian Business in Exclusive, Non-Transparent Deal (Part Two)
• Mongolian Defense Diplomacy
• Russia Ramps Up Information Security to Suppress Adverse News Reporting Around Sochi
• What Do the Zapad 2013 Exercises Reveal? (Part Two)

Volume 10 Issue 179

October 8, 2013

• Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
• Moldova Hands Over Chisinau International Airport to Russian Business in Exclusive, Non-Transparent Deal (Part One)
• Kazakhstan Unveils New Counter-Terrorism and Anti-Extremism Strategy
• Moscow Sees an Echo of Pre-War Prometheanism in Crimea

Volume 10 Issue 178

October 7, 2013

• CASA-1000 Project Moves Forward Despite Security Risks
• Government’s Use of Civilians to Help Police Results in Casualties in Dagestan
• Putin in Denial About Economic Stagnation, and in a Rage About Arctic Sovereignty

Volume 10 Issue 177

October 4, 2013

• What Do the Zapad 2013 Exercises Reveal? (Part One)
• Russia and the Moldovan Communists’ Red October (Part Two)
• Uzbekistan Resists Falling Under Russia’s Economic Hegemony
• Chechnya’s Exclusion from Military Conscription Shows Moscow’s Weak Hold over Region

Volume 10 Issue 176

October 3, 2013

• Russia and the Moldovan Communists’ Red October (Part One)
• Russia Ready to Use Force to Deny Other Countries Free Navigation of Arctic High Seas
• Russian Muslim Organizations Split over Local Court’s Banning of Koran Translation
• Authorities in Abkhazia Plan to Strip Georgians of Citizenship

Volume 10 Issue 175

October 2, 2013

• Chinese Investment in Kyrgyzstan Hampered by Unstable Business Climate
• Geostrategic Interest and Democracy Promotion: The Contrasting Cases of Belarus and Ukraine
• Rebel Tatar Prosecutor Banished by Moscow
• Russia Accelerates ‘Borderization’ in Georgia on War’s 20th Anniversary

Volume 10 Issue 174

October 1, 2013

• Kazakhstan Prepares for Peaceful NATO Transition in Post-2014 Afghanistan
• Prime Minister Altankhuyag’s Visit to Tokyo: Fleshing out the Mongolian-Japanese Strategic Partnership
• Russia’s Muslims Increasingly Radicalized by Events in the Middle East

Volume 10 Issue 173

September 30, 2013

• Azerbaijan’s Elections and the US-Azerbaijan Strategic Partnership
• Kazakhstani-Russian Space Cooperation Further at Risk
• So Far, New Dagestani President’s Reforms Appear to Bring More Violence
• Putin’s Machine of Repression Destroying the Legitimacy of His Regime

Volume 10 Issue 172

September 27, 2013

• Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
• Azerbaijan Preoccupied by Regional Trends Ahead of Its Presidential Election
• Bulgarian Socialists Vow to Strengthen Economic Relations with Russia
• Russian Diplomat’s Murder in Abkhazia Has Powerful Implications for Russian-Georgian Relations

Volume 10 Issue 171

September 26, 2013

• Russian Forces Begin Zapad-2013, While Perceiving Threats in the Arctic, Central Asia and the East
• CSTO Will Help Guard the Tajik-Afghan Border, While Putin Helps Rahmon Win the Election
• Monument Controversy Raises Doubt over Stability of Moscow-Grozny Relationship

Volume 10 Issue 170

September 25, 2013

• The Potash War and the Receding Breed of a Red Man
• Tajikistan’s Opposition Parties Nominate Presidential Candidate
• War in Syria Has Reverberations in the North Caucasus
• European Companies Contracting to Buy Azerbaijani Gas

Volume 10 Issue 169

September 24, 2013

• Moscow Trumps Its Own Ethnic Card in Moldova
• Russian Navy Cannot Escape Its Sinking Feeling
• Ivanishvili’s Resignation Intent: A Tacit Admission of Failure

Volume 10 Issue 168

September 23, 2013

• Russia Gradually Expands Its Occupation Zone in Georgia
• Georgia’s Political System Precarious as Ivanishvili Prepares to Resign
• Russian Researchers Say Country on the Brink of National Crisis
• Russia’s Latest Arctic Gambit

Volume 10 Issue 167

September 20, 2013

• Is Chuvashia about to Trigger a New ‘Parade of Sovereignties?’
• North Caucasus Leaders Adopt Kadyrov Model to Dealing with Militants
• Russian Neo-Nazis Organize Rally in Moscow

Volume 10 Issue 166

September 19, 2013

• A Business and a Pep Talk
• Kazakhstan’s Kashagan Oil Project Set to Start Commercial Production
• Hundreds of North Caucasians Have Joined the Ranks of Syria’s Rebels
• An Uneasy Russo-American Accord on Syrian Chemical Weapons

Volume 10 Issue 165

September 18, 2013

• The End of ‘Complementarity’ in Armenia’s Foreign Policy
• Chinese Policy Toward Xinjiang Resembles Soviet Policies Toward Central Asia, Highlights Differences Between West and East ‘Turkestan’
• Russian Nationalists in Tatarstan Demand Deputy Prime Minister’s Resignation
• SCO Attempts to Deepen Cooperation at Head-of-State Summit in Kyrgyzstan

Volume 10 Issue 164

September 17, 2013

• Uzbekistan Faces Civil War, Possible Disintegration, Tashkent Scholar Says
• China Strengthens Its Hand in Kazakhstan After Xi Jinping’s Visit
• Sino-Russian Strategic Partnership Boosted by Syria Crisis

Volume 10 Issue 163

September 16, 2013

• Syrian Circassian Refugees in Turkey Ask to Be Repatriated to Russia
• Russia and Georgia Expand Their Only Border Crossing Point
• Putin Tries to Build on the Success of His Syrian Coup

Volume 10 Issue 162

September 13, 2013

• Mongolian-Belarusian Relations Reach New Levels of Cooperation After Myasnikovich’s Visit
• Serious Warning from Baku: No Illegal Visits to Karabakh
• North Caucasus Residents Increasingly Feel the Heat of the Approaching Olympics

Volume 10 Issue 161

September 13, 2013

• The Potash War: A Sequel
• Ramazan Abdulatipov Confirmed as Dagestan’s President
• Moscow Elated with a Diplomatic Scoop on Syria

Volume 10 Issue 160

September 11, 2013

• China’s Development Plans in Xinjiang Threaten Kazakhstan’s Water Security
• Russia’s Customs Union Project Finds Acceptance in Armenia
• Scholar Studies Relationship Between Religiosity and Extremist Behavior Among Dagestani Youth
• Armenia Trades European Union Association for Russian Protection

Volume 10 Issue 159

September 10, 2013

• Cossacks Now Patrol Half of Stavropol Krai: Police Adjuncts or Something More?
• Economic Slowdown Reveals Structural Problems in Zhanaozen-style Towns
• Russia’s Syrian Military Woes: Defense Exports and High Technology Opponents

Volume 10 Issue 158

September 9, 2013

• Georgian Prime Minister Announces His Intention of Pre-Term Resignation
• Neither the G20 Summit, Nor the Moscow Elections Went According to Putin’s Script
• Russian Movement in Stavropol Calls for Creation of Russian Republic

