Volume 2 Issue 234

December 16, 2005

• OWNERSHIP OF UKRAINE'S TRANSIT SYSTEM -- MAIN STAKE IN THE GAS DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA
• NEW INFORMATION EMERGES ON UZBEK ISLAMISTS, BUT IS IT ACCURATE?
• UPPER HOUSE OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE
• RUSSIAN-KAZAKH PARTNERSHIP LEADS CENTRAL ASIAN INTEGRATION

Volume 2 Issue 233

December 15, 2005

• KREMLIN'S NEW "COALITION OF THE WILLING" AT UN
• NEW HOPE FOR SOUTH OSSETIA?
• IMF STUDY HIGHLIGHTS WESTERN DONOR PRAISE FOR ARMENIAN REFORMS
• LONG-EXPECTED PERSONNEL CHANGES BEGIN IN AZERBAIJAN

Volume 2 Issue 232

December 14, 2005

• OSCE-RUSSIA MILITARY PLAN FOR MOLDOVA CRITICIZED IN VIENNA
• PUTIN PROTECTS ISLAM AND PRAISES DEMOCRACY IN GROZNY
• TYMOSHENKO FACES RIVAL CLAIM TO BE ANTI-YUSHCHENKO ORANGE FACTION
• OFFICIALS MEET TO DISCUSS SOUTH CAUCASUS RAIL SYSTEM

Volume 2 Issue 231

December 13, 2005

• RUSSIA EYES STRONGER ECONOMIC TIES WITH JAPAN
• BELARUS FACING SEVERE DEMOGRAPHIC PROBLEMS
• KAZAKHSTAN PLAYS THE NATO CARD
• KYRGYZ JOURNALISTS CLAIM GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSES FREE SPEECH

Volume 2 Issue 230

December 12, 2005

• TYMOSHENKO COMES UP WITH ELECTION STRATEGY
• CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM REGARDING GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ TALKS
• KREMLIN HAS UPPER HAND IN GAS NEGOTIATIONS WITH UKRAINE
• DOES UKRAINE REALLY HAVE COUNTER LEVERS FOR GAS SUPPLIES?

Volume 2 Issue 229

December 9, 2005

• RUSSIA'S ARMS DEAL WITH IRAN: KREMLIN BELIEVES U.S. TOO WEAK FOR STRONG RESPONSE
• BESLAN MOTHERS TURN TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO FIND THE TRUTH
• AFTER ELECTION LOSS, WHAT NEXT FOR THE KAZAKH OPPOSITION?
• RUSSIA INSISTS ON TRANSFORMING THE TERMS OF GAS TRADE WITH UKRAINE

Volume 2 Issue 228

December 8, 2005

• RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AGREE TO DISAGREE ON GAS SUPPLIES
• JUDGES ALLEGE THAT SAAKASHVILI'S TEAM IS PURGING GEORGIA'S JUDICIAL BENCH
• ARE THE TALIBAN RECEIVING OUTSIDE HELP IN THEIR RESISTANCE EFFORTS?
• EUROPEAN UNION'S CFSP UNRAVELS AT OSCE

Volume 2 Issue 227

December 7, 2005

• SURGE IN RUSSIAN GAS PRICES RAISES EYEBROWS IN ARMENIA
• AZERBAIJAN OPPOSITION DENOUNCES ITS LONG-TIME SUPPORTER ON ELECTION COMMISSION
• SECURITY GUARD MELNYCHENKO RETURNS TO UKRAINE
• OSCE YEAR-END CONFERENCE FAILS TO ADOPT KEY DOCUMENTS ON SECURITY

Volume 2 Issue 226

December 6, 2005

• MOLDOVAN EXPERTS BLAST RUSSIA-OSCE MILITARY PLAN
• NAZARBAYEV CRUISES TO LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
• RUSSIA OFFERS HELP COMBATING DRUGS IN CENTRAL ASIA
• HIGH-RANKING KYRGYZ OFFICIAL PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL IDEOLOGY

Volume 2 Issue 225

December 5, 2005

• CSTO SEEN AS A SHIELD AGAINST OUTSIDE MEDDLING
• MOSCOW VOTES FOR LUZHKOV AS RIVALRY WITH PUTIN INTENSIFIES
• PARTY OF REGIONS ENLISTS AKHMETOV FOR POLLS
• EUROPEAN UNION DEPLOYS FIRST BORDER MONITORING MISSION

Volume 2 Issue 224

December 2, 2005

• PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN CHECHNYA: NO CLEAR WINNER
• OSCE'S ELECTION-MONITORING ROLE UNDER RUSSIAN-LED ATTACK
• AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO CRIMINAL CODE IN BELARUS
• KREMLIN USES ENERGY TO TEACH EX-SOVIET NEIGHBORS A LESSON IN GEOPOLITICAL LOYALTY

Volume 2 Issue 223

December 1, 2005

• FEARING COLOR REVOLUTIONS ARE CONTAGIOUS, KAZAKHSTAN SHUTS BORDER WITH KYRGYZSTAN
• END-GAME NEGOTIATIONS AT OSCE PRESAGE YEAR-END ABDICATION
• IS THE WEST LOSING AZERBAIJAN?
• IRAN'S SEARCH FOR ALLIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Volume 2 Issue 222

November 30, 2005

• COUNCIL OF EUROPE'S BIASED RAPPORTEUR OVERRULED ON LATVIA
• SOVIET-STYLE REFERENDUM FAILS TO BRING ARMENIA CLOSER TO EUROPE
• OTUNBAYEVA LOSES LAST CHANCE TO REMAIN IN KYRGYZ POLITICS
• ORANGE COALITION CRUMBLES AHEAD OF POLLS

Volume 2 Issue 221

November 29, 2005

• CHINA'S CHEMICAL SPILL IRRITATES RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
• ASTANA MOVES TO MINIMIZE POSSIBLE DISTURBANCES AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
• KAZAKHSTAN-TURKMENISTAN BORDER ISSUE AS AN ELECTION GAMBIT
• RECENT VIOLENCE THREATENS REOPENING OF GEORGIA-ABKHAZIA RAILWAY

Volume 2 Issue 220

November 28, 2005

• KERIMLI BATTLE-CRY SPARKS MELEE IN BAKU
• SERGEI IVANOV'S PR CAMPAIGN ROLLS OVER ONE JOURNALIST
• RUSSIA AND THE TWO-KOREAS: THE LATEST ROUND
• REVISITING THE ORANGE REVOLUTION: STILL FAR TO GO

Volume 2 Issue 219

November 23, 2005

• CLANS, CRIME, AND POWER IN KYRGYZSTAN
• SECURITY COLONEL'S REVELATIONS: A PROVOCATION AGAINST YUSHCHENKO?
• OSCE'S YEAR-END MEETING: QUIET SURVIVAL THROUGH MINIMAL RELEVANCE
• GEORGIA'S ACTION PLAN ON SOUTH OSSETIA: A TEST FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Volume 2 Issue 218

November 22, 2005

• MOSCOW AND OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP BLINDSIDING GEORGIA ON SOUTH OSSETIA
• HOPES FOR KREMLIN DIALOGUE WITH KABARDINO-BALKARIA INSURGENTS FADE
• KAZAKH OPPOSITION ACTIVIST MYSTERIOUSLY DIES AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
• ANDIJAN SHOW TRIAL VERDICT CONDEMNED BY WEST

Volume 2 Issue 217

November 21, 2005

• PUTIN'S BUREAUCRATIC RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC MISBALANCE
• RUSSIAN-JAPANESE PEACE TREATY REMAINS ELUSIVE
• EU COMMITTED TO CHANGE IN BELARUS
• REVISITING THE ORANGE REVOLUTION, PART ONE: CONSIDERABLE GAINS MADE

Volume 2 Issue 216

November 18, 2005

• RUSSIAN PERSONNEL CHANGES TO AFFECT FAR EAST REGION
• SEPARATISTS IN GEORGIA CLOSELY MONITORING UN SECURITY COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS ON KOSOVO
• CHINESE NEED RUSSIAN OIL TO FILL PIPELINE FROM KAZAKHSTAN
• BOMBINGS FAIL TO CURB KABUL'S NEW ECONOMIC VITALITY

Volume 2 Issue 215

November 17, 2005

• INTERNATIONAL MONITORS SPLIT OVER AZERBAIJAN ELECTIONS
• NATO PEACEKEEPING TROOPS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS?
• UZBEKISTAN: ENTER RUSSIA
• UZBEKISTAN: EXIT AMERICA

Volume 2 Issue 214

November 16, 2005

• PUTIN PLEDGES TO BACK UP KARIMOV IN A CRISIS
• RUSSIA'S WARMING TOWARD UZBEKISTAN MAY DAMAGE RELATIONS WITH THE WEST
• WILL AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION CHOOSE TURMOIL AS A STRATEGY?
• ATTEMPT TO PURGE YUSHCHENKO PARTY FAILS

Volume 2 Issue 213

November 15, 2005

• COLLECTIVE SECURITY GROUP SEEKS TO ESTABLISH ITS IDENTITY, AVOID MERGERS
• NGOs WANT KYRGYZ TO BE THE SOLE STATE LANGUAGE OF KYRGYZSTAN
• TWO YEARS INTO THE ROSE REVOLUTION, ECONOMY SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE

Volume 2 Issue 212

November 14, 2005

• AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION SET TO CONTINUE PROTEST RALLIES, BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT
• PUTIN'S RUSSIA AS AN UNCERTAIN PROPOSITION
• ARMENIA ADOPTS LANDMARK BUDGET FOR 2006
• WHO ARE YUSHCHENKO'S TRUE ALLIES?

Volume 2 Issue 211

November 11, 2005

• KREMLIN SIGNALS TO THE BALTS IT IS DISPLEASED WITH THEIR DEFIANT STANCE
• RUSSIA ACKNOWLEDGES PUNISHING MOLDOVA'S WESTERN ORIENTATION
• SECURITY OFFICIALS SCORE VICTORY IN DAGESTAN BUT INSURGENCY INCREASES IN INGUSHETIA
• STILL NO OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

Volume 2 Issue 210

November 10, 2005

• OPPOSITION RALLY FAILS TO CHANGE RESULTS OF AZERBAIJAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• AZERBAIJAN MOVES SWIFTLY TO ADDRESS ELECTORAL FRAUD COMPLAINTS
• AS BAKIYEV LOOSES SUPPORT, KULOV GAINS POPULARITY
• ABIZAID PROMISES NO REPEAT OF GREAT GAME IN CENTRAL ASIA

Volume 2 Issue 209

November 9, 2005

• OPENING OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM DEFINES AZERBAIJAN'S IMPERFECT ELECTIONS
• LOW TURNOUT IN AZERBAIJAN SUGGESTS DISAPPOINTMENT WITH ELECTORAL PROCESS
• AZERBAIJANI-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS DETERIORATE AFTER STOLEN ELECTIONS
• NEWLY RUSSIAN INVENTED HOLIDAY BECOMES A DAY OF NAZI UNITY

Volume 2 Issue 208

November 8, 2005

• AZERBAIJAN RESPONSIVE TO ELECTION OBSERVERS' CRITIQUE DESPITE EXAGGERATIONS
• ABKHAZ MILITARY ACCUSED OF FORCIBLY DRAFTING ETHNIC GEORGIANS
• NAZARBAYEV LEADING PRE-ELECTION POLLS IN KAZAKHSTAN
• OPPOSITION COURTS THE BELARUSIAN PUBLIC

Volume 2 Issue 207

November 7, 2005

• GULIYEV'S SECOND ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO AZERBAIJAN FAILS
• RUSSIA PLEDGES TO UP TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES WITH CHINA
• YUSHCHENKO CHANGES PROSECUTORS
• FROM "PEACEKEEPING" TO PEACEKEEPING? THE EU LOOKS AT MOLDOVA

Volume 2 Issue 206

November 4, 2005

• AZERBAIJAN'S MODERATE OPPOSITION ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS
• PUTIN PERFORMS A EUROPEAN PIROUETTE
• DEAD BODIES HIDING TRUTH ABOUT RUSSIAN FAILURE IN NALCHIK
• NEW NATIONAL HOLIDAY: STRENGTHENING PUTIN'S STATIST SYNTHESIS

Volume 2 Issue 205

November 3, 2005

• AZERBAIJAN'S RADICAL OPPOSITION ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS
• U.S. UNVEILS $6 MILLION PLAN TO FOSTER FREE ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
• GEORGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER FENDS OFF LATEST CHARACTER ATTACK
• EDITOR OF AFGHAN WOMEN'S MAGAZINE ARRESTED FOR BLASPHEMY

Volume 2 Issue 204

November 2, 2005

• TAJIKISTAN BRANDS "BAYAT" A TERRORIST, RELIGIOUS, EXTREMIST, ORGANIZATION
• BISHKEK WEIGHS BENEFITS OF U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE
• WASHINGTON GIVES NOD OF APPROVAL TO NAZARBAYEV REGIME
• UKRAINE'S CENTRIST CAMP IN DISARRAY AHEAD OF 2006 ELECTIONS

Volume 2 Issue 203

November 1, 2005

• UNEDIFYING DEBUT TO 5+2 NEGOTIATIONS ON MOLDOVA
• ROSE, ORANGE REVOLUTIONS' PROTAGONISTS AGAINST ‘COLOR REVOLUTION' IN AZERBAIJAN
• BAKIYEV-KULOV POLITICAL UNION ENDANGERED BY CRIMINALS
• AFTER THE TULIP REVOLUTION: ARE SINO-KYRGYZ RELATIONS STILL "ALIVE AND KICKING?"

