Tajikistan – Johnson's Russia List

Post-Soviet State Responses to COVID-19: Making or Breaking Authoritarianism?

March 28, 2020 JRL Russia List Coronavirus, Covid-19 Pandemic, Health, Alcohol, Smoking, AIDS, Epidemics

Coronavirus File Photo adapted from image at cdc.gov

(PONARS Eurasia – Marlene Laruelle, Madeline McCann – March 24, 2020) Marlene Laruelle is Research Professor, Director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Director of the Central Asia Program, and Co-director of PONARS Eurasia at George Washington University. Madeline McCann is Program Coordinator for PONARS Eurasia at George Washington University. (PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Pandemics are […]

RUSSIALINK: “Russian general warns of Central Asia ‘crisis’ by 2020” – Interfax

May 17, 2019 JRL Russia List Afghanistan, Central Asia, Military

(Interfax – May 15, 2019) A senior Russian general has issued a warning about the worsening security situation in Central Asia, including in Afghanistan, suggesting the region could experience a crisis by next year. “In the Central Asia strategic zone there remains a steady tendency of a worsening military-political situation, which by 2020 is capable of reaching crisis-level significance,” Col-Gen […]

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Leave a comment Afghanistan, Alexander Lapin, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Military, Russia, Russian News, Tajikistan

NEWSLINK: “Tajiks fear weaker Russian presence will open the way for ISIS. Locals in Tajikistan are worried about the possible reduction of Russian servicemen in the country, as the Islamic State militant organization grows in strength in neighboring Afghanistan.” – RBTH/Gazeta.ru

February 20, 2016 JRL Russia List Afghanistan, Tajikistan

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Leave a comment Afghanistan, Central Asia, ISIL, Islam, Islamic State, Islamists, Military, Newslinks, Russia, Russian News, Slider, Tajikistan, Terrorism

NEWSLINK Christian Science Monitor: Islamist threat to Russia looms large at Central Asia security summit

July 10, 2015 JRL Russia List Central Asia, China

The Kremlin is increasingly concerned about an Islamist uprising in one of the weak autocracies along its southern flank, all of which will be attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit today in Ufa, Russia

Meet the EEU family (Eurasian Economic Union)

January 8, 2015 JRL Russia List Belarus, CIS, Customs Union, Eurasian Union, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade

Map of Commonwealth of Independent States, European Portion

(Business New Europe – bne.eu – bne IntelliNews – January 5, 2015) Members: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia Prospective member: Armenia Potential members: Kyrgyzstan (likely), Tajikistan (unlikely) Population: 173mn (Russia, including Crimea, 146mn; Kazakhstan, 17mn; Belarus, 10mn) Total GDP: $2.7tn Share of world gas reserves: 20% Share of world oil reserves: 15% On January 1, the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty governing what […]

Russia Aims to Boost Security Alliance in Central Asia

May 29, 2013 JRL Russia List Afghanistan, Central Asia, Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Military

Map of Central Asia, Including Commonwealth of Independent States Members

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – May 29, 2013) Ahead of NATO’s planned withdrawal from Afghanistan next year, leaders of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization have pledged to pool their resources to counter any potential deterioration of the security situation in the region. In an effort to demonstrate the importance of the military alliance, President Vladimir Putin […]

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Leave a comment Afghanistan, Bordyuzha, Central Asia, CSTO, Kyrgyzstan, Military, Putin, Russia, Russian News, Tajikistan