Volume 10 Issue 157

September 6, 2013

• The Future of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Bases: Novorossiysk Versus Sevastopol
• Holding Camp for Illegal Immigrants Hastily Opens in Moscow
• Was Top Ingush Official Targeted by New Insurgent Leader?
• Implications of Armenia’s Russian and Eurasian Choice

Volume 10 Issue 156

September 5, 2013

• Events in Adjara May Provoke Tensions Between Georgia and Turkey
• Competition for Russia’s Top Landmarks Alienates Chechens
• Armenia Chooses Russia and Eurasia over the European Union
• Putin Ridicules US While Defending Russia’s Democracy, Human and Gay Rights Record

Volume 10 Issue 155

September 4, 2013

• A Russian-Belarusian Friendship Thriller
• Rogozin Threatens Moldova with Sanctions over Association Agreement with the European Union
• The Policy of Procrastination Expires at the Junction of Russia’s Crises
• Russians Say Government Is Turning Sochi into a Concentration Camp

Volume 10 Issue 154

September 3, 2013

• Tensions Increase in Dagestan as Authorities Pursue Heavy-Handed Tactics
• Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces: Organizational Chaos
• Moscow Seen ‘Losing’ Ukraine and Belarus Just as It Earlier ‘Lost’ the Baltic Countries

Volume 10 Issue 153

August 16, 2013

• China and Kazakhstan: Inevitability of Beijing’s Growing Influence
• Shale Gas: The Key to Lithuania’s Energy Independence
• Chechen Leader Takes Up the Cause of Ethnic Kin in Syria
• Azerbaijan Earns Deferential Treatment from Moscow

Volume 10 Issue 152

August 15, 2013

• How Powerful is the Pro-Russian Lobby in Ukraine?
• Caucasus Emirate Leader Discusses Chechens in Syria in New Video
• The Sinking of the INS Sindhurakshak Strains Russo-Indian Military-Technical Cooperation
• Azerbaijan, Russia Turning New Page on Cooperation in Energy Sector

Volume 10 Issue 151

August 14, 2013

• Russia and Tajikistan Settle Differences Before Crucial Deadlines
• Putin Courting Azerbaijan While Deep-Freezing the Karabakh Conflict
• Despite Security Services’ Successes, Kabardino-Balkaria Remains One of North Caucasus’ Deadliest Regions
• The Summer of Protests in Bulgaria

Volume 10 Issue 150

August 13, 2013

• Kazan Denounced for Starting a New ‘Parade of Sovereignties’
• Slovakia: Potential Gateway for Reverse Gas Flows from Europe to Ukraine (Part Two)
• Moscow’s Contract Soldier Plans: Perpetual Dreams

Volume 10 Issue 149

August 12, 2013

• Slovakia: Potential Gateway for Reverse Gas Flows from Europe to Ukraine (Part One)
• ‘Five Days’ War’ Five Years Later
• Having Lost Population’s Trust, Dagestan’s Government Finds It Hard to Make a Comeback
• Problem-Rich Context for the Obama-Putin Non-Summit

Volume 10 Issue 148

August 9, 2013

• Influence of Chechen Leader of North Caucasian Fighters in Syria Grows
• Quarter of Polled in Tajikistan See Uzbekistan as a Threat
• Akhalaia Acquittal Causes Mini Political Earthquake in Georgia

Volume 10 Issue 147

August 8, 2013

• Silent Partner: Belarus in NATO’s Northern Distribution Network
• Turkey: Trapped at the Gates of Syria?
• Murder of Leading Dagestani Cleric Signals Deepening Crisis in Sufi Hierarchy
• Obama’s Cancellation of Summit Meeting with Putin Reverberates in Moscow

Volume 10 Issue 146

August 7, 2013

• Moscow Signals Kanokov’s Term as Head of Kabardino-Balkaria May End
• Radicalization of Migrant Workers in Russia Could Threaten Stability in Tajikistan
• Is Latin America a New Frontier for Russian Policy?

Volume 10 Issue 145

August 6, 2013

• Putin Blasts Rogozin Over Rearmament Failures
• Moldova, Ukraine Bar Russian Military Flights and Arms Transit to Tiraspol
• Kazan Exploits Russia’s Nationality Policy in Ways Moscow Never Intended

Volume 10 Issue 144

August 5, 2013

• Georgian Dream Government Not Coping with Economy’s Slump
• Failures of East Slavic Integration
• Xenophobia Becomes a Thorn for Putin’s Bubble
• Russian Police Cracks Down on Ethnic Crime and Non-Russians

Volume 10 Issue 143

August 2, 2013

• Central Asia’s Unresolved Bilateral Disputes as a Challenge to Fruitful Security Cooperation
• Asian Neighbors React to Mongolian Presidential Election
• Religious Tensions Grow in Astrakhan Region
• Ivanishvili Announces He May Soon Resign as Georgia’s Prime Minister

Volume 10 Issue 142

August 1, 2013

• Popular Cleric Poses a Threat to Ingushetia’s Leader
• Gas Supply Diversification Prospects Uncertain in Central and Southeastern Europe
• Is Uzbekistan’s President ‘Testing the Waters’ for a New External Policy?
• Moscow and Tehran Building Closer Ties as Snowden Is Given Asylum

Volume 10 Issue 141

July 31, 2013

• Circassians Mark 250th Anniversary of Resistance to Russian Aggression
• TAP Project Consortium Restructured in Line with Market Priorities
• Ukrainian-Russian Relations: Facing Cool Winter
• Circassians See Long-Term Struggle for Their Interests in the North Caucasus

Volume 10 Issue 140

July 30, 2013

• Georgian Authorities Take Over Joint US-Georgian Biological Research Facility Under Russian Pressure
• Minsk’s Defense Against Russian Tycoon Takeovers
• Russia’s Post–‘New Look’ Army: Corrupt Aging Officers Welcome

Volume 10 Issue 139

July 29, 2013

• The Puzzle of Regional Tensions: Media Perceptions of Turkish-Azerbaijani Joint Military Exercises
• Moldovan Sovereignty and Gagauz Autonomy: A Balance Vulnerable to Moscow’s Mischief
• Local Politics in Moscow Goes Global
• North Caucasus Tourism Project Is Failing Where It Is Needed Most

Volume 10 Issue 138

July 26, 2013

• Clashes Between Police and Militants Continue to Be Reported in Kabardino-Balkaria
• Improved Political Representation Can Strengthen Gagauz Allegiance to Moldovan State
• Feeble Pool of Presidential Candidates Indicates Weakened Presidency in Georgia
• Tinkering with Gagauz Autonomy Can Destabilize Moldova

Volume 10 Issue 137

July 25, 2013

• The Islamicization of Turkish Foreign Policy?
• Ramazan Abdulatipov Consults Ramzan Kadyrov’s Playbook
• Moscow City Elections Turning into True Political Fight

Volume 10 Issue 136

July 24, 2013

• Navalny and the Moscow Mayoral Election
• Ivanishvili, Georgian Dream Approval Ratings Slipping Away
• Presidential Election Campaign Under Way in Georgia
• Circassian Activist Warns Russia Will Lose Allies If It Does Not Help Syrian Circassians