Volume 2 Issue 202

October 31, 2005

• SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION EYES ECONOMIC, SECURITY COOPERATION
• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES FEAR ISLAMIC INSURGENCY IN VOLGA REGION
• LYTVYN'S BLOC - AN UMBRELLA FOR KUCHMA'S PEOPLE?
• FREEDOM OF MEDIA IN GEORGIA DECLINES EVEN FURTHER

Volume 2 Issue 201

October 28, 2005

• ALIYEV ISSUES NEW DECREES TO IMPROVE ELECTION TRANSPARENCY
• CONSPIRATORS OR SCAPEGOATS? AZERBAIJAN STILL BUZZING OVER CABINET SHAKEUP
• MOSCOW PUNDITS PONDER THE CHALLENGE OF POLISH CONSERVATIVE NATIONALISM
• YEKHURANOV REFERS TO OLIGARCHS AS "NATIONAL BOURGEOISIE"

Volume 2 Issue 200

October 27, 2005

• AZERBAIJAN'S ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN: FREER, FAIRER, AWAITING FAIR JUDGMENT
• THE RUNAWAY TRAWLER AND RUSSIA'S WOUNDED PRIDE
• YULDASHEV TESTIMONY PLAYED AT ANDIJAN TRIAL
• KAZAKH GOVERNMENT UNDER FIRE OVER CHINESE TAKEOVER DEAL

Volume 2 Issue 199

October 26, 2005

• ALLY CLEARED OF CRIMINAL CHARGE – A TRAP FOR YUSHCHENKO?
• CONTROVERSIAL ARRESTS SHED LIGHT ON ARMENIA'S MURKY SECURITY SERVICE
• LAVROV IN TASHKENT: RUSSIA AND UZBEKISTAN SEARCH FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
• JCC, "PEACEKEEPING" FORMATS IN SOUTH OSSETIA SHOWN TO BE UNTENABLE

Volume 2 Issue 198

October 25, 2005

• RUSSIA PRESSING FOR EXCLUSIONARY NAVAL GROUPING IN CASPIAN SEA
• GAZPROM'S ACQUISITION OF SIBNEFT SEEN AS DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
• ASSASSINATION OF KYRGYZ LAWMAKER REVEALS LINKS BETWEEN POLITICS AND CRIME
• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RUSSIA-BELARUS UNION

Volume 2 Issue 197

October 24, 2005

• GAZPROM LOSES ITALIAN DEAL, CORRUPTION COULD CAUSE MORE UPSETS
• YUSHCHENKO RE-AFFIRMS UKRAINE'S EURO-ATLANTIC GOALS
• RUSSIA IN CONTROL OF TURKMEN AND UKRAINIAN GAS TRADE
• COUNCIL OF EUROPE ENVOY'S STRANGE VISIT TO LATVIA

Volume 2 Issue 196

October 21, 2005

• PRESIDENT ALIYEV SACKS KEY MINISTERS, CLAIMS COUP WAS IMMINENT
• WILL FIRED GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BECOME OPPOSITION LEADER?
• GEORGIA DE-FREEZES THE CONFLICT-SETTLEMENT PROCESSES
• RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS DEBATE INTERACTION WITH AMERICA IN GREATER CENTRAL ASIA

Volume 2 Issue 195

October 20, 2005

• KABARDINO-BALKARIA FACES LONG-TERM GUERRILLA WAR
• REBUFF FROM EU PUSHES KARIMOV FURTHER INTO MOSCOW'S ARMS
• ASTANA TAKES NEW DIRECTION FOR RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION
• TNK-BP, LUKOIL, ROSNEFT VIE FOR YUKOS LEGACY IN LITHUANIA

Volume 2 Issue 194

October 19, 2005

• GULIYEV STOPPED BEFORE REACHING BAKU
• "MULTICULTURALISM" FORUM GATHERS MOSCOW'S SUPPORTERS
• GEORGIA'S OPPOSITION TAKES STEPS AGAINST SAAKASHVILI, SOROS
• DUSHANBE CLAIMS ANTI-DRUG SMUGGLING SUCCESS AS RUSSIA INCREASES MILITARY PRESENCE

Volume 2 Issue 193

October 18, 2005

• BAM'S EFFECTIVENESS HINGES ON UKRAINE'S INTEGRITY
• WILL RE-PRIVATIZATION OF KYRGYZ MEDIA QUIET OPPOSITION VOICES?
• RUSSIA SHEDS NO TEARS OVER PEACE TREATY WITH JAPAN
• PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE ASSASSINATED IN AFGHANISTAN

Volume 2 Issue 192

October 17, 2005

• WAS IT MOSTLY IRAN THAT RICE DISCUSSED WITH LAVROV AND PUTIN IN MOSCOW?
• SEPTEMBER CRISIS OVER, BUT STRATEGIC PROBLEMS REMAIN FOR YUSHCHENKO
• WILL U.S. DEPORT FORMER SUMY GOVERNOR TO UKRAINE?
• RUSSIA, ARMENIA IN JOINT BID TO STAVE OFF ANOTHER EX-SOVIET REVOLUTION

Volume 2 Issue 191

October 14, 2005

• MOSCOW SEES SU-27 CRASH AS OPPORTUNITY FOR NATO COOPERATION
• NALCHIK UNDER ATTACK: MOSCOW UNABLE TO RESPOND
• PROBLEMS MOUNT FOR GEORGIAN ARMY
• BALTS, NATO, EU DIGESTING LESSONS FROM RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH IN LITHUANIA

Volume 2 Issue 190

October 13, 2005

• FOOTPRINTS FROM THE NORTH IN CENTRAL ASIA AND AFGHANISTAN
• CENTRAL ASIA: REPLAYING THE GREAT GAME
• EU LAUNCHES UNPRECEDENTED MISSION ON UKRAINE-MOLDOVA BORDER
• WILL INCREASING U.S. PRESENCE IN AZERBAIJAN MEAN MORE TROUBLE FOR RUSSIA AND IRAN?

Volume 2 Issue 189

October 12, 2005

• RUSSIAN LUKOIL PLANS TO DIG DEEP FOR KAZAKH OIL
• YUSHCHENKO TRIES TO REVERSE HIS RATINGS SLIDE
• NEW UNREST IN JAVAKHETI PROMPTS WARNING FROM YEREVAN
• TAJIKISTAN SEARCHES FOR BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE

Volume 2 Issue 188

October 11, 2005

• CACO-EEC MERGE TO ELIMINATE OVERLAPPING GOALS
• KYRGYZ, UZBEK LEADERS CHOOSE COLD PEACE OVER OPEN CONFRONTATION
• KAZAKHSTAN STRENGTHENS TIES WITH NATO
• NOBEL COMMITTEE SENDS WARNING TO THE RUSSIAN MILITARY

Volume 2 Issue 187

October 7, 2005

• MOLDOVA: TWO STOOLS FOR THE WEST, TWO GILDED CHAIRS FOR MOSCOW AND TIRASPOL
• MOSCOW SKILLFULLY USES ENERGY LEVERAGE TO DIVIDE EUROPE
• RUSSIAN LIBERALS JOIN FORCES FOR MOSCOW ELECTIONS
• PACE ASKS FOR FULL INVESTIGATION OF GONGADZE CASE

Volume 2 Issue 186

October 6, 2005

• GEORGIA ON RUSSIAN "PEACEKEEPING:" ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
• GEORGIAN OPPOSITION LOSES BY-ELECTIONS, ALLEGES VIOLATIONS
• BELARUS OPPOSITION CHOOSES ITS CANDIDATE
• ARMENIAN SPEAKER SCORING MORE POINTS WITH TRADEMARK POPULISM

Volume 2 Issue 185

October 5, 2005

• UKRAINE'S NEW PRIME MINISTER RETURNS EMPTY-HANDED FROM MOSCOW
• RUSSIA STILL GETS IT WRONG ON UKRAINE
• RUSSIA'S NAVY PINS HOPES ON BULAVA NUCLEAR MISSILE
• RUSSIA'S PACIFIC OIL PIPELINE GAME REMAINS INCONCLUSIVE

Volume 2 Issue 184

October 4, 2005

• KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT REJECTS FEMALE CABINET NOMINEES, INCLUDING OTUNBAYEVA
• ANDIJAN TRIAL OPENS IN TASHKENT WITH SHAKY GOVERNMENT CASE
• ASTANA ADOPTS MORE PRUDENT POLICY TOWARD ETHNIC KAZAKHS
• PUBLIC MOOD IN AZERBAIJAN POINTS TO A NEW WAR

Volume 2 Issue 183

October 3, 2005

• BELARUS AUTHORITIES MOVE TO SHUT DOWN MAIN OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER
• WILL NEW PRIME MINISTER MAKE CRIMEA ANY BETTER?
• TATARSTAN RETAINS PRIVILEGED RANK AMONG RUSSIAN REPUBLICS
• STATE BUDGET POSES RISKS FOR RUSSIAN ECONOMY

Volume 2 Issue 182

September 30, 2005

• RUSSIA UNEASY ABOUT POLAND'S RIGHTWARD SHIFT
• LOCAL ELECTIONS EXPOSE WEAKNESS OF ARMENIAN CIVIL SOCIETY
• INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOCUSING ON TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER
• WILL YUSHCHENKO FOLLOW THE PATTERN OF SERBIA'S KOSTUNICA -- OR DJINDJIC?

