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KYRGYZSTAN: Economy survives political upheavals
Amid domestic upheavals and regional uncertainties, Kyrgyzstan has achieved an impressive degree...
KyrgyzstanEASTERN EUROPE: Enduring obstacles limit PE presence
PE funds have the potential to increase growth and restructuring in former communist Eastern...
Eastern EuropeGEORGIA/NATO: Progress will not guarantee accession
US President George Bush said at NATO's Riga summit on November 28 that Washington would maintain...
GeorgiaCIS: CIS summit shows lack of integration
The CIS summit, held in Minsk yesterday, has failed to produce any concrete results on either...
CisRUSSIA/UK: Litvinenko killing fuels spy scare
President Vladimir Putin strongly denied on November 24 that the Kremlin was involved in the...
RussiaRUSSIA/EU: Glaring 'value gap' will not impede talks
Russia yesterday threatened to close its borders to all EU meat imports from January 1. The...
RussiaRUSSIA/AZERBAIJAN: Gas cuts reflect politics and price
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has informed Baku that it will cut exports of gas to Azerbaijan by...
RussiaRUSSIA/AFRICA: Moscow focuses on business in Africa
Africa remains low on Russia's foreign policy priority list, as Moscow assigns far greater...
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