Volume 10 Issue 135

July 23, 2013

• More Chechens Fleeing Chechnya ‘at Peace’ than Had Fled Chechnya ‘at War’
• Zhanaozen’s Economic Prospects Improve
• Russia’s Military Response to the Asia Pivot: Flexing Small Muscles

Volume 10 Issue 134

July 22, 2013

• Ukraine’s Air Defense: Balancing Between CSTO and NATO
• Gazprom Resists Application of EU Law on Opal Pipeline in Germany
• Abdulatipov Crackdown Emulates Soviet-Era Methods in Dagestan
• Navalny Becomes Only Real Thing in Fake Russian Politics

Volume 10 Issue 133

July 19, 2013

• Water in Central Asia: Divides or Unites?
• Nino Burjanadze Is Prepared to Play on Georgians’ Disappointment with the West
• Large-Scale Special Operation Conducted in Dagestani Town of Semender
• Romanian Gas Pipeline Might Free Moldova from Gazprom’s Monopoly

Volume 10 Issue 132

July 18, 2013

• SOCAR and Other Shah Deniz Producers Reconfiguring Pipeline Consortiums
• TAP Gas Consortium Looks at Markets from Bulgaria to Britain
• Russian Intelligence Intends to Gag Snowden and Keep Him in Russia
• National Anti-Terrorism Committee Admits Ideological Roots of Terrorist Threat

Volume 10 Issue 131

July 17, 2013

• Belarus: Western Universalism and Human Rights
• Are There in Fact ‘15,000 Radical Islamists’ in Crimea?
• Russia Seeks Naval and Air Bases in Cyprus
• North Ossetian Interior Ministry Clashes with the Republican Government

Volume 10 Issue 130

July 16, 2013

• Rogozin Questions Survivability of Russia’s Nuclear Deterrent as Defense Industry Crisis Deepens (Part Two)
• Ukraine’s Gas Storage System: A Unique Asset in Europe
• Gulnara Karimova, Daughter of Uzbekistan’s President, Reaches out to Potential Electorate via Social Media

Volume 10 Issue 129

July 15, 2013

• Ukraine Diversifies Gas Suppliers, Slashes Imports from Gazprom
• Ethnic Russians in Saratov Demand Deportation of Chechens from Region
• Future of Ukraine’s Gas Transit System Linked with Ukraine-EU Association Agreement
• The Disappearing Sense of Talking to Putin

Volume 10 Issue 128

July 12, 2013

• Demise of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Rattles Turkey
• Umarov Bows to Pressure Inside Militant Command to Target Sochi Olympics
• Central Asian Leaders Wary of Post-2014 IMU Threat

Volume 10 Issue 127

July 11, 2013

• Russia’s General Prosecutor Demands Harsher Laws Against Political Dissidents and Businessmen
• Large-Scale Clash with Insurgents Reported in Chechnya in Bamut
• Belarus: An Inordinate Amount of Déjà Vu

Volume 10 Issue 126

July 10, 2013

• The Political Crisis in Bulgaria Might Delay South Stream Construction
• Georgian Government Revokes Visa-Free Travel Rules with Iran
• Boxing Champion Likely to Challenge Incumbent in 2015 Ukrainian Presidential Election

Volume 10 Issue 125

July 9, 2013

• Rogozin Questions Survivability of Russia’s Nuclear Deterrent as Defense Industry Crisis Deepens (Part One)
• China Enters Kashagan Oil Project, Will Boost Kazakhstan-China Pipeline Capacity
• Kazakhstan Enters into Strategic Partnership with Britain
• Crimea’s Post-1991 Autonomy ‘Not for Tatars but Against Them,’ Expert Says

Volume 10 Issue 124

July 8, 2013

• The Issue of Neutrality in Putin’s Russia
• Acting Head of Dagestan Says Government May Amnesty Militants
• Mongolian Presidential Election Ends in Ruling Democratic Party’s Favor

Volume 10 Issue 123

June 28, 2013

• The Composition of Putin’s Popular Front
• Old and New Options Considered in the Post-Nabucco Era
• Caucasus Emirate Reverses Position on Syrian Jihad
• The Curtain Falls on Nabucco’s Last Act

Volume 10 Issue 122

June 27, 2013

• Head of Ingushetia Yevkurov Spars with Captured Insurgent Leader Emir Magas in Court
• Belarus: A Replay of the Old Plot
• Shah Deniz Gas Producers Select Trans-Adriatic Pipeline Route into Europe over Nabucco
• The Snowden Case as a Potential Disruptor of US-Russian Relations

Volume 10 Issue 121

June 26, 2013

• More Young Tajik Radicals Starting to Fight Abroad?
• Opponents Pressure Head of Kabardino-Balkaria
• Portrait of Stalin Sparks Brawl at WWII Ceremony in Crimea

Volume 10 Issue 120

June 25, 2013

• Caspian Arms Race Complexities
• Turkey’s Crimean Tatars Reach Out to Their National Homeland
• Azerbaijan Wins Tender for Gas Pipelines in Greece

Volume 10 Issue 119

June 24, 2013

• Kremlin Effort to Subdue Clans in Dagestan Likely to Backfire
• Russian Economy Stagnates and Simulates Success on the Wane of Putin’s Watch
• New Torture Video Undermines Saakashvili’s Party Ahead of Elections

Volume 10 Issue 118

June 21, 2013

• Patrushev in Bucharest: Russia Resetting Relations with Romania?
• How Effective Is the Belarusian Opposition?
• Ingush Leader Paints Positive Picture in Republic Despite Increases in Militant Attacks
• Moscow Pulls Back the Curtain on Zapad 2013

Volume 10 Issue 117

June 20, 2013

• Russian Muslim Militants Are Joining the Ranks of Rebel Fighters in Syria
• Opposition to Customs Union Grows Across Eurasia
• Gazprom Withdraws from Tender for Greek Gas System
• Obama’s Nuclear Cuts Initiative Meets Frosty Response in Moscow

Volume 10 Issue 116

June 19, 2013

• Latest Georgian Casualties in Afghanistan Spark Unprecedented Public Debate and Doubts about Georgia’s NATO Perspectives
• Central Asia’s Water Conflicts Come into Focus During Nazarbayev-Karimov Summit
• Igor Sechin Door-Crashing in Croatia
• Karachaevo-Cherkessia’s Unpopular Governor Says Popular Elections Unnecessary

Volume 10 Issue 115

June 18, 2013

• Karimov-Nazarbayev Summit Signals Shift in Central Asian Security
• Circassian Military Traditions Still Keeping Diaspora Strong
• Putin Hints at Normalization with Georgia on Russian Terms

Volume 10 Issue 114

June 17, 2013

• Xenophobia and Desire for Monopoly of Power Dominate Kyiv’s New Approach to Crimea
• Stalin’s Shadow over the Post-Reset Meeting Between Putin and Obama
• Moscow Orders Crackdown on Kadyrov Personality Cult
• Georgia’s Reset and Russia’s Response (Part Four)

Volume 10 Issue 113

June 14, 2013

• Krasnaya Polyana: Breaking the 150 Years of Silence (Part Two)
• Scandal in Scandinavia: Gulnara Karimova’s Shrinking Prospects to Become Next Uzbek President
• The ‘Return’ of Geopolitics and Historical Memory