Volume 2 Issue 181

September 29, 2005

• CHANCE MISSED TO SAVE KARSHI-KHANABAD
• AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION ANGERED BY LIMITS ON FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY
• CRUNCH TIME FOR SAAKASHVILI'S GOVERNMENT
• RUSSIA WANTS TO BE MORE THAN CHINA'S SOURCE FOR RAW MATERIALS

Volume 2 Issue 180

September 28, 2005

• PUTIN PRAISES STABILITY AND PROMISES PROSPERITY
• IS PORA TURNING AGAINST YUSHCHENKO?
• ASTANA'S OIL STRATEGY REVEALS PREFERENCE FOR UNITED STATES
• GAZPROM FIRMING UP ITS HOLD ON CENTRAL ASIAN GAS

Volume 2 Issue 179

September 27, 2005

• ERKINBAYEV'S ASSASSINATION PROVOKES CONTROVERSY IN KYRGYZSTAN
• RUSSIA OFFERS "QUALITY" MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO KYRGYZSTAN
• UNPRECEDENTED UZBEK-RUSSIAN JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE HELD
• QUESTION MARKS MULTIPLY AFTER RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH IN LITHUANIA

Volume 2 Issue 178

September 26, 2005

• UKRAINE'S PRIME MINISTER: QUIET MAN IN, FIERY LADY OUT
• IN GREAT HASTE KHODORKOVSKY FOUND GUILTY, GETS ONE YEAR LESS THAN SENTENCED
• LANDMARK AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION GOES SMOOTHLY
• RUSSIA WARY OF POSSIBLE WATER DISPUTE WITH CHINA

Volume 2 Issue 177

September 23, 2005

• KREMLIN HOPES LEADERSHIP CHANGE WILL IMPROVE SITUATION IN KABARDINO-BALKARIA
• SIGNS DEAL WITH YANUKOVYCH TO GET PRIME MINISTER APPROVED
• MOSCOW UNDECIDED ON POLICY TOWARD CRISIS-STRICKEN UKRAINE
• TALKS ON YUKOS ASSETS IN LITHUANIA MOVE INTO HIGH GEAR

Volume 2 Issue 176

September 22, 2005

• ARMED SEPARATISM SHOWCASED IN SOUTH OSSETIA
• KYRGYZSTAN CONTENT TO HOST RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN AIR BASES
• SHARP DROP IN DOLLAR RATE PANICS AZERBAIJAN AND RAISES POLITICAL QUESTIONS
• CHINA QUIETLY INCREASES MILITARY LINKS WITH TAJIKISTAN

Volume 2 Issue 175

September 21, 2005

• YUSHCHENKO PRIME MINISTER NOMINEE REJECTED BY PARLIAMENT
• RUSSIA ASSESSES THE NORTH KOREA SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT
• MOSCOW AFFIRMS ITS NUCLEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH IRAN
• RUSSIAN ELECTRICITY GIANT CLOSE TO COMPLETING ARMENIAN POWER GRID PURCHASE

Volume 2 Issue 174

September 20, 2005

• KARIMOV ACCUSES KYRGYZSTAN OF ASSISTING TERRORISTS
• KYRGYZSTAN BANS "EXTREMISM" WITH PRODDING FROM BEIJING
• RUSSIAN AIR FORCE PLANES MISBEHAVE OVER LITHUANIA, ESTONIA
• TBILISI RETURNS TO SABER RATTLING IN ABKHAZ POLICY

Volume 2 Issue 173

September 19, 2005

• LUKASHENKA AT THE UN: PROPAGANDA AND INVECTIVE
• LACKING SUBSTANCE, MOSCOW PREFERS TO TALK TERRORISM
• DID BEREZOVSKY FINANCE UKRAINE'S ORANGE REVOLUTION?
• A "PARALLEL CIS" IN DEMOCRATIC PACKAGING

Volume 2 Issue 172

September 16, 2005

• MOTHERS OF BESLAN DECLARE WAR AGAINST FEDERAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
• RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN MILITARY EXERCISE ANACHRONISTIC
• TURMOIL IN UKRAINE GALVANIZES KREMLIN INTO ACTION
• BEHIND UKRAINE'S POLITICAL CRISIS (PART 2)

Volume 2 Issue 171

September 15, 2005

• ELECTION FEVER HITS AFGHANISTAN AHEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY VOTE
• KAZAKHSTAN OPENS MILITARY LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
• RUSSIA-OSCE MILITARY PLAN FOR MOLDOVA: BACK TO A "POST-SOVIET SECURITY SPACE"
• OSCE VERIFICATION PROCEDURES PROVIDE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO CHEAT

Volume 2 Issue 170

September 14, 2005

• AZERBAIJAN'S "ELECTION MOMENTUM" PICKS UP
• NAZARBAYEV EXPECTED TO EASILY WIN ANOTHER TERM
• BEHIND UKRAINE'S POLITICAL CRISIS (Part 1)

Volume 2 Issue 169

September 13, 2005

• KULOV OPTIMISTIC ON EFFORTS TO DELINATE DIVISION OF POWERS BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
• RUSSIA-CHINESE BILATERAL PARTNERSHIP FIRMLY BASED ON MILITARY TIES
• PUTIN-SCHROEDER GAS DEAL TIMED TO GERMAN ELECTIONS
• RUSSO-GERMAN GAS PACT IN THE BALTICS

Volume 2 Issue 168

September 12, 2005

• UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE PROMISES STABILITY
• KREMLIN WANTS TO SET PARAMETERS ON WESTERN INTERESTS IN CIS STATES
• GAZPROM'S NEW EUROPEAN ROUTE: CRY UKRAINE?
• WILL TBILISI FACILITATE AN ANTI-ALIEV REVOLUTION IN AZERBAIJAN?

Volume 2 Issue 167

September 9, 2005

• YUSHCHENKO FINALLY ACTS TO CLEAN UP HIS GOVERNMENT
• POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF UKRAINE'S GAS SUPPLY PROBLEMS
• ONE YEAR LATER, BESLAN STILL A SERIOUS TEST FOR PUTIN
• ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT PAVES WAY FOR TENSE CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM

Volume 2 Issue 166

September 8, 2005

• AFGHAN ELECTIONS INSPIRE BOTH FEAR AND OPTIMISM
• NATO EXPANDING ITS ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN
• PUTIN FIRES RUSSIA'S TOP ADMIRAL ONE DAY BEFORE HIS ANTICIPATED RETIREMENT
• DIVISION OPENS IN UKRAINIAN LEADERSHIP: WILL YUSHCHENKO FALL IN?

Volume 2 Issue 165

September 7, 2005

• IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S TAKEOVER OF PETROKAZAKHSZTAN
• ASTANA MAY SACRIFICE NATIONAL INTERESTS TO SATISFY CHINA OIL DEAL
• TURKMENISTAN PULLS BACK FROM CIS
• OSCE AS SECURITY ACTOR: AT WHAT PRICE ?

Volume 2 Issue 164

September 6, 2005

• YUSHCHENKO WANTS TO ERECT NEW BARRIER FOR RIVALS
• POURING OIL MONEY OVER STAGNATION AND DISCONTENT
• AS WINTER APPROACHES, KYRGYZSTAN FACES TOUGH CHOICES IN ITS ENERGY SECTOR
• BELARUS: THE LAST SUMMER OF THE OPPOSITION

Volume 2 Issue 163

August 19, 2005

• OSSETIA RESISTS RETURN OF INGUSH REFUGEES
• BAGAPSH IN MOSCOW CONFIRMS GOAL OF SECESSION FROM GEORGIA
• AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN KARABAKH
• TANGLED RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN GAS DEALS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CORRUPTION, INFLUENCE

Volume 2 Issue 162

August 18, 2005

• ANTICLIMACTIC END TO KYRGYZ REVOLUTION
• RUSSIA'S REGIONS: NEVER-ENDING RESHUFFLING WITH DIMINISHING RETURNS
• RUSSIAN-CHINESE WAR GAME MEANT TO BOOST BILATERAL PARTNERSHIP
• RUSSIA'S UPS AND DOWNS IN THE KOREAN NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS

Volume 2 Issue 161

August 17, 2005

• THE SAGA OF THE NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO BELARUS
• TBILISI, SUKHUMI, MARK WAR ANNIVERSARY
• UKRAINIAN PARTIES SCRAMBLE FOR MEDIA, FOREIGN ALLIES, AHEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• KAZAKHSTAN'S TRANS-CASPIAN OIL EXPORT PLANS AND ITS COMPETITORS

Volume 2 Issue 160

August 16, 2005

• CELL PHONE NETWORK FAILURE HIGHLIGHTS ARMENIA'S TELECOM WOES
• KAZAKHSTAN QUESTIONS U.S. MILITARY ROLE IN CENTRAL ASIA
• CHINA, INDIA LINE UP TO COMPETE FOR KAZAKH OIL DEALS
• RUSSIAN MILITARY EVACUATING COMBAT HARDWARE FROM GEORGIA ON SCHEDULE
• "PEACEKEEPERS" IN ABKHAZIA ARE OTHERWISE ENGAGED

Volume 2 Issue 159

August 15, 2005

• SAAKASHVILI-YUSHCHENKO "BORJOMI DECLARATION" BROADENS EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION VISION
• U.S. TROOPS IN AZERBAIJAN? MOSCOW SAYS NO, BUT BAKU SAYS MAYBE
• MOSCOW DODGES IRAN'S NUCLEAR OFFENSIVE
• UKRAINIAN MEDIA DISCUSS LIFESTYLES OF PRESIDENT'S SON, PRIME MINISTER

Volume 2 Issue 158

August 12, 2005

• WHAT IS BEHIND THE GROWING TENSION IN RUSSIAN-POLISH RELATIONS?
• RUSSIA'S OILY ECONOMIC GROWTH
• FAUX PAS IN BRUSSELS, FEHLTRITT IN BERLIN REGARDING BELARUS
• THE MYTH OF UKRAINE'S "THIRD FORCE" IN PARLIAMENT

Volume 2 Issue 157

August 11, 2005

• MOSCOW AND INSURGENTS TAKE STEPS TO MILITARIZE THE NORTH CAUCASUS
• "GODFATHER OF THE TALIBAN" ACCUSES ISLAMABAD OF AIDING TALIBAN INSURGENTS
• BIRD FLU OUTBREAK THREATENS TO DEVASTATE CENTRAL EURASIAN ECONOMY
• MOSCOW'S CENTRAL ASIAN FRIENDS CAMPAIGN AGAINST U.S. BASES

Volume 2 Issue 156

August 10, 2005

• ABKHAZ DERAIL RAILROAD TALKS
• ANTI-SAAKASHVILI OPPOSITION STRIKES ELECTION DEAL
• KAZAKH FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES ARGUMENTS ABOUT TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS
• NEW DATA CREATES DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF ORANGE REVOLUTIONARIES, VOTERS
• KAZAKH FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES ARGUMENTS ABOUT TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS

Volume 2 Issue 155

August 9, 2005

• ANDIJAN LEADER THREATENS "CAMPAIGN OF TERROR" AGAINST KARIMOV REGIME
• BAKIYEV'S CABINET CRITICIZED FOR CORRUPT CADRE POLITICS
• TAJIKISTAN'S BORDER SERVICE PLAGUED BY CORRUPTION
• UKRAINE OIL UPDATE

Volume 2 Issue 154

August 8, 2005

• THE CONSPIRATOR AS BRAGGART
• PUTIN'S SINKING PRESIDENCY: WHAT EFFICIENCY?
• DONETSK REGIONAL LEADER RELEASED FROM CUSTODY, VISIBLY TAMED
• ARMENIAN NUCLEAR PLANT TO FUNCTION FOR ANOTHER DECADE

Volume 2 Issue 153

August 5, 2005

• U.S. REVIEWING OPTIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA
• ISSUES CLOUDING GOOD-NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS BETWEEN MOSCOW AND HELSINKI
• RUSSIA'S DISREGARD FOR JAPANESE INTERESTS MAY REDUCE JAPANESE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT
• YUSHCHENKO AND TYMOSHENKO CALL FOR CREATION OF PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY

Volume 2 Issue 152

August 4, 2005

• BASAEV INTERVIEW ENRAGES RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES
• IS UZBEKISTAN BURNING ITS BRIDGES WITH THE U.S.?
• TERRORISM DOMINATES RUSSIAN SECURITY AGENDA
• TURKMENISTAN EXPLORES EXPORT ALTERNATIVES FOR ITS NATURAL GAS

Volume 2 Issue 151

August 3, 2005

• BELARUS-POLAND DISPUTE REFLECTS LUKASHENKA'S GROWING MISTRUST OF THE WEST
• PUTIN'S ANTI-BALTIC MONOLOGUE REBUFFED
• TENSIONS SIMMERING IN GEORGIA'S JAVAKHETI REGION
• UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER TO BE PROGRESSIVELY MARGINALIZED

Volume 2 Issue 150

August 2, 2005

• KYRGYZSTAN, UN DISAGREE OVER REMAINING ANDIJAN REFUGEES
• DEPARTURE OF ANDIJAN REFUGEES MAY DESTABILIZE FERGANA VALLEY
• TASHKENT ASKS U.S. TO CLOSE AIR BASE
• NAZARBAYEV LINES UP HIS MEN AHEAD OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Volume 2 Issue 148

August 1, 2005

• DISENTANGLING THE MOSCOW-BERLIN AXIS: FOLLOW THE MONEY
• RUSSIAN FORCES BEGIN WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA, DIG HEELS IN MOLDOVA
• WHAT LIES BEHIND ALLEGED “PLOT” TO KILL TYMOSHENKO?
• BAKU ON EDGE AMID REPORTS OF INCREASING TERRORIST MOVEMENTS IN AZERBAIJAN
• Ambassador William Hill's Response to Vladimir Socor

Volume 2 Issue 147

July 29, 2005

• KREMLIN ENVOY SAYS BRUSSELS IS A DIFFICULT PARTNER
• TBILISI ACCUSES MOSCOW OF SPONSORING TERRORISM
• RUMSFELD VISIT FIRMS UP KYRGYZ, TAJIK COMMITMENTS TO U.S.-LED COALITION
• FEW REAL SIGNS OF CRISIS FOR YUSHCHENKO AND ORANGE REVOLUTION

Volume 2 Issue 146

July 28, 2005

• BISHKEK RESISTING TASHKENT'S PRESSURE TO RETURN ANDIJAN REFUGEES
• AS ANGER MOUNTS, OFFICIALS STILL CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR MISSING BOROZDINOVSKYA VILLAGERS
• ARMENIAN OPPOSITION CONSIDERS SUPPORTING CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
• ABKHAZ RHETORIC CALCULATED TO STALL TALKS WITH TBILISI

Volume 2 Issue 145

July 27, 2005

• SAKHALIN ENERGY PROJECTS FACE REALITY CHECK
• CORRUPTION UNDERMINES RUSSIAN MILITARY REFORM
• NEW UKRAINIAN LEADERSHIP EMBRACES SOVIET-STYLE CONSPIRACY THEORIES
• UKRAINE IN QUEST FOR IRANIAN GAS

Volume 2 Issue 144

July 26, 2005

• MILITANTS IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN ALLEGEDLY INCLUDE KAZAKH NATIONALS
• TASHKENT INSISTS ANDIJAN HAD KYRGYZ LINK
• WOMEN REGISTER FOR AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION DESPITE STIFF SOCIAL RESISTANCE
• MOLDOVAN LAW CHANGES THE LOGIC OF SETTLEMENT ON TRANSNISTRIA

Volume 2 Issue 143

July 25, 2005

• TBILISI ARRESTS SUSPECT IN BUSH GRENADE INCIDENT, BUT MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN
• UKRAINIAN POLICE TARGET DONETSK TYCOON
• ARMS RACE IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: A TIME BOMB?
• MOSCOW TARGETING YUKOS IN LITHUANIA

Volume 2 Issue 142

July 22, 2005

• REBIRTH OF AGITPROP: RUSSIA'S SPENDING ON PATRIOTIC PROPAGANDA WILL TRIPLE
• WITH PARLIAMENT IN RECESS, YUSHCHENKO MOVES TO ASSERT AUTHORITY
• UZBEKISTAN'S RELATIONS WITH CHINA WARMING
• RUSSIA BOOSTING GAS EXPORT CAPACITY TO EUROPE

Volume 2 Issue 141

July 21, 2005

• RUMSFELD EXPECTED IN KYRGYZSTAN TO SETTLE BASE ISSUE
• KREMLIN GROWS WARY OF NORTH CAUCASUS GOVERNMENTS
• RUSSIAN TAKEOVER OF ARMENIAN POWER GRID PROMPTS CONCERN
• MOSCOW BOOSTS SECURITY IN THE FAR EAST

Volume 2 Issue 140

July 20, 2005

• RUSSIAN AND GEORGIAN MILITARIES BICKER OVER TANK MOVEMENTS
• RESOLUTION OF GONGADZE MURDER BLOCKED
• ASTANA YIELDS TO WESTERN PRESSURE OVER UZBEK DISSIDENT
• MOSCOW TO BALTICS: ANNEXATION WAS LEGAL, RESISTANCE CRIMINAL

Volume 2 Issue 139

July 19, 2005

• MOSCOW HARDENS TONE TO WASHINGTON ON CENTRAL ASIA
• KYRGYZ EXPERTS OPPOSE BISHKEK'S DECISION TO LIMIT U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE
• YUSHCHENKO TARGETS DONETSK "CLANS"
• A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION TO UKRAINE'S SUPPLY OF RUSSIAN GAS

Volume 2 Issue 138

July 18, 2005

• THE SILENCE OF THE SILOVIKI: HAVE THEY LOST PUTIN'S TRUST?
• RUSSIA-BELARUS: THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP II
• AFGHANISTAN MOVES TO COMPLETE DISARMAMENT AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
• OPPOSITION TRIAL BEGINS IN TAJIKISTAN

Volume 2 Issue 137

July 15, 2005

• ANALYSTS DEBATE PROS AND CONS OF "EASTERN VECTOR" IN KREMLIN'S FOREIGN POLICY
• RUSSIA APPEARS TO BE A SILENT PARTNER IN LATEST KOREAN NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS
• KYIV'S ROLE IN IRAQ MAY MAKE IT VULNERABLE TO TERRORIST ATTACKS
• BALTIC SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN

Volume 2 Issue 136

July 14, 2005

• KOZAK PLAN RESURFACES UNDER OSCE COLORS
• LEAKED MEMO SHOWS KREMLIN FEARS COLLAPSE OF DAGESTAN
• U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA IN DOUBT
• SAAKASHVILI REPLACES TBILISI MAYOR WITH PRESIDENTIAL INSIDER

Volume 2 Issue 135

July 13, 2005

• MADELEINE ALBRIGHT IN BAKU: ANOTHER PUSH FOR DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS
• SOUTH OSSETIA AUTHORITIES REJECT GEORGIA'S OLIVE BRANCH
• YUSHCHENKO'S PARTY PROJECT A FAILURE?
• INTERNAL DIVISIONS MAY DEFEAT YUSHCHENKO'S WTO ASPIRATIONS

Volume 2 Issue 134

July 12, 2005

• BAKIYEV WINS PRESIDENCY IN ONE ROUND -- HOW LONG WILL THE HONEYMOON LAST?
• IRANIAN NUCLEAR TEAM IN MOSCOW, SEEKING NEW PARTNERSHIPS
• RUSSIA REAPPRAISES MILITARY "AWARENESS" OF TERRORISM
• GEORGIA UNVEILS INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO SOUTH OSSETIA CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Volume 2 Issue 133

July 11, 2005

• OSCE PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION SETS STAGE FOR RECOGNITION OF TRANSNISTRIA
• PUTIN'S AGENDA PREVAILS AT THE G-8 SUMMIT: IT IS TERRORISM, COMRADES!
• GEORGIAN OPPOSITION, SAAKASHVILI GOVERNMENT COME TO BLOWS
• WILL NAZARBAYEV SACRIFICE HIS GOVERNMENT TO SECURE HIS RE-ELECTION?

Volume 2 Issue 132

July 8, 2005

• U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE AT RISK IN CENTRAL ASIA
• RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS MULL STRATEGY TOWARD POST-SOVIET LANDS
• U.S. CONTINUES LARGE-SCALE ASSISTANCE TO ARMENIA
• YUSHCHENKO ELECTION COALITION DIVIDED OVER ROLE FOR LYTVYN

Volume 2 Issue 131

July 7, 2005

• ATTACKS INCREASE IN DAGESTAN, BUT OFFICIALS REMAIN SILENT
• TYMOSHENKO EMBROILED IN DISPUTE BETWEEN TYCOONS
• BEIJING MOVES TO INCREASE INFLUENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA
• MAJOR RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN OIL PRODUCTION-SHARING AGREEMENT SIGNED

Volume 2 Issue 130

July 6, 2005

• SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT SUGGESTS NEW RUSSIA-CHINA LINKS
• SCO ASKS WASHINGTON TO SET DATE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES
• PUTIN'S MÉNAGE À TROIS IN KALININGRAD
• THE PRESIDENTIAL VERTICAL ECONOMY AND THE OIL SHOWER

Volume 2 Issue 129

July 5, 2005

• KAZAKHSTAN PREPARED TO USE FORCE AGAINST "REVOLUTIONARIES"
• TENSIONS RISING AHEAD OF KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
• RUSSIA-BELARUS: THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
• UKRAINE'S REPUTATION AT STAKE IN GAS TRADE WITH RUSSIA

Volume 2 Issue 128

July 1, 2005

• MOSCOW PREPARES UNFRIENDLY TAKEOVER OF LITHUANIA'S OIL COMPLEX
• BUSINESS-STATE RELATIONS IN RUSSIA: THE HIGH ROAD AND THE LOW ROAD
• TAJIKISTAN PINS SECURITY HOPES ON RUSSIA AND CIS MEMBERS
• CRIMINAL CHARGES REACH SENIOR LEADERS OF UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION

Volume 2 Issue 127

June 30, 2005

• RUSSIA CANCELS BORDER TREATY, ASSAILS ESTONIA
• KARIMOV TRAVELS TO MOSCOW, DISCUSSES ANDIJAN AND "TERRORISM" WITH PUTIN
• FEDERAL SWEEP IN BOROZDINOVSKAYA CREATES SERIOUS CRISIS IN NORTHERN CAUCASUS
• KAZAKHSTAN LEADS WATER AND ENERGY RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DRIVE IN CENTRAL ASIA

Volume 2 Issue 126

June 29, 2005

• CIS MILITARY STRUCTURES SEEN SHRINKING AT DEFENSE MINISTERS' MEETING
• KOKOITI REJECTS GEORGIAN AUTONOMY PLAN, BRACES FOR MORE FIGHTING
• RUSSIA, CHINA ANTICIPATE BOOMING BILATERAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
• UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE FAILS TO CONVINCE INVESTORS

Volume 2 Issue 125

June 28, 2005

• FROM CIS TO CSTO: CAN A "CORE" BE PRESERVED?
• PUTIN SEEKS STRONGER ROLE FOR COLLECTIVE SECURITY FORCES
• ANDIJAN REFUGEES BECOME INTERNATIONAL ISSUE FOR BISHKEK
• ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN REPORT MORE PROGRESS TOWARD KARABAKH PEACE

Volume 2 Issue 124

June 27, 2005

• RUSSIA DEFLECTS EUROPEAN CRITICISM WITH THE PRETENCE OF SELF-ISOLATION
• GONGADZE'S KILLER REPORTEDLY FOUND IN ISRAEL
• UKRAINIAN-TURKMEN GAS AGREEMENT BRINGS RADICAL CHANGE
• TALIBAN ATTACKS GROW BOLDER

Volume 2 Issue 123

June 24, 2005

• CIS COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION HOLDS SUMMIT
• RUSSIAN POLITICAL THINKERS JOIN THE DEBATE ON EUROPE
• POST-PUTIN RUSSIA: POLITICAL RUMBLINGS, POTENTIAL PRESIDENTS
• UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES OF SEPARATISM

Volume 2 Issue 122

June 23, 2005

• MOSCOW REFUSES TO RATIFY BORDER TREATY WITH ESTONIA
• LARGE OPPOSITION RALLY SHATTERS NERVES OF AZERBAIJANI GOVERNMENT
• POPULAR SUPPORT INCREASES FOR DAGESTAN REBELS
• KAZAKHSTAN'S INTELLIGENCE CHIEF CALLS FOR NEW APPROACH TO COUNTER TERRORISM

Volume 2 Issue 121

June 22, 2005

• GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT DEBATES DIRECT ELECTION FOR MAYOR OF TBILISI
• PEOPLE'S UNION-OUR UKRAINE MAKES SURPRISING CHOICE TO LEAD KYIV BRANCH
• THIS YEAR, UKRAINE'S GAS WOES BEGIN EARLY
• IS AMERICA'S MILITARY BASE IN UZBEKISTAN AT RISK?