Volume 10 Issue 112

June 13, 2013

• Georgia’s Reset and Russia’s Response (Part Three)
• Simmering Border Conflicts Erupt Between Tajik and Kyrgyz Villagers
• Surge in Militant Activity in Kabardino-Balkaria May Force Ouster of Kanokov
• Putin Believes US-Russian Relations Are Dominated by Zero-Sum Game

Volume 10 Issue 111

June 12, 2013

• Georgia’s Reset and Russia’s Response (Part Two)
• Bulgaria: A Volte-Face on Energy Projects
• Russia’s Heightened Interest in Africa
• Moscow Puts Restrictions on Circassian Immigration to the North Caucasus

Volume 10 Issue 110

June 11, 2013

• Shoigu Orders ‘Adjustments’ to Russian Combat Training
• Will Siberian Tatars Finally Win Recognition as a Separate Nation?
• Georgia’s Reset and Russia’s Response (Part One)

Volume 10 Issue 109

June 10, 2013

• Presidential Election Campaign Starts in Mongolia
• Arrest of Makhachkala Mayor Likely to Increase Volatility in Dagestan
• Turkish Turmoil Adds Unpredictability to Putin’s Creeping Coup

Volume 10 Issue 108

June 7, 2013

• Will the West, East or the Far East Shape Belarus’s Future?
• China as Tajikistan’s ‘Lender of Last Resort’
• Moscow Decides to Implement Chechen Blueprint in Dagestan

Volume 10 Issue 107

June 6, 2013

• Kumtor Gold Mine Protests and Unrest Rock Kyrgyzstan
• Snap Elections of City Mayor in Moscow
• Latest Killing of Chechen Separatist Envoy in Turkey Points to Russia

Volume 10 Issue 106

June 5, 2013

• Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus Endorse Further Integration, but Obstacles Remain
• Shapsug Circassians in Sochi Demand Recognition as Native Peoples to Region
• Russian Consul General to Crimea Resigns Following Offensive Comments About Crimean Tatar Deportation

Volume 10 Issue 105

June 4, 2013

• Cossack Separatism Again on the Rise
• Moscow Security Conference Declares Death of CFE Treaty
• Minor Russian Company Hints at Gazprom Support to Buy Greek Pipelines

Volume 10 Issue 104

June 3, 2013

• Gazprom Sets Stage for Takeover of Greek State Gas Company
• Tensions on the Border Between Georgia and South Ossetia
• Russia’s Predicament and the Plight of One Economist
• Russian Expert Foresees the North Caucasus as an Untenable Colonial Domain

Volume 10 Issue 103

May 31, 2013

• Krasnaya Polyana: Breaking the 150 Years of Silence (Part One)
• Moscow Conference Ponders Eurasian Security Challenges
• Will Alyaksandr Lukashenka Outlast Leonid Brezhnev?

Volume 10 Issue 102

May 30, 2013

• Comparative Advantages of Nabucco-West Offset By Lack of Financing
• Nabucco-West Project, European Commission Face Same Moment of Truth in Baku
• With Eye on Sochi, Authorities in North Caucasus Play Down Continuing Wave of Attacks
• Russian S-300 Missiles Go to Syria in Defiance of West

Volume 10 Issue 101

May 29, 2013

• Russia Underscores its Military Presence in Georgia’s Breakaway Regions
• Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s Visit to Washington and Its Impact on Syrian Crisis
• Ukraine Seeks Both Association Deal with EU and Observer Status in Customs Union
• Experts in Russia Say Moscow Should Heed Lessons from Wars in Syria, Libya and Yugoslavia

Volume 10 Issue 100

May 28, 2013

• Nine Potential ‘Karabakhs’ in Central Asia Heating Up
• Circassian Activists in Turkey Receive Boost from Erdogan
• General Gerasimov Downplays Nuclear Cuts

Volume 10 Issue 99

May 24, 2013

• Azerbaijani Foreign Minister’s Visit to Israel Sparks New Wave of Tensions with Iran
• Moscow’s Revolving Door of Alleged Killings of Militant Leaders in Ingushetia Continues
• Merabishvili’s Arrest and the Erosion of Rule of Law in Georgia
• Washington Failing to Speak Up on Ivanishvili’s Transgressions

Volume 10 Issue 98

May 23, 2013

• Vano Merabishvili’s Arrest: The New Style of Presidential Elections in Georgia?
• Toppling the Fellow Sufferers
• Putin Returning Russia to Its Soviet Past
• Did Surkov Step Down, or Was He Forced to Step Down?

Volume 10 Issue 97

May 22, 2013

• Forging of Alliance Between Tatar and Bashkir Nationalists Worries Moscow
• Foreign-Backed Jihadist Movement in Kazakhstan Now Threatens Nearby States as Well
• Sources of Moldova’s Political Chaos: The Partition of State Institutions
• Who Controls What: State Institutions and the Power Struggle in Moldova

Volume 10 Issue 96

May 21, 2013

• ‘New Tajikistan’—New Tensions?
• Shoigu Kicks Serdyukov Reform into Long Grass
• Anti-Gay Rampage in Tbilisi: Is Impunity Returning to Georgia?

Volume 10 Issue 95

May 20, 2013

• Kazakhstan Proposes to Expand its Transit Facilities on the Caspian to Facilitate NATO’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan
• The Spy Story: An Episode in Russia’s Confusion
• Disappointed in Moscow, Russian Circassian Activist Hails Georgia’s Approach to the North Caucasus
• Sources of Moldova’s Political Chaos: The Party System and Coalition Rule

Volume 10 Issue 94

May 17, 2013

• Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar Deportation
• Crimean Tatars to Protest Ukrainian Actions on Deportation Anniversary
• Sources of Moldova’s Political Chaos: The Parliamentary System
• Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan Presidential Summit Boosts Joint Ties

Volume 10 Issue 93

May 16, 2013

• The Kremlin Antagonizes Obama Administration with Impunity
• International Islamist Movement Spreads to the North Caucasus
• Tilting at Windmills: Why Do the West’s Belarus Policies Not Succeed?

Volume 10 Issue 92

May 15, 2013

• Lost in Space? Moscow Tries to Rebuild Its Civilian and Military Space Programs
• FBI Director Mueller’s Visit to Georgia Highlights Bilateral Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
• Potential Socialist-led Government in Bulgaria Could Help Russian Energy Interests
• Ethnic Abaza React to Rising Karachai Nationalism

Volume 10 Issue 91

May 14, 2013

• Nazarbayev Promises Modernized Armed Forces in Kazakhstan
• Russian Interior Ministry Revives Its Armored Train in the North Caucasus
• Could EU-Style ‘Ethno-Cultural Zones’ Reduce Tensions in the North Caucasus?