Volume 2 Issue 120

June 21, 2005

• KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT BLAMES AKAYEV FOR COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY UPRISING IN BISHKEK
• MOLDOVA ELEGANTLY DISPOSES OF THE POROSHENKO-YUSCHENKO PLAN
• KAZAKHSTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER REJECTS WESTERN ACCUSATIONS OF DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING
• UKRAINE BENDS MARKET ECONOMICS FOR ENERGY SUPPLY DIVERSIFICATION

Volume 2 Issue 119

June 20, 2005

• CHUBAIS SURVIVES YET AGAIN, BUT THE PROSPECTS FOR HIS REFORMS ARE NOT GREAT
• CHAIR SHAKY UNDER UKRAINE'S CHIEF PROSECUTOR
• BELARUS OPPOSITION DEBATES TACTICS
• ETHNIC CONFLICT SIMMERS IN SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN

Volume 2 Issue 118

June 17, 2005

• MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON PURSUE DIVERGING POLICIES IN UZBEKISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA
• GENERAL BALUYEVSKY RAISES THREAT OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST TERRORISTS
• TBILISI WARMS TO IDEA OF RESTORING RAIL LINK TO ABKHAZIA
• SOCIAL DEMOCRAT-UNITED LEADER MEDVEDCHUK AWAITS HIS FATE

Volume 2 Issue 117

June 16, 2005

• OSH STILL TENSE, BUT SITUATION BECOMING CLEARER
• RUSSIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY: STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS
• ETHNIC RUSSIANS IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS FACE DECISION TO EMIGRATE
• RUSSIA TIGHTENS STRANGLEHOLD ON KAZAKHSTAN'S MINING INDUSTRY

Volume 2 Issue 116

June 15, 2005

• AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT FINALLY INVITED TO WASHINGTON
• RUSSIA AND CHINA BAND TOGETHER TO OPPOSE U.S. IN SPACE
• WASHINGTON CONCERNED UKRAINE MAY NOT JOIN WTO THIS YEAR
• BAM RAILWAY TO BECOME EXPORT ROUTE?

Volume 2 Issue 115

June 14, 2005

• INSTABILITIES IN SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN BURDEN GOVERNMENT WITH MORE PROBLEMS
• TURKISH MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO KAZAKHSTAN HIGHLIGHTS WESTERN DILEMMA
• ISLAM KARIMOV AND THE HEIRS OF TIANANMEN
• OPPOSITION DOUBTS FAIRNESS OF GEORGIA'S NEW ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Volume 2 Issue 114

June 13, 2005

• SERGEI IVANOV CHALLENGES THE NEW POLITICAL GENERATION
• UKRAINIAN CABINET DECIDES TO RE-SELL STEEL MILL
• ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT KILLS ANOTHER KAZAKH JOURNALIST
• AFGHAN GOVERNMENT BLAMES TERRORISTS FOR RECENT ATTACKS

Volume 2 Issue 113

June 10, 2005

• RUSSIA SEEKS TO REASSERT ITS STATUS AS A KEY POWER IN THE CAUCASUS
• WILL SOUTH OSSETIA HAVE ANOTHER BLOODY SUMMER?
• ADMIRAL KUROYEDOV PLANS IMPROVEMENTS TO RUSSIAN NAVY
• MEDIA BIAS DECREASES IN UKRAINE, BUT THROUGH DUBIOUS MEANS

Volume 2 Issue 112

June 9, 2005

• VORONIN REQUESTS NATO IPAP, WESTERN SUPPORT TO RESOLVE TRANSNISTRIA
• OSSETIA AND INGUSHETIA PROTEST KREMLIN PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS
• RUSSIA SEEKS CLARITY IN RELATIONS WITH JAPAN
• AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION SCORES ITS FIRST VICTORY IN 19 MONTHS

Volume 2 Issue 111

June 8, 2005

• IS BELARUS A DICTATORSHIP?
• KREMLIN SHADOW LOOMS OVER KAZAKH-UKRAINIAN TALKS
• IS UKRAINE RESUMING DOUBLE-VECTOR DISCOURSE FOR OIL'S SAKE?
• CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST FORMER UKRAINIAN PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Volume 2 Issue 110

June 7, 2005

• KYRGYZSTAN ADOPTS GEORGIAN MODEL TO FIGHT CORRUPTION
• CIS PRIME MINISTERS' MEETING: WHEN IRRELEVANCE MAKES NEWS
• TURKEY, GEORGIA, AZERBAIJAN LAUNCH NEW STRATEGIC RAILWAY PROJECT
• SHANGHAI GROUP CONSIDERS POST-ANDIJAN SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Volume 2 Issue 109

June 6, 2005

• KREMLIN FORCES NORTH OSSETIAN PRESIDENT TO RESIGN
• RUSSIA'S SHRINKING HORIZONS OF ECONOMIC PLANNING AND POLITICAL PLOTTING
• UKRAINIAN POLICE GO AFTER YANUKOVYCH, MEDVEDCHUK
• RUSSIA ASSAILS LATVIA'S RATIFICATION OF MINORITIES CONVENTION

Volume 2 Issue 108

June 3, 2005

• KHODORKOVSKY AND ADAMOV: A TALE OF TWO TRIALS
• RUSSIAN ANALYSTS SAY MOSCOW MAY BENEFIT FROM FRENCH AND DUTCH "NO" TO EU CONSTITUTION
• LAVROV MEETS CHINESE, INDIAN COUNTERPARTS IN VLADIVOSTOK
• BREAKTHROUGH IN GEORGIA-RUSSIA NEGOTIATIONS ON TROOP WITHDRAWAL

Volume 2 Issue 107

June 2, 2005

• RUSSIA STUDIES OSH FOR POSSIBLE NEW MILITARY BASE IN KYRGYZSTAN
• ARMENIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS REMAIN INTRA-GOVERNMENT CONTESTS AMID OPPOSITION APATHY
• CHINA, RUSSIA FLOAT IDEA OF SELLING BAIKAL WATER
• TALIBAN FORCES NOW ATTACKING SUNNI LEADERS IN AFGHANISTAN

Volume 2 Issue 106

June 1, 2005

• ZHVANIA'S DEATH STILL CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC IN GEORGIA
• RUSSIA CONSIDERS ITS BORDER SECURITY
• RUSSIA AND IRAN JOIN HANDS IN THE CASPIAN
• FORMER SECURITY CHIEF REVEALS DETAILS ABOUT VIOLENCE DURING UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Volume 2 Issue 105

May 31, 2005

• BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN OIL PIPELINE INAUGURATED
• CONTEST MOVES FROM WESTERN TO EASTERN CASPIAN SHORE
• BAKU AND ASTANA PLAY IT SAFE IN CASPIAN OIL BATTLE
• KYRGYZ INTERIM GOVERNMENT ATTACKED BY PREVIOUS REGIME, SUPPORTED BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Volume 2 Issue 104

May 27, 2005

• PUBLIC SENTIMENT TURNS TOWARD KHODORKOVSKY, WHILE PUTIN GRAPPLES WITH BLACKOUT
• WILL BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE CARRY REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS ALONG WITH CRUDE?
• ANALYSTS TURN A CRITICAL EYE TOWARD YUSHCHENKO'S EARLY RECORD
• TALYSH ISSUE, DORMANT IN AZERBAIJAN, REOPENED IN ARMENIA

Volume 2 Issue 103

May 26, 2005

• ASSASSINATION IN DAGESTAN DAMAGES KREMLIN ATTEMPTS TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOR THE CAUCASUS
• CANDIDATES REGISTER FOR AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• AMENDMENTS TO KEY LAWS UNLIKELY TO FOSTER ARMENIA'S DEMOCRATIZATION
• THE RUSSIAN MILITARY FLEXES ITS WEAKENED MUSCLES

Volume 2 Issue 102

May 25, 2005

• U. S. SENATE, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CONDEMN OCCUPATION OF BALTIC STATES
• RUSSIA HAILS BORDER DEAL WITH CHINA DESPITE CRITICISM
• MOSCOW SENDING MIXED MESSAGES ON IRANIAN NUCLEARIZATION
• RUSSIA ASKS COUNCIL OF EUROPE TO INVESTIGATE "POLITICAL REPRESSION" IN UKRAINE

Volume 2 Issue 101

May 24, 2005

• MOSCOW SIGNALS IT MAY REDEPLOY SOME FORCES FROM GEORGIA TO ARMENIA
• JAVAKHETI REGION COMPLICATES GEORGIAN RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
• REPORTS SUGGEST MOSCOW WANTS NEW BASE IN KYRGYZSTAN
• ANDIJAN'S AFTERMATH RAISES SECURITY STAKES IN KYRGYZSTAN

Volume 2 Issue 100

May 23, 2005

• ATTEMPT AT MASS PROTEST IN KYIV DEMONSTRATES OPPOSITION WEAKNESSES
• VICTORY DAY EVENTS SHOCK BELARUS
• ASTANA'S SLAVIC HONEYMOON NEARS ITS END
• RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN OIL SUMMIT: AN UNEASY, FLEETING COMPROMISE

Volume 2 Issue 99

May 20, 2005

• MOSCOW SIGNS BORDER AGREEMENT WITH ESTONIA
• RUSSIAN PUNDITS DIVIDED ON HOW TO REACT TO THE DEATH THROُES OF POST-SOVIET WORLD
• RUSSIAN POLICIES DRIVE NORTH CAUCASUS INTO ARMS OF REBELS
• IMPLICATIONS OF THE ANDIJAN CRACKDOWN FOR U.S. SECURITY ASSISTANCE

Volume 2 Issue 98

May 19, 2005

• KYRGYZSTAN EXTENDS RELUCTANT WELCOME TO UZBEK REFUGEES
• ASTANA FACES POLITICAL DILEMMAS AFTER UZBEK UPRISING
• UZBEKISTAN'S RIOTS YIELD MIXED RESPONSE IN RUSSIA
• KYIV TAKES EMERGENCY STEPS TO COPE WITH FUEL CRISIS

Volume 2 Issue 97

May 18, 2005

• GEORGIA AND RUSSIA MARCH TOWARD DIPLOMATIC WAR
• U.S. RELUCTANT TO PRESS YEREVAN DESPITE FREEDOM PLEDGE
• UKRAINE MOVING TO REDUCE RUSSIAN MONOPOLY ON OIL MARKET
• TWO DOWN, ONE TO GO? UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS TARGET ANOTHER OLIGARCHIC CLAN

Volume 2 Issue 96

May 17, 2005

• RUSSIA BLAMES TALIBAN FOR UPRISING IN UZBEKISTAN
• CITING NEED FOR STABILITY, KYRGYZ LEADERS FORM POLITICAL UNION
• POROSHENKO ADOPTS PRIMAKOV'S CONCEPT FOR TRANSNISTRIA SETTLEMENT
• POLAND, LITHUANIA, UKRAINE CREATE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY, JOINT BATTALION

Volume 2 Issue 95

May 16, 2005

• KARIMOV ORDERS BLOODY END TO ANDIJAN UPRISING
• MOSCOW IS UNIMPRESSED BY PUTIN'S CELEBRATIONS
• YUSHCHENKO SHARES PLANS WITH THE NATION
• TRANS-CASPIAN OIL PIPELINE PLANNED IN KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 2 Issue 94

May 13, 2005

• MASSES REJECT CHARGES OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN UZBEKISTAN
• MOSCOW AND BRUSSELS TRY TO MEND FENCES BUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS REMAIN
• SKINHEAD ATTACKS ON THE RISE IN UKRAINE
• UKRAINE'S ARMED FORCES LEAD THE WAY IN THE CIS

Volume 2 Issue 93

May 12, 2005

• KREMLIN ASSAILS BALTIC STATES
• IS RAMZAN KADYROV LEAVING THE LIMELIGHT?
• KYRGYZ INTERIM GOVERNMENT STILL CLEANING UP PROBLEMS LEFT BY AKAYEV
• CIS SUMMIT: DECORATIVE, YET ACRIMONIOUS

Volume 2 Issue 92

May 11, 2005

• SAAKASHVILI DECLARES BUSH VISIT "A HUGE POLITICAL VICTORY"
• AZERBAIJAN JOINS ARMENIA AS NEW MEMBER OF DISCREDITED UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
• NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION MEETS ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA
• KYIV DIVIDED ON HOW FAR TO GO WITH RE-PRIVATIZATION

Volume 2 Issue 91

May 10, 2005

• BUSH VISIT UNDERSCORES ALLIED COMMITMENT TO BALTIC STATES
• UKRAINIAN VICTORY DAY SEES NO RECONCILIATION WITH INSURGENT ARMY VETERANS
• UZBEKISTAN DROPS GUUAM FROM ITS ECLECTIC FOREIGN POLICY MENU
• TAJIKISTAN FOSTERS SECURITY LINKS WITH IRAN

Volume 2 Issue 90

May 9, 2005

• MOSCOW THWARTS JOINT PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION ON TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA
• BELARUS TRIGGERS DISPUTE WITH UKRAINE
• BIG FISH LARGELY UNAFFECTED AS YEREVAN CRACKS DOWN ON TAX EVASION
• IDLE PETRO-RUBLES ARE A RECIPE FOR STAGFLATION

Volume 2 Issue 89

May 6, 2005

• MOSCOW NOT COMING TO TERMS WITH SOVIET OCCUPATION OF BALTIC STATES
• RUSSIAN HISTORIANS DENOUNCE RE-STALINIZATION
• MOSCOW CONTINUES TO UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY IN INDEPENDENT UKRAINE
• RUSSIA EYES GREATER STATE CONTROL OVER SAKHALIN HYDROCARBON PROJECTS

Volume 2 Issue 88

May 5, 2005

• BUSH SUPPORTIVE, EU A BYSTANDER ON BALTIC VERSUS SOVIET VISION OF HISTORY
• CHECHEN FORCES ENTER DAGESTAN WITH FSB HELP
• ONE YEAR AFTER THE FALL OF ABASHIDZE, AJARIA STILL PLAGUED WITH GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS
• KYRGYZSTAN ON UNEASY PATH TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM

Volume 2 Issue 87

May 4, 2005

• KYRGYZ ACTING PRESIDENT OUTLINES REFORM PLANS
• KYRGYZSTAN'S NORTH-SOUTH AXIS SHIFTS AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
• MORE PROBLEMS FOR YUSHCHENKO GOVERNMENT AS JUSTICE MINISTER CAUGHT EXAGGERATING HIS ACADEMIC RECORD
• KAZAKHSTAN AND TURKEY SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND

Volume 2 Issue 86

May 3, 2005

• SLOW CADRE REFORM HINDERS ALIEV'S DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
• BELARUS SUPREME COURT ORDERS CLOSURE OF NISEPI
• WILL TYMOSHENKO AND YUSHCHENKO ENTER ELECTIONS TOGETHER?
• RUSSIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES EXPAND FOREIGN SALES

Volume 2 Issue 85

May 2, 2005

• BALTIC BORDER AGREEMENTS ON AGENDA FOR EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT
• MOSCOW STONEWALLING ON BORDER AGREEMENTS WITH LATVIA, ESTONIA
• SABER RATTLING GROWS LOUDER AROUND ABKHAZIA
• WAS THE RICE-LAVROV QUARREL REALLY ABOUT BELARUS?

Volume 2 Issue 84

April 29, 2005

• RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES PRESS AHEAD WITH PLANS TO COMBINE ADYGEYA AND KRASNODAR KRAI
• ARMENIAN REGIME CONFIDENT AS OPPOSITION AGAIN PLEDGES "REVOLUTION"
• KAZAKHSTAN MOVES CLOSER TOWARDS FUTURE NATO INTEGRATION
• UKRAINE MOVES CLOSER TO NATO MEMBERSHIP

Volume 2 Issue 83

April 28, 2005

• RUSSIAN PRESIDENT TRAVELS TO MIDDLE EAST, BEARING GIFTS FOR ALL
• BUSINESS AS USUAL: ASTANA AND BISHKEK RESTORE OLD TIES
• AFGHANS AGAIN HEAR TALIBAN ON THE AIRWAVES
• POROSHENKO PLAN STUNS NEIGHBORS, DISRUPTS GUAM

Volume 2 Issue 82

April 27, 2005

• POROSHENKO DRAFTS, YUSHCHENKO LAUNCHES A PLAN FOR TRANSNISTRIA
• RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER VISITS TOKYO, PLEDGES TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS ON PIPELINE ROUTE
• KAZAKHSTAN'S GOVERNMENT COURTS THE MEDIA
• KYIV CONTINUES TO REDEFINE RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA

Volume 2 Issue 81

April 26, 2005

• EXTENT OF AKAYEV REGIME CORRUPTION BECOMING CLEARER
• GEORGIAN OPPOSITION TO GREET BUSH WITH RALLIES
• BELARUS LOOKS TOWARDS RUSSIA FOR MILITARY ASSISTANCE
• GUAM SUMMIT REVERBERATIONS

Volume 2 Issue 80

April 25, 2005

• GUAM REVIVAL SUMMIT INCONCLUSIVE
• YUKOS ASSET SEIZURE YET ANOTHER BLOW TO INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
• UKRAINE STRENGTHENS CURRENCY, RUSSIAN OIL COMPANIES BENEFIT MOST
• NAZARBAYEV'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN: HONEST EFFORT OR ONE-MAN SHOW?

Volume 2 Issue 79

April 22, 2005

• RUSSIAN OBSERVERS ASSESS CONDI'S VISIT
• OKRUASHVILI MAY RESIGN TO BETTER POSITION HIMSELF AGAINST SAAKASHVILI
• YUSHCHENKO TURNS FOCUS TO SOUTHERN UKRAINE AND CRIMEA
• PRIMAKOV'S RUSSIA/INDIA/CHINA TRIANGLE NEARS REALIZATION

Volume 2 Issue 78

April 21, 2005

• GUAM SUMMIT: A NEW LEASE ON LIFE (Part 2)
• KYRGYZ INTERIM GOVERNMENT CRITICIZED FOR POLICIES, LACK OF ACTION
• OFFICIALS ON BOTH SIDES ADVOCATE U.S.-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
• RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS BEGIN WITHDRAWAL FROM TAJIKISTAN

Volume 2 Issue 77

April 20, 2005

• UKRAINE ASKS RUSSIA TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR WITHDRAWING BLACK SEA FLEET
• RUSSIA WILL SELL ERITREA ANTI-TANK MISSILES TO USE AGAINST ETHIOPIA'S RUSSIAN-MADE WEAPONS
• COUNCIL OF EUROPE ADVISES BAKU AHEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• GUAM SUMMIT: A NEW LEASE ON LIFE (Part 1)

Volume 2 Issue 76

April 19, 2005

• FRANCE LEADS THE EU'S NYET TO GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING
• CIS, SHANGHAI GROUP HERALD COOPERATION DEAL
• WILL YANUKOVYCH UNIFY UKRAINE'S NEW OPPOSITION?
• KAZAKHSTAN OPENS NEW ANTI-TERRORIST TRAINING CENTER

Volume 2 Issue 75

April 18, 2005

• ARMENIA SET TO MISS COUNCIL OF EUROPE DEADLINE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
• SINO-KAZAKH PIPELINE PROJECT HAS DEMOGRAPHIC, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC, DIMENSIONS
• SAAKASHVILI CONCERNED AS HIS MARGIN OF SUPPORT CONTINUES TO DECLINE
• TURKMENISTAN TO RESUME GAS DELIVERIES AFTER RUSSIAN CONCESSION

Volume 2 Issue 74

April 15, 2005

• BMO RIP; TAP STILLBORN
• EU POLICY DISARRAY IN GEORGIA AND MOLDOVA
• RUSSIA BECOMES HAVEN FOR THOSE FLEEING UKRAINIAN JUSTICE
• PENTAGON HOPES TO WORK WITH UKRAINIAN MISSILE INDUSTRY

Volume 2 Issue 73

April 14, 2005

• NORTH CAUCASUS AWAITS PROMISED SPRING OFFENSIVE
• BAIT AND SWITCH: MOSCOW'S SHELL GAME IN CHECHNYA
• RUSSIA'S AIR DEFENSE FORCES AND NAVY BOAST IMPROVEMENTS
• WHAT NEXT FOR THE TALIBAN?

Volume 2 Issue 72

April 13, 2005

• SCHROEDER-PUTIN GAS DEAL UNDERCUTS BOTH NEW AND OLD EU MEMBER COUNTRIES
• MOSCOW APPEARS TO WAVER OVER PACIFIC PIPELINE ROUTE
• KAZAKH OPPOSITION IN DISARRAY AS DECISIVE BATTLE LOOMS
• TYMOSHENKO TAKES ON THE OLIGARCHS

Volume 2 Issue 71

April 12, 2005

• KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT STRIPS AKAYEV OF PRIVILEGES
• BISHKEK REASSURES BEIJING AFTER TULIP REVOLUTION
• PUTIN SEEKS TO ASSERT CONTROL WITHOUT LEADERSHIP
• BALTIC STATES SEEKING NORMAL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA

Volume 2 Issue 70

April 11, 2005

• YUSHCHENKO OPPONENT IMPRISONED, SUSPECTED OF EXTORTION
• "CALL ME JAVIER"?
• HOW REALISTIC IS REGIME CHANGE IN BELARUS?
• MOLDOVA'S POLITICAL SEA CHANGE

Volume 2 Issue 69

April 8, 2005

• MEDVEDEV INTERVIEW CONTINUES TO MAKE WAVES
• MOSCOW WARILY EYES YUSHCHENKO'S HERO'S WELCOME IN WASHINGTON
• TIES STRENGTHEN BETWEEN TASHKENT AND NEW DELHI
• RUSSIAN BASES WON'T SOLVE PROBLEMS IN JAVAKHETI

Volume 2 Issue 68

April 7, 2005

• OPPOSITION IN BASHKORTOSTAN AND INGUSHETIA VOW TO NOT RETREAT
• ARE MOSCOW AND TOKYO DOUBTING WISDOM OF NAKHODKA PROJECT?
• RUSSIAN ARMY REMAINS IN DECLINE
• U.S.-UKRAINE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP RECEIVES BOOST

Volume 2 Issue 67

April 6, 2005

• MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ZHVANIA'S DEATH STILL UNANSWERED
• RUSSIA PLAYS PEACE ADVOCATE IN KYRGYZ "REGIME CHANGE"
• RUSSIA PURSUES TURKMEN RICHES, WITH MIXED RESULTS
• SECESSIONIST LEADERS HOLD "MINISTERIAL" TALKS, PREPARE "SUMMIT"

Volume 2 Issue 66

April 5, 2005

• MOLDOVA'S VORONIN REELECTED PRESIDENT WITH BROAD DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT
• AKAYEV OFFICIALLY RESIGNS WHILE KULOV DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT
• AZERBAIJAN'S ALIEV SEEKS POLISH HELP FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
• SAAKASHVILI AND NAZARBAYEV TURN NEW PAGE IN KAZAKH-GEORGIAN RELATIONS

Volume 2 Issue 65

April 4, 2005

• YUSHCHENKO VISIT TO U.S. HERALDS RETURN TO "GOLDEN ERA"
• BEREZOVSKY THREATENS TO OPEN PANDORA'S BOX CREATED BY FUGITIVE UKRAINIAN BODYGUARD
• THE NORTH CAUCASUS SLIPS OUT OF CONTROL
• RISKS IN GEORGIA'S JAVAKHETI PROVINCE CAN BE DEFUSED

Volume 2 Issue 64

April 1, 2005

• RUSSIA'S POLITICAL CLASS IS SPLIT OVER HOW TO PROCEED WITH INTEGRATION OF POST-SOVIET SPACE
• RUSSIAN REGIONAL PROTESTS SPREAD TO INGUSHETIA, BASHKORTOSTAN
• RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT GOING AFTER YUKOS INTO LITHUANIA
• MOSCOW EYES ENERGY DELIVERIES TO NORTH KOREA BY RAIL

Volume 2 Issue 63

March 31, 2005

• PUTIN OBITUARY FOR CIS
• KAZAKHSTAN STICKS TO OLD POLITICAL PLAYBOOK DESPITE KYRGYZ UPHEAVAL
• TECHNICAL, SECURITY, AND FUNDING WOES DELAY AFGHANISTAN ELECTIONS
• GEORGIAN DEFENSE OFFICIALS ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
• Putin Obituary for CIS
• Kazakhstan Sticks to Old Political Playbook Despite Kyrgyz Upheaval
• Technical, Security and Funding Woes Delay Afghanistan Elections
• Georgian Defense Officials Arrested for Embezzlement

Volume 2 Issue 62

March 30, 2005

• RUSSIA SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH POST-REVOLUTIONARY KYRGYZSTAN
• PUTIN VISIT HIGHLIGHTS RUSSIAN INTEREST IN ARMENIA
• SERBIA, GEORGIA, UKRAINE, KYRGYZSTAN: UKRAINE DEBATES NEXT REVOLUTION
• WHEN ETIQUETTE IS AN ALIEN CONCEPT

Volume 2 Issue 61

March 29, 2005

• RUSSIA'S BLACK SEA FLEET CAUSES INCIDENT IN UKRAINE
• OPPOSITION SCORES TWO GAINS IN AZERBAIJAN
• MOSCOW CRACKS DOWN ON INDEPENDENT MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS
• UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT CONTINUES SHIFT TOWARD YUSHCHENKO