Volume 10 Issue 90

May 13, 2013

• What Surkov’s Ousting Signifies About Russia’s Course in Syria
• Ukraine’s Energy Multi-Vectorism: Seeking Energy Independence with the West While Leasing Pipelines to Russia
• Gimry Becomes Target of Dagestan Government Reprisals Again
• Demise of Moldova’s Alliance for European Integration Surprises European Union’s Leaders

Volume 10 Issue 89

May 10, 2013

• Moldovan Political Realignments Stop Billionaire Tycoon’s Bid for Power
• Dagestan’s Bloodshed Continues To Grow
• Fresh Protests Threaten to Follow Bulgarian Parliamentary Election

Volume 10 Issue 88

May 9, 2013

• Turkish Prime Minister’s Visit to Mongolia
• Radicalization of Tsarnaev Brothers Likely Did Not Occur in Chechnya
• Human Rights and a Geopolitical Tug of War in Belarus
• Intrigue and Gossip Overwhelm Moscow after Surkov’s Downfall

Volume 10 Issue 87

May 8, 2013

• Russian Experts Call on Moscow to Turn North Caucasus into ‘Internal Turkey’
• Georgian Government Tries to Appease Its Critics, While Failing to Change the Substance of Its Foreign Policy
• Kerry Succeeds in Faking Respect for Putin, but Fails in Building Trust with Russia

Volume 10 Issue 86

May 7, 2013

• Tajikistan Now Jamming a Russian Radio Station
• Georgia a ‘Haven for Terrorists’: Ivanishvili Recycles Moscow’s Long-Discarded Narrative
• Moscow Promotes Airpower and Peacekeeping on Afghanistan-Linked CSTO Agenda (Part Two)
• Georgian Authorities Investigate Former Government to Hit at Current Opposition

Volume 10 Issue 85

May 6, 2013

• Taliban and Afghan Military Clash near Turkmenistan’s Border
• Circassians Urge Russian President and Parliament to Recognize Circassian ‘Genocide’
• Russo-Tajik Relations Cool Over Failure to Ratify Basing Agreements

Volume 10 Issue 84

May 3, 2013

• Almaty Hosts ‘Heart of Asia’ Conference
• Georgian Prime Minister Accuses Previous Government of Collusion with Terrorists
• Is Kabardino-Balkaria Following the Path of Dagestan?

Volume 10 Issue 83

May 2, 2013

• Well-Known Expert Andro Barnovi Named President Saakashvili’s Chief of Staff
• The Uphill Job of Mending Fences with the Kremlin
• Why Tamerlan Tsarnaev Is Outside of Chechen Mentality

Volume 10 Issue 82

May 1, 2013

• China Claims a Share in Kashagan, Kazakhstan Confirms
• Experts Warn Moscow’s North Caucasus Policies Exacerbate Regional Instability
• Between Scylla and Charybdis: Belarus’s Balancing Act

Volume 10 Issue 81

April 30, 2013

• How Serious Are Ivanishvili’s ‘Revelations?’
• Moscow Promotes Airpower and Peacekeeping on Afghanistan-Linked CSTO Agenda (Part One)
• Politicization of Islam in Crimea Threatens Peninsula’s Stability

Volume 10 Issue 80

April 29, 2013

• Polish Government Sheds Light on Gazprom-EuroPolGaz MOU
• Kazakhstan’s Next Economic Boom: The SME Sector Prepares to Take Off
• Russian Neo-Nazis ‘Celebrate’ Hitler’s Birthday, Part Two: April 20, 2013
• Russian Security Services Offer Surprising Revelations About Boston Bombings

Volume 10 Issue 79

April 26, 2013

• Kumyk Leader Murdered in Dagestan
• EU, Ukraine Warm to Each Other after Former Minister’s Release from Prison
• The IMU Expansion in Afghanistan’s Takhar Province: Jumping Off Point to Central Asia?
• Nabucco Countries’ Governments Appeal to EU for Support of the Project

Volume 10 Issue 78

April 26, 2013

• Moldova’s Tycoon Plahotniuc Gaining Political Influence
• Moldovan Prime Minister Filat Ousted by Intra-Coalition Rivals
• Parts of Boston Bombers’ Radicalization Narrative Remain Murky
• Putin Appears in Denial About the Situation in Russia

Volume 10 Issue 77

April 24, 2013

• New Georgian Government Begins to Show Its Dark Side
• Kazakhstan Continues to Upgrade its Military Presence on the Caspian in the Face of Growing Uncertainty
• Chechen Authorities Organize Incursion into Ingushetia

Volume 10 Issue 76

April 23, 2013

• Belarus: Modernization amid Two Integration Projects
• Re-Opening the Talysh Question in Azerbaijan: Armenian, Iranian and Russian ‘Traces’
• Tashkent Strengthens Security Ties with Moscow Ahead of NATO Drawdown

Volume 10 Issue 75

April 23, 2013

• Is the Boston Attack a Ripple Effect of the Conflict in the North Caucasus?
• The United National Movement Launches a Campaign to Unseat Ivanishvili’s Government
• Bait and Switch: Russia Multiplies Gas Route Offers to Europe
• Radicalization and Simulation Intertwine in Putin’s Russia

Volume 10 Issue 74

April 19, 2013

• Kazakhstan Expands Security and Economic Cooperation with Afghanistan
• Yevkurov’s Predecessors Gear Up to Challenge Him for Ingush Presidency
• Passions Over Belarus’s Would-Be Rapprochement with the West
• High-Cost Redundancies: Gazprom’s Pipeline Projects in Europe

Volume 10 Issue 73

April 18, 2013

• The Magnitsky List and Chechnya
• Japanese Prime Minister Abe Declares Mongolia’s Increasing Importance for Tokyo’s Foreign Policy
• Moscow and Washington Exchange Blacklists of Undesirables

Volume 10 Issue 72

April 17, 2013

• Ivanishvili and Coalition Partners Threaten to Incriminate Georgia over 2008 Russian Invasion (Part Two)
• Ukraine Continues to Play with the Rules, Not by the Rules
• The Disappearance of Tajikistan’s Ethnic Uzbek Leader: A New Stage in the Struggle Between Tashkent and Dushanbe?
• Security Services’ Puzzling Hyperactivity in North Ossetia May Be Connected to Sochi Olympics

Volume 10 Issue 71

April 16, 2013

• Ivanishvili and Coalition Partners Threaten to Incriminate Georgia Over 2008 Russian Invasion (Part One)
• Moscow Puts Moldova’s Bulgarian Minority into Play Against Chisinau
• Belarus and Russia Prepare Zapad 2013 Military Exercise

Volume 10 Issue 70

April 15, 2013

• The Georgian Orthodox Church: Some Aspects of Its Rhetoric and Practice
• Government Forces in Dagestan Crack Down on Militant Stronghold in Gimry
• Russian Neo-Nazis ‘Celebrate’ Hitler’s Birthday, Part One: Background

Volume 10 Issue 69

April 12, 2013

• Gazprom Extends Its Infrastructure Network in Germany Through Joint Ventures
• Foreign and Domestic Causes of Unrest Ahead of Azerbaijan’s Presidential Elections
• Moscow Approves New Funding to Develop Far Eastern Regions
• The Yarmuk Jamaat and the Sochi Olympics

Volume 10 Issue 68

April 11, 2013

• Russia Plans Massive Expansion of Nord Stream Pipelines
• Belarus: Geopolitical Preferences and Realities of Foreign Relations
• Special Operation Along Chechen-Ingush Border May Be Targeting Doku Umarov
• Amid Paranoia, Moscow Increasingly Cracks Down on Human Rights Groups

Volume 10 Issue 67

April 10, 2013

• Yamal-Europe Two: A Gazprom Project That Poland Does Not Need
• The Party of President Saakashvili Is Determined to Demonstrate Its Power
• Public Campaign Heats Up for Redrawing of Internal Borders of North Caucasus
• Will Poland Consider a Gas Deal with Russia at Ukraine’s Expense?

Volume 10 Issue 66

April 9, 2013

• Circassians Anticipate Russian Provocations before Sochi Games
• Kazakhstan Introduces New Counter-Terrorism Strategy
• Accession to the Customs Union with Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus Threatens Kyrgyzstan’s Domestic Stability

Volume 10 Issue 65

April 8, 2013

• Toward a Historical Peace Between Turks and Kurds?
• What Is the Significance of Russia’s Black Sea Maneuvers?
• First Ethnic Ossetian Refugees from Syria Arrive in North Ossetia

Volume 10 Issue 64

April 5, 2013

• Minsk Grows Tired of EU’s Double Standards
• Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy in Central Asia
• Putin, Miller Unveil Pipeline Project to Bypass Ukraine via Poland
• Is Kremlin Moving to Replace Ingush Leader?

Volume 10 Issue 63

April 4, 2013

• Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Has Little Effect on the Situation in the North Caucasus
• Putin’s Russia at a Crossroads Politically and Economically
• Georgian-Russian Rapprochement Is Not Yielding Any Results for Georgia
• Georgian Dream Seizes Local Administrations from Elected UNM Incumbents

Volume 10 Issue 62

April 3, 2013

• Power Struggle in Dagestan Changes Political Landscape
• The Afghan Threat: Reality or Uzbek Political Games?
• Georgia’s New Authorities Threaten to Investigate President Saakashvili and Allies
• Time Running out for Ukraine to Meet EU’s Association Criteria

Volume 10 Issue 61

April 2, 2013

• Gagauzia’s Head Urges Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan to Be Guarantors of Its Survival
• NDN ‘Reverse Transit,’ Uzbekistan and the Failure of Western Grand Strategy (Part Two)
• New Wave of Militarization in the Caspian

Volume 10 Issue 60

April 1, 2013

• Ukraine Importing Gas from Germany via Hungary and Poland
• Implications of Ukraine’s Gas Imports from Europe
• Circassian Activists Unite Around Circassian ‘Genocide’ Issue
• Putin Adopts Stalin’s Style, but Remains a Late Oligarch’s Legacy

Volume 10 Issue 59

March 29, 2013

• Belarus: Between Tangible Benefits and Make-Believe Policies
• Chechen Insurgency Leader Doku Umarov Tells Chechens Not to Fight in Syria
• Turkey More Cooperative with Western Energy Companies than It Seems

Volume 10 Issue 58

March 28, 2013

• EU-Moldova Association Agreement May Yield Huge Political Windfall for Filat’s Party
• Russian-Kazakhstani Energy Spat Favors China
• Poor Performance in Makhachkala Suburb Reflects Continuing Flaws in Russian Counter-Insurgency Operations
• The Cyprus Financial Meltdown Disrupts Close Relations with Berlin and Europe

Volume 10 Issue 57

March 27, 2013

• TAP Project Surging Ahead of Rival Nabucco-West (Part Two)
• Why Did President Saakashvili Agree to Become a ‘Lame Duck?’
• Russia, China Pledge Stronger Economic and Security Partnership
• Kazan and Moscow Continue Muted Struggle for Power

Volume 10 Issue 56

March 26, 2013

• TAP Project Surging Ahead of Rival Nabucco-West (Part One)
• In North Caucasus, Ethnic Russians Worse Off Where There Are More of Them, Moscow Sociologist Says
• NDN ‘Reverse Transit,’ Uzbekistan and the Failure of Western Grand Strategy (Part One)

Volume 10 Issue 55

March 25, 2013

• Izmir Port Project Magnifies Azerbaijan’s Integrated Investments in Turkey
• Dmytro Firtash Launches New Opaque Gas Intermediary
• The Cyprus Test for Russian Foreign and Economic Policies
• Ethnic Russians Leave Stavropol Creating Regional Security Vacuum

Volume 10 Issue 54

March 22, 2013

• Ibragim Gajidadaev, Dagestan’s Most Wanted Militant, Involved in Makhachkala Shootout
• Kazakhstani-Korean Economic Partnership Strives Ahead
• Is Russia Losing Ground in India’s Arms Market?

Volume 10 Issue 53

March 21, 2013

• Belarus Continues Its Drift Toward Russia while Moving up in Human Development Rank
• Georgia’s Western Course Reaffirmed in Bipartisan Consensus
• Meltdown of Russian Government-Sponsored Offshore Financing in Cyprus
• Disputed Border Area Between Chechnya and Ingushetia Remains Regional Hot Spot

Volume 10 Issue 52

March 20, 2013

• New Mongolian Minister of Defense Visits Moscow to Reaffirm Ties
• Russia’s History Is Too Tragic and Its Society Too Complex to Fit into Putin’s Worldview
• Interior Ministry Troops Are Projected to Become Professional Military Force

Volume 10 Issue 51

March 19, 2013

• Georgia and the United States: De-Alignment Through Regime Change? (Part Three)
• Another ‘Damn Thing in the Balkans’—the Russian Cossacks Come to Comrat
• Russia’s Armed Forces Await Automated Command and Control—In 2015

Volume 10 Issue 50

March 18, 2013

• Russian-US Military Competition in Central Asia Threatens to Compromise Regional Security
• Georgia and the United States: De-Alignment Through Regime Change? (Part Two)
• Chechen-Ingush Border Dispute Resembles Demarcation of Interstate Boundary
• Ukraine Looks to Turkmenistan to Solve Its Energy Security Challenges

Volume 10 Issue 49

March 15, 2013

• New South Korean Leader Affirms Strategic Partnership with Kazakhstan
• Georgia and the United States: De-Alignment Through Regime Change? (Part One)
• Death of Rebel-led Gakaev Brothers Traced to Government Planted Mole
• The March 2013 Record of Belarus’s Foreign and Not-So-Foreign Relations

Volume 10 Issue 48

March 14, 2013

• Questions Linger on Voter Behavior in Georgia’s Elections
• Dagestan’s Conflict Grinds On
• Electoral Democracy: Path to State Capture in Georgia
• Russia Prepares for War with the US and NATO, While Lacking Resources

Volume 10 Issue 47

March 13, 2013

• ‘Cultural Ties’: Russia’s New War Tool with Georgia
• Alexei Navalny Blasts Ingushetia’s Government for Extravagant Spending
• Saakashvili’s Visit to Baku Ignites Political Debates
• Is There at Long Last a Russo-Chinese Gas Deal?

Volume 10 Issue 46

March 12, 2013

• Russia, Ukraine Reportedly Close to Agreement on Black Sea Fleet Movements
• ‘Tatarstanization’ of Russia Coming to an End, LDPR Activist Says
• Moscow Plans Rapid Reaction Forces and Professional Soldiers—Again

Volume 10 Issue 45

March 11, 2013

• Chagrin and Ambivalence in Putin’s Foreign Policy
• Moscow’s Envoy to North Caucasus Expected to Assume Greater Powers
• The Nursi Movement in the Former Soviet Union: Islamic Radicals or Agents of Turkish Influence?