Volume 2 Issue 60

March 28, 2005

• TULIPS BLOOM IN KYRGYZSTAN BRINGING HOPES FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
• ASTANA ERECTS INFORMATION BLOCKADE TO FEND OFF KYRGYZ "RIOT"
• AUTHORITIES REACT TO PROTESTS IN MINSK
• BALTIC SEA-BLACK SEA "AXIS" ADUMBRATED

Volume 2 Issue 59

March 25, 2005

• MOSCOW CRITICIZES EU AND OSCE OVER KYRGYZ ELECTION
• RUSSIAN OFFICIALS AND SOME POLITICOS URGE NON-INTERFERENCE IN BISHKEK
• MOSCOW PUNDITS PONDER TURMOIL IN KYRGYZSTAN
• GEORGIAN ADVISORS STEPPING FORWARD IN BISHKEK

Volume 2 Issue 58

March 24, 2005

• CROWD SEIZES GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN BISHKEK
• KARIMOV AGAIN SEARCHES FOR WESTERN SUPPORT
• YUSHCHENKO PROPOSES INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR CENTRAL ASIAN GAS
• NIYAZOV UNBENDING ON GAS PRICES TO RUSSIA AND UKRAINE

Volume 2 Issue 57

March 23, 2005

• SAAKASHVILI OFFERS TO GO TO KYRGYZSTAN AS MEDIATOR
• GEORGIA'S GREEK AND ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES DECRY RESETTLEMENT PLANS
• UNDER KUCHMA, UKRAINE SENT MISSILES TO IRAN AND CHINA
• STRIKING COAL MINERS IN KAZAKHSTAN ARE MERELY PAWNS IN A MUCH BIGGER GAME

Volume 2 Issue 56

March 22, 2005

• AZERBAIJAN AND CHINA MOVE TO INCREASE SECURITY AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION
• TAIWAN ISSUE CLOUDS RUSSIA-CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES
• PUTIN'S RESIDUAL EUROPEANISM AND CREEPING SELF-ISOLATION
• UKRAINE SEEKING PARTNERS FOR ODESSA-BRODY OIL PIPELINE EXTENSION

Volume 2 Issue 55

March 21, 2005

• Kyrgyz Crisis Reaches Bishkek -- Rumors Suggest Akayev has Fled Country
• Putin's Team in Disarray Over Oil Money
• Mixed Response to Vendors' Protests in Belarus
• Putin in Kyiv

Volume 2 Issue 54

March 18, 2005

• UKRAINE CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE RUSSIA'S ROLE AS A CENTER OF GRAVITY IN POST-SOVIET LANDS
• BEREZOVSKY HOPES TO SELL ORANGE REVOLUTION TO RUSSIA
• SECESSIONIST LEADERS PARADE IN MOSCOW
• RUSSIA'S ELECTRICITY TSAR ESCAPES ASSASSINATION

Volume 2 Issue 53

March 17, 2005

• INSURGENTS IN DAGESTAN AND KABARDINO-BALKARIA READY FOR SUMMER CAMPAIGN
• KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS AGAIN IN LIMBO
• BAGAPSH TRAVELS TO MOSCOW, RETURNS WITH MESSAGE FOR TBILISI
• SURGE OF INTEREST IN ODESSA-BRODY OIL PIPELINE

Volume 2 Issue 52

March 16, 2005

• RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY IN LITHUANIA: AGGRESSIVE BUT CLUMSY
• ARE AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA HEADED FOR NEW CONFRONTATION OVER KARABAKH?
• UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CHARMS WASHINGTON
• KAZAKHSTAN AMENDS ELECTORAL LAW, BUT REFORMS STILL LACKING

Volume 2 Issue 51

March 15, 2005

• MASS PROTESTS, LITTLE CHANGE AFTER KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY RUNOFF
• RUSSIA'S GAZPROM EYES EAST ASIAN MARKETS
• RUSSIAN SMALL BUSINESS: STAYING SMALL
• BEWARE OF TRAPS IN GEORGIA-RUSSIA TROOP WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT

Volume 2 Issue 50

March 14, 2005

• PRO-WESTERN GOVERNING COALITION POSSIBLE IN MOLDOVA
• GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT ORDERS RUSSIA TO WITHDRAW ITS MILITARY BASES
• WILL PUTIN PULL THE PLUG ON THE CIS?
• SHOULD UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS MERGE WITH NEW PARTY OF POWER?

Volume 2 Issue 49

March 11, 2005

• ISLAMIST NAMED FORMAL HEAD OF CHECHEN RESISTANCE
• RIFT BETWEEN MOSCOW AND BALTIC STATES: IS IT ALL ABOUT HISTORY?
• JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER DECLINES INVITATION TO MOSCOW VE-DAY CELEBRATION
• WILL MELNYCHENKO TAPES BE USED AS EVIDENCE IN GONGADZE PROSECUTION?

Volume 2 Issue 48

March 10, 2005

• DAGESTAN SECURITY OFFICIALS SEARCH FOR TRAITORS IN THEIR RANKS
• PROMINENT EDITOR MURDERED IN AZERBAIJAN, RUMORS SWIRL ABOUT POSSIBLE SHOOTERS
• AFGHAN GOVERNMENT MOVES TO NEUTRALIZE KEY WARLORD
• MOSCOW LOOKS TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS CHEAP WAY TO FILL ITS ARSENAL

Volume 2 Issue 47

March 9, 2005

• PROTESTORS CLOSE KYRGYZSTAN'S MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
• YUSHCHENKO CREATES NEW PARTY OF POWER
• UKRAINIAN, KAZAKH OFFICIALS DISCUSS BILATERAL TRADE AND SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACE
• RUSSIAN WOMEN: A MIXED RECORD

Volume 2 Issue 46

March 8, 2005

• UZBEKISTAN AND PAKISTAN SIGN ANTI-TERRORISM DEAL
• RUSSIA CONTINUES ITS ENERGY OFFENSIVE AGAINST GEORGIA
• RUSSIA EYES CHINA AND OTHER ELECTRICITY MARKETS
• ARMENIANS PUZZLED BY U.S. OFFICIAL'S GENOCIDE RECOGNITION

Volume 2 Issue 45

March 7, 2005

• FORMER MINISTER'S DEATH HAMPERS INVESTIGATION INTO GONGADZE MURDER
• BANDAZHEVSKY CASE HIGHLIGHTS CHERNOBYL CONTROVERSIES
• KAZAKHSTAN'S ESTABLISHMENT AND OLIGARCHS ON COLLISION COURSE
• RUSSIAN ARMS AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Volume 2 Issue 44

March 4, 2005

• NEW REMAINS DISCOVERED IN BESLAN: INCOMPETENCE OR CRIME?
• PUTIN'S "WALKING TOGETHER" MOVEMENT COMES UP SHORT
• KYIV LAUNCHES FAR-REACHING REFORM OF INTERIOR MINISTRY
• WAR OF WORDS INTENSIFIES BETWEEN ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER AND PARLIAMENT SPEAKER

Volume 2 Issue 43

March 3, 2005

• COMPETING THEORIES ABOUT ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN ABKHAZIA
• RUSSIA SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS
• MOSCOW INSISTS ON SEEING NO EVIL IN IRAN
• "DOUBLE VECTOR," DOUBLE GAME: MOLDOVA'S CENTRIST OPPOSITION AND MOSCOW

Volume 2 Issue 42

March 2, 2005

• RUSSIAN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN TO INFLUENCE MOLDOVA'S ELECTIONS
• PROTESTS RISE FOLLOWING DISPUTED KYRGYZ VOTE
• CLOSING THE BOOKS ON THE GONGADZE CASE
• CIS ECONOMIES: GROWTH WITHOUT PROSPERITY?

Volume 2 Issue 41

March 1, 2005

• KYIV-TBILISI-CHISINAU TRIANGLE: COMMON APPROACH TO COMMON PROBLEMS
• MOSCOW OFFERS MUTED RESPONSE TO POSSIBLE END OF EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA
• SPECULATION ON PIPELINE SALE TO GAZPROM DETRIMENTAL TO GEORGIA'S INTERESTS
• KARIMOV TOYS WITH NAZARBAYEV'S CALL FOR INTEGRATION

Volume 2 Issue 40

February 28, 2005

• IS EUROPE TOO SMALL FOR BOTH BUSH AND PUTIN?
• U.S. EMBASSY IN MOLDOVA ANOINTS FALSE "FREEDOM CHAMPION" FOR BUSH
• WILL SPEAKER LYTVYN GO INTO OPPOSITION?
• INDIA'S QUEST FOR CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY

Volume 2 Issue 39

February 25, 2005

• RUSSIAN COMMENTATORS: PUTIN WON ON POINTS
• DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF DEMOCRACY MAY PUT BUSH AND PUTIN ON COLLISION COURSE
• GEORGIA, MOLDOVA, BALTICS FIGURE ON SIDELINES OF BUSH-PUTIN SUMMIT
• UKRAINE MOVES A STEP CLOSER TO EUROPE

Volume 2 Issue 38

February 24, 2005

• BESLAN MOTHERS TRUST PUTIN, DEMAND DZASOKHOV'S HEAD
• RUSSIA INSISTS ON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP WITH IRAN
• NEW ROUND OF DIPLOMACY SEEKS TO ADVANCE SOUTH ASIAN PIPELINE PROJECTS
• UZBEKISTAN TO HOLD MILITARY EXERCISES WITH RUSSIAN PARATROOPERS

Volume 2 Issue 37

February 23, 2005

• THE BUSH-PUTIN MEETING: SOFTLY, SOFTLY
• UKRAINIAN JUSTICE MINISTER THREATENS TO QUIT OVER OIL RE-EXPORT BAN
• MOSCOW'S CRACKDOWN ON "ISLAMIC" MILITANTS FUELS FEARS OF PROLONGED CHECHEN CONFLICT
• NEW SURVEY IN AZERBAIJAN SHOWS RISING INFLUENCE OF ISLAM

Volume 2 Issue 36

February 22, 2005

• BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY VISITS KABUL TO DISCUSS ANTI-NARCOTICS EFFORTS
• KAZAKHSTAN GAMBLES ON HOMELAND NATIONALISM TO FILL DEMOGRAPHIC GAP
• LITTLE TO SHOW FROM FIRST YEAR OF GEORGIAN ARMY REFORM
• TIME SHORT, OPTIONS NARROWING, CALL NEEDED FOR A NEW GEORGIA BMO

Volume 2 Issue 35

February 18, 2005

• YUKOS-MENATEP EXECS TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS
• ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT PRESSED TO REIN-IN LAWLESS OLIGARCHS
• YUSHCHENKO POISONING INVESTIGATION NEARING CLIMAX
• KWASNIEWSKI, TARASYUK URGE A EUROPEAN SOLUTION IN TRANSNISTRIA

Volume 2 Issue 34

February 17, 2005

• CAN RUSSIA TAKE ITS PLACE IN THE G8 FOR GRANTED?
• SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA MOVES CLOSER TO MOSCOW'S ORBIT
• WILL VENEZUELA SEND RUSSIAN WEAPONS TO SOUTH AMERICAN TERRORISTS?
• BLACK SEA WATCH

Volume 2 Issue 33

February 16, 2005

• KREMLIN APPOINTS NEW GOVERNMENT IN KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIA
• MOSCOW'S MIDAS PROBLEM: WHAT TO DO WITH ALL ITS PETRO-DOLLARS?
• MOVEMENT TOWARD UNIFICATION OF PRO-YUSHCHENKO CAMP STALLS
• LITHUANIA TO LEAD NATO UNIT IN AFGHANISTAN

Volume 2 Issue 32

February 15, 2005

• GEORGIA UNDER GROWING RUSSIAN PRESSURE AHEAD OF BUSH-PUTIN SUMMIT
• ENTREPRENEURS STRIKE IN BELARUS
• GEORGIA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER COMES FROM ZHVANIA'S TEAM
• MOSCOW EYES ENERGY IMPLICATIONS OF NORTHEAST ASIA'S CHANGING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Volume 2 Issue 31

February 14, 2005

• MOSCOW MULTIPLYING EXTRANEOUS PRECONDITIONS TO TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA
• YUSHCHENKO MOVES TO CLEAN UP DONETSK, ENDING ITS COZY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT
• PRIMAKOV'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST: HIGH PROFILE, FEW RESULTS
• TERRORISM AND NATIONALISM: TWIN THREATS TO KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 2 Issue 30

February 11, 2005

• RIGHTS GROUPS ASK PUTIN TO TALK TO "MODERATE" REBELS
• MOSCOW ANALYSTS MULL PROPER STRATEGY TOWARD POST-REVOLUTIONARY UKRAINE
• YUSHCHENKO ANNOUNCES NEW EMPHASIS ON OBSERVING THE RULE OF LAW IN UKRAINE
• TURKMEN GAS DELIVERIES TO RUSSIA ON HOLD

Volume 2 Issue 29

February 10, 2005

• OSCE DELEGATION BEGINS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SETTLING KARABAKH DISPUTE
• TO ATTEND OR NOT TO ATTEND? THAT'S NOT REALLY THE QUESTION
• KYRGYZ SECURITY TIGHTENS AHEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
• AFGHANISTAN FACES ITS UGLY PAST

Volume 2 Issue 28

February 9, 2005

• MASKHADOV'S CEASEFIRE OBEYED IN CHECHNYA, NOT IN DAGESTAN
• EUROPEAN UNION PUTS A TOE IN MOLDOVA
• PROFOUND GENERATION SHIFT FOLLOWS UKRAINE'S ORANGE REVOLUTION
• U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS: TURNING POINT OR DEAD END?