Volume 10 Issue 44

March 8, 2013

• Murder and Selective Use of Justice in Ukraine (Part Two)
• Bulgaria’s President Struggles to Form New Government
• Russian Urban Centers Might Be Target for Next Muslim Riots
• Georgia Adrift, US AWOL After Regime Change

Volume 10 Issue 43

March 7, 2013

• Belarus: The Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Goes On
• Moscow Attempts to Extend Its Strategic Influence from the Black Sea to Mediterranean
• Continuing Human Rights Abuses Force Chechens to Flee to Europe

Volume 10 Issue 42

March 6, 2013

• Signs of Balkanization Emerge in the North Caucasus
• Major Revision of Mongolian Mining Regulations Is Underway
• Russia Seeks Closer Energy Partnership with China

Volume 10 Issue 41

March 5, 2013

• Moldovan Politics Begin to Resemble Post-Orange Revolution Ukraine
• Immigration Could Tear Russia Apart, Especially if Regions Adopt Their Own Approaches
• Gerasimov Links Russian Military Modernization to the Arab Spring

Volume 10 Issue 40

March 4, 2013

• Adygea Can Accommodate Hundreds of Circassian Refugees from Syria
• Amid Conflict with Bidzina Ivanishvili, Mikheil Saakashvili Returns to His Political Roots
• Putin Looks for an Escape from the Dead End of His Presidency

Volume 10 Issue 39

March 2, 2013

• Public Opinion and Hi-Tech Startups in ‘Europe’s Last Dictatorship’
• Kazakhstan Establishes Continuing Role in Iran Talks
• Russia Eyes Efficient Management of State-Controlled Assets
• Dagestan Is Enmeshed in Another Round of Ethnic Confrontation

Volume 10 Issue 38

February 28, 2013

• Kazakhstan’s Economy: Planning for the Future
• Putin Sees Russia Surrounded by Foes, Struggling to Rebuild Its Military
• No Letup in Insurgent Violence in Dagestan

Volume 10 Issue 37

February 27, 2013

• Karachay Expert Supports Redrawing the North Caucasus Borders
• Turkey-EU Relations: A New Beginning?
• Political Factions Threaten to Derail Moldova’s European Course (Part Two)
• Russia Reacts Predictably to North Korean Nuclear Test

Volume 10 Issue 36

February 26, 2013

• Georgia Once Again Finds Russia To Be a Bad Negotiating Partner
• Kondratyev, Network-Centric Warfare and the Race Against Time (Part Two)
• Political Factions Threaten to Derail Moldova’s European Course (Part One)

Volume 10 Issue 35

February 25, 2013

• Russia Trips up Ukraine’s OSCE Chairmanship in Transnistria
• Murder and Selective Use of Justice in Ukraine (Part One)
• Capital Flight from Russia Tells a Tale About Regime Failure
• Kremlin Set to Replace Some North Caucasus Governors Before the Sochi Olympics

Volume 10 Issue 34

February 22, 2013

• Kazakhstani-Japan Economic Partnership Drives Forward
• Political Crisis in Bulgaria to Delay Energy Sector Reforms
• Moscow Weighs Various Options for Stabilizing Stavropol

Volume 10 Issue 33

February 21, 2013

• Prime Minister Ivanishvili’s Foreign Policy Outline Encounters Strong Resistance from the Opposition
• Croatian Government Considers Expansion of Russian Energy Companies (Part Two)
• Extrajudicial Arrests and Killings on the Rise in Ingushetia
• Russia’s Ruling Elite Engulfed in Anti-Corruption Scandals

Volume 10 Issue 32

February 20, 2013

• Kremlin Moves Closer to Abandoning North Caucasus Tourism Development Project
• Belarus-Russia Integration Is Given a Boost
• Inadequate Professionalism in the Police Forces Remains a Problem for the Russian State
• Croatian Government Invites Expansion of Russian Energy Companies (Part One)

Volume 10 Issue 31

February 19, 2013

• Ivanishvili’s Government Creates a Scapegoat, While Finding It Hard to Deliver on Its Promises
• Kondratyev, Network-Centric Warfare and the Race Against Time (Part One)
• US, Chinese Plans for Rail Links with Central Asia Triggering ‘Railroad War’ and Reducing Russia’s Influence

Volume 10 Issue 30

February 18, 2013

• Putin Cuts Conscript Soldiers’ Combat Training Time to Three Months
• Kumtor’s Legal Controversy Creating Dangerous Precedent for Kyrgyzstan’s Investment Opportunities
• Disarray Among Putin’s Elites Deepens as Russia’s Self-Isolation Progresses

Volume 10 Issue 29

February 15, 2013

• Kazakhstan Promotes Central Asian Interests Within OIC
• Protests against Rising Energy Prices in Bulgaria: Will Sofia Follow Warsaw and Kyiv’s Lead on Shale Gas?
• With Eye to Sochi, Interior Ministry Foresees Reductions in the North Caucasus
• Russia Aims to Extend Alliance with Venezuela

Volume 10 Issue 28

February 14, 2013

• Leader of Northern Tajikistan Is Arrested in Ukraine
• Authorities See Salafi Groups Popping Up Everywhere Inside Russia
• New Georgian Ruling Regime Attempts to Shed Allies and Consolidate Power
• Aggressive Nationalism and Anti-Americanism Are the Kremlin’s New Ideological Pillars

Volume 10 Issue 27

February 13, 2013

• A Potential Rapprochement with the West and the Prospects of Economic Liberalization
• Turkey Looks Forward, Talks SCO
• Kazakhstan’s Border Protection Service Rocked by a New Wave of Incidents
• Failure to Heed Circassian Interests Undermines Russia’s Claims to Respect Ethnic Equality

Volume 10 Issue 26

February 12, 2013

• Russian Military Reform Drowns in a Sea of Nostalgia
• ‘Secret’ Mosque Case Agitates Stavropol, Goes Viral on Russian Internet
• Old New Faces: What Does Secretary of State John Kerry Mean for Azerbaijan?

Volume 10 Issue 25

February 11, 2013

• Dagestan’s New Leader Remains Reticent About His Policies
• Russian Duma Backtracks on Direct Regional Elections
• Ivanishvili’s Government Is Readjusting ‘The Law on Occupation’
• Ukraine Rejects Russia’s $7 Billion Claim for Unused Gas

Volume 10 Issue 24

February 8, 2013

• Moscow Patriarchate Expands Missionary Work among Non-Russians, Setting the Stage for Conflicts with Muslim Nations
• Is the Caucasus Emirate Encroaching on the Volga Region?
• Kazakhstan Will Host Iran Nuclear Talks
• Russia Eyes Stronger Economic Engagement with Central Asia

Volume 10 Issue 23

February 7, 2013

• IMU Crackdown Reveals Regional Dynamics in Tajikistan’s Ferghana Valley
• Dagestan’s New Leaders Faces an Upsurge in Insurgent Activities
• The Shift in Geopolitical Balance of Power in South Caucasus is Underway
• Washington Attempts to Put Relations with Moscow ‘Back on Track’