Volume 2 Issue 27

February 8, 2005

• KREMLIN REDEFINING POLICY IN "POST-SOVIET SPACE"
• WILL ZHVANIA'S DEATH UNDERMINE GEORGIA'S DELICATE POLITICAL BALANCE?
• ARMENIANS COUNT THEIR LOSSES AS THEIR CURRENCY GROWS STRONGER
• RUSSIA'S CONFUSING PACIFIC OIL GAME

Volume 2 Issue 26

February 7, 2005

• NEW GROUP OF GEORGIA'S FRIENDS FOUNDED
• UKRAINE HAS NEW CABINET
• RUSSIA-JAPANESE RELATIONS AT A FAMILIAR IMPASSE
• ARE PUTIN'S REFORMS WORKING?

Volume 2 Issue 25

February 4, 2005

• IS RUSSIA ABOUT TO TURN ITS GAZE TOWARD THE EAST?
• THE RISE AND FALL OF UKRAINE'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
• ETHNIC RUSSIANS IN KAZAKHSTAN VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT IN CHECHNYA
• CHECHEN REBELS START A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE

Volume 2 Issue 24

February 3, 2005

• DEATH OF GEORGIA'S PRIME MINISTER ZHVANIA RAISES QUESTIONS
• AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENT IN IRAN
• TURKMENISTAN SEEKS STRONGER MILITARY
• TIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA STALL

Volume 2 Issue 23

February 2, 2005

• YUKOS CASE REVERBERATING IN LITHUANIA AND FAR BEYOND
• WHO IS BEHIND YARMUK JAMAAT: BALKARS OR KABARDINS?
• PORA! TAKES TWO DIFFERENT PATHS
• ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS

Volume 2 Issue 22

February 1, 2005

• AZERBAIJAN CELEBRATES DIPLOMATIC VICTORY, BUT WHAT NEXT FOR KARABAKH?
• CENTRAL ASIA GAS UPDATE
• RUSSIA CLAIMS STRATEGIC VICTORY IN GEORGIAN PRIVATIZATION ROUND
• ASTANA LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECT

Volume 2 Issue 21

January 31, 2005

• UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S HANDLING OF ABKHAZIA: A DISQUIETING PRELUDE TO BUSH-PUTIN SUMMIT
• GAZPROM'S CRISIS OF OVERGROWTH
• TYMOSHENKO STEAMS ONWARD TO PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
• THE RISE AND FALL OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS

Volume 2 Issue 20

January 28, 2005

• SECURITY FORCES AND MILITANTS SHOOT IT OUT IN NALCHIK
• BAGAPSH, KOKOITI, SMIRNOV TOUCH BASE IN MOSCOW
• YUSHCHENKO OUTLINES UKRAINE'S DESIRE TO "RETURN TO EUROPE"
• PRESIDENT ALIEV VISITS IRAN, DESPITE U.S.-IRANIAN TENSIONS

Volume 2 Issue 19

January 27, 2005

• GEORGIAN PRESIDENT LAUNCHES SOUTH OSSETIA PEACE INITIATIVE
• KREMLIN POLITICAL REFORMS FACE FIRST REAL CHALLENGES
• KAZAKHSTAN INCHES TOWARDS NATO
• RUSSIAN-KAZAKH BORDER AGREEMENT SPARKS NATIONALIST REACTION

Volume 2 Issue 18

January 26, 2005

• YUSHCHENKO IN STRASBOURG: EUROPEAN ASPIRATIONS VERSUS ZERO-SUM GAMES
• YULIA TYMOSHENKO TO BECOME UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER
• RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IN DISARRAY
• BASHAR ASSAD COMES TO MOSCOW, SEEKING GIFTS

Volume 2 Issue 17

January 25, 2005

• YUSHCHENKO IN MOSCOW
• SOUTH OSSETIA OFFERS TO BARGAIN WITH TBILISI FOR RELEASE OF SUSPECTED MURDERERS
• KAZAKHSTAN INTRODUCES NEW EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
• ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S "CRUSADE" AGAINST TAX EVASION FAILS TO IMPRESS

Volume 2 Issue 16

January 24, 2005

• WHO STANDS IN OPPOSITION TO YUSHCHENKO?
• DID UKRAINE'S SECURITY SERVICE REALLY PREVENT BLOODSHED DURING THE ORANGE REVOLUTION?
• KREMLIN WARY OF EMERGING KYIV-TBILISI AXIS
• UKRAINIAN STEEL EXPORTS FACE HURDLES ON THE RUSSIAN MARKET

Volume 2 Issue 15

January 21, 2005

• WHILE PENSIONERS PROTEST, BUREAUCRATS THRIVE
• PUTIN'S ERODING SUPPORT BASE
• WHAT DID PUTIN ACTUALLY TELL RUUTEL, AND HOW DID HE PHRASE IT?
• BORDER MONITORING IN GEORGIA : THREE NONSTARTERS, ONE OPTION

Volume 2 Issue 14

January 20, 2005

• KARIMOV TELLS ARMY TO PREPARE FOR PRE-EMPTIVE CAPABILITIES
• LITHUANIA BRACES FOR RUSSIAN MOVE ON MAZEIKIAI OIL COMPLEX
• WILL ASYMMETRICAL FEDERALISM WORK FOR ABKHAZIA?
• NEW ELECTION COALITIONS IN AZERBAIJAN PROMISE HEATED PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

Volume 2 Issue 13

January 19, 2005

• DAGESTAN 'S INSURGENTS REGROUP AS NEW "SHARIA JAMAAT" ORGANIZATION
• MOSCOW THREATENS GEORGIA AS BUSH-PUTIN SUMMIT NEARS
• KARIMOV VOWS TO HEAD OFF ORANGE REVOLUTION IN UZBEKISTAN
• KYRGYZSTAN TEETERS ON VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Volume 2 Issue 12

January 18, 2005

• KREMLIN USES MIX OF OIL AND WEAPONS TO RESOLVE FAR EASTERN BORDER DISPUTES
• RUSSIA SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON ANTI-TERRORISM
• MOSCOW AND ANKARA STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC TIES AND EXPLORE PROSPECTS FOR STRATEGIC COOPERATION
• MOSCOW THREATENS, SLOVENIAN CHAIR DITHERS, UKRAINE RALLIES AT OSCE

Volume 2 Issue 11

January 17, 2005

• MISSILES FOR SALE : MOSCOW FINDS NO PROBLEM WITH SYRIA
• GAS PRICES FUEL NEW DISPUTE BETWEEN BELARUS AND RUSSIA
• WILL YUSHCHENKO'S COALITION COLLAPSE?
• RUSSIAN MISSILE MEN: ARE THEY NUTs?

Volume 2 Issue 10

January 14, 2005

• RUSSIA HIT BY A WAVE OF PROTESTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT BENEFITS POLICY
• WANTED: COMPETITIVE IDEOLOGY AND ATTRACTIVE SOCIAL MODEL TO HELP RUSSIA RETAIN ITS CRUMBLING SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
• NO LONGER NEEDING U.S. SUPPORT, KUCHMA WANTS TO BRING TROOPS HOME ON HIS WATCH
• UKRAINE HAS DONE ITS DUTY IN IRAQ

Volume 2 Issue 9

January 13, 2005

• KAZAKHSTAN SUFFERS FIRST DEATH OF PEACEKEEPER IN IRAQ
• ASTANA PLEDGES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH RUSSIA
• UZBEKISTAN BULLDOZES SETTLEMENTS ALONG BORDER WITH KAZAKHSTAN
• BALTIC DILEMMAS AND THE MOSCOW SUMMIT

Volume 2 Issue 8

January 12, 2005

• FORMER ABKHAZ PRESIDENTIAL RIVALS UNITE UNDER PRESSURE FROM MOSCOW
• VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO DECLARED UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT
• RUSSIA'S PACIFIC OIL PIPELINE SEEN AS DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
• TEMPORARY HALT OF TURKMEN GAS DELIVERIES VIA RUSSIA SENDS RIPPLES DOWNSTREAM

Volume 2 Issue 7

January 11, 2005

• RIVAL GEORGIAN MINISTERS CROSS SWORDS
• DEFENSE MINISTER TARGETS CORRUPTION IN GEORGIAN MILITARY
• ASTANA WORKS TO STAVE OFF UKRAINE'S ADVANCING ORANGE TIDE
• PHASE-OUT DILEMMAS AT LITHUANIA'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Volume 2 Issue 6

January 10, 2005

• WHO WILL REPLACE YANUKOVYCH?
• RESENTMENT STILL SMOLDERS IN MOSCOW AFTER UKRAINE ELECTIONS
• RUSSIA: DEMOCRACY DISMANTLED
• RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS DEBATE STRATEGY FOR 2005

Volume 2 Issue 5

January 7, 2005

• A BLURRED VISION IN BRUSSELS
• WHAT IS WRONG WITH ANDREI ILLARIONOV?
• LACK OF REGIONAL COORDINATION FACILITATES REGULAR FLOODING IN CENTRAL ASIA
• OPPOSITION LEADER RESIGNS IN ATTEMPT TO RE-ENERGIZE AZERI POLITICS

Volume 2 Issue 4

January 6, 2005

• TAJIKISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN LOOK BEYOND U.S. SECURITY ASSISTANCE
• KARZAI'S NEW CABINET AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
• RUSSIAN OIL THROUGH BTC PIPELINE: A POLITICAL SCHEME OR ECONOMIC STRATEGY?
• MASSIVE PRICE HIKE FOR TURKMEN GAS TO UKRAINE

Volume 2 Issue 3

January 5, 2005

• ARMENIA TO DEPLOY TOKEN CONTINGENT TO IRAQ
• TAJIKISTAN OFFICIALS FAIL TO APPREHEND KEY MEMBER OF BAYAT
• RUSSIA AND CHINA: DO OIL AND WEAPONS MAKE A MARRIAGE?
• DETAILS EMERGE OF SECOND RUSSIAN PLOT TO ASSASSINATE YUSHCHENKO

Volume 2 Issue 2

January 4, 2005

• AXING THE BMO, RUSSIA MENACES GEORGIA
• SAAKASHVILI RINGS IN NEW YEAR WITH YUSHCHENKO
• RUSSIAN AIR FORCE PINS HOPES ON TECHNOLOGY
• ASTANA PONDERS KREMLIN'S "LOST OPPORTUNITIES" IN KAZAKHSTAN

Volume 2 Issue 1

January 3, 2005

• THE HEART OF YUKOS IS NATIONALIZED
• RUSSIA'S POLITICAL CLASS DIGESTS YUSHCHENKO WIN
• POLITICAL REALIGNMENT BEGINS IN UKRAINE
• BELARUS: "TIGHTENING THE SCREW"
• Test Headline 00