Volume 10 Issue 22

February 6, 2013

• Ukraine’s Security Forces: Bloated, Incompetent and Still Neo-Soviet
• Will Georgia Reenter the CIS?
• North Caucasians and Ethnic Russians Agree on Region’s Bleak Prospects
• The Mistral Saga Takes a New Turn

Volume 10 Issue 21

February 5, 2013

• The Perpetual U-Turns in Bulgaria’s Nuclear Energy Policy
• Putin Considers New ‘Defense Plan’ as ‘Reform’ Dies
• Russian Nationalists on Both Sides of North Caucasus Fight

Volume 10 Issue 20

February 4, 2013

• Russian Uprising in Stavropol Region Alarms Russian Authorities
• Kyrgyzstan Leverages Geo-Economics and Geopolitics to Expand Its Economy
• President Nazarbayev Announces a String of Optimization Measures to Tackle Social and Economic Issues
• The Munich Shadow over the US-Russian Post-Reset

Volume 10 Issue 19

February 1, 2013

• Lithuania’s Role in the Northern Distribution Network
• A Mixed Bag of News in Belarus to Start off the Year
• Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Output Rises Slightly in 2012
• Dagestan: New President, Old Problems

Volume 10 Issue 18

January 31, 2013

• Russia May Gain in South Caucasus, as Georgian Government Wavers on Regional Railway Projects
• Russia Threatens to Suspend Space Cooperation with Kazakhstan over Baikonur Dispute
• US-Russian Relations Wither as the Kremlin Seeks out Internal and External Enemies
• Killing of Gakaev Brothers Setback for North Caucasus Insurgency, but Not Fatal

Volume 10 Issue 17

January 30, 2013

• Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan Heighten Tensions in Violent Local Border Dispute
• Turkey Debates SCO as an Alternative to the EU
• What Do Russia’s Arms Sales to Bangladesh Mean?
• Circassians Grow Frustrated with Moscow’s Handling of Syrian Circassian Repatriation Requests

Volume 10 Issue 16

January 29, 2013

• Deputy Prime Minister Alasania Is Demoted in Georgian Government
• Moscow Puts Rights Groups in North Caucasus in ‘Mortal Danger’
• Shamanov Signals Reform Reversals in the VDV

Volume 10 Issue 15

January 28, 2013

• Tentative Steps Toward Deepening Defense Cooperation in the Baltic Region
• Ukraine Signs Agreement to Extract Gas Jointly with Shell
• Davos Finds Few Reasons to Invest in Russia—or to Take Medvedev Seriously
• Russian Government Allows Council of Europe to Publish Torture Report on the North Caucasus

Volume 10 Issue 14

January 25, 2013

• Kazakhstan Investment Part 2: Data Confirms Kazakhstan’s Status as Leading Global Investor
• Australia Finds a Way to Raise Its Economic and Political Profile in Mongolia
• Russian Orthodox Church Redraws Its Map of the North Caucasus
• Russia Seeks Stronger Security Ties with China

Volume 10 Issue 13

January 24, 2013

• Why Russia’s Governors Are Speaking Out About Ethnic Problems
• Dagestan’s Delicate Ethnic Balance Is Under Threat
• Uranium Waste in Central Asia Presents Serious Security Challenges
• Russia Is Isolated Politically and Technologically as Relations with West Worsen

Volume 10 Issue 12

January 23, 2013

• Russia Places Moldova in an Energy and Sovereignty Vise
• The Tablighi Jamaat: A Soft Islamization from the Ferghana Valley to Russia’s Turkic Regions?
• Russia Sees Superior Military Force and Propaganda as Primary Instruments to Control North Caucasus
• China’s Growing Political Role in the Caucasus

Volume 10 Issue 11

January 22, 2013

• Tatar Youth Organization Seeks to Bolster Tatar Nationalism
• Belarus Starts Propaganda War Against the EU
• Prime Minister of Georgia Attempts to Replace the Entire Diplomatic Corps of the Country
• Russia Introduces a Trickle of ‘New Look’ Professional NCOs

Volume 10 Issue 10

January 18, 2013

• The Central Power’s Policy Toward the North Caucasus, 1914–1917 (Part Two)
• Religious Violence Hits Relatively Quiet North Ossetia
• Kazakhstan Investment, Part 1: Europeans Dominate Inward Foreign Direct Investment
• Russian Energy Review in 2012: Consolidating State Control in an Uncertain Market

Volume 10 Issue 9

January 17, 2013

• Georgian Dream Coalition: Fragile Unity
• Mongolia in 2012: A Steady Path Toward Democracy and Development
• Investigators Harass Serdyukov, While Military Reform Is Stalled
• Security Situation in Ingushetia in 2012 Worsened

Volume 10 Issue 8

January 16, 2013

• Ukraine Sliding From Oligarchy to Cronyism
• Domestic Stability to Remain Kazakhstan’s Main Priority in 2013
• From Tripwire to Something More? Moscow Increases Military Readiness in the South Caucasus
• High Expectations for North Caucasus Tourism Development Matched by Faltering Government Support

Volume 10 Issue 7

January 15, 2013

• The ‘Nuanced Look’: Russia’s Defense Minister Considers Major Reform Reversals
• Georgian Defense Minister Unveils Plans to Create Entirely Professional Army, Compatible with NATO Forces
• Tajikistan in 2012: A Year in Review

Volume 10 Issue 6

January 14, 2013

• Militarism Is a Poor Fit for Putin’s ‘Patriotic’ Kleptocracy
• Militants Threaten to Return to Central Asia after NATO’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan
• New Russian Legislation Undermines Moscow’s Claims to Strengthen Country’s Unity
• Azerbaijan: Difficult Year Ahead

Volume 10 Issue 5

January 11, 2013

• The Central Powers’ Policies Toward the North Caucasus, 1914–1917 (Part One)
• Chechnya’s Insurgency Stubbornly Remained Active in 2012
• Georgian Patriarch’s Visit to Moscow: Is Georgia Leaning to the North?
• President Nazarbayev Announces Ambitious National Goals in Coming Decades

Volume 10 Issue 4

January 10, 2013

• China’s Latest Piece of the New Silk Road
• Violence in Dagestan Accelerated in 2012
• Belarus: A Countdown Toward Political Change?
• Putin Activates Anti-American PR Campaign

Volume 10 Issue 3

January 9, 2013

• Fresh Border Incident Could Provoke New Inter-Ethnic Clashes in the Ferghana Valley
• The End of United National Movement’s Rule in Georgia: What Now?
• New Year with Old Burden: Political Limbo and Unclear Purpose to Haunt Moldova in 2013
• False Alternatives: Opposition to Sochi Olympics or Repatriation of Syrian Circassians

Volume 10 Issue 2

January 8, 2013

• North Caucasus More Unstable and More Threatening to Moscow Now than a Year Ago
• Will Ukraine and Its Friends Learn Lessons from the Disappointing 2012?
• Russia’s Armed Forces: Reflections On 2012

Volume 10 Issue 1

January 7, 2013

• Local Elections in Kyrgyzstan Strengthen the President, While Past Rivals Fade
• Trends in Kabardino-Balkaria in 2012 Likely to Continue in 2013
• Putin’s Failure in the Middle Volga
• Russia Takes Pause After Incredible Year of Discoveries and Disappointments