Volume 3 Issue 232 December 15, 2006 TWELVE MONTHS: THE SHORT LIFE OF COMFORTABLE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT RUSSIA’S ENERGY POLICY IN 2006 RUSSIA'S SAKHALIN-2 PROJECT REMAINS UNDER PRESSURE KYRGYZ PROTEST GROWING WESTERN INFLUENCE AT HOME
Volume 3 Issue 231 December 14, 2006 RUSSIAN MEDIA SPLIT ON IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT THE RUSSIAN LOVE AFFAIR WITH PINOCHET NEW COMPLICATIONS IN UKRAINE’S ENERGY SITUATION
Volume 3 Issue 230 December 13, 2006 A BLACK TUESDAY FOR WESTERN ENERGY COMPANIES IN RUSSIA YUSHCHENKO REGAINS CONTROL OF HIS PARTY ARMENIA’S KOCHARIAN SEEKING CONTINUED ROLE IN GOVERNMENT
Volume 3 Issue 229 December 12, 2006 ODESSA-BRODY-EUROPE OIL TRANSPORT PROJECT SHELVED INDEFINITELY RUSSIA SEEKS U.S., IRANIAN HELP TO SETTLE NORTH CAUCASUS CONFLICTS UZBEKISTAN CONSIDERS RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE WEST
Volume 3 Issue 228 December 11, 2006 MOSCOW SELF-DISQUALIFYING AS PEACEKEEPER AND MEDIATOR IN ABKHAZ, SOUTH OSSETIAN CONFLICTS BISHKEK’S MANAS BASE IN CRISIS MONGOL PRESIDENT PAYS UNEVENTFUL VISIT TO MOSCOW
Volume 3 Issue 227 December 8, 2006 WILL ECONOMIC SANCTIONS BECOME A LEGITIMATE TOOL OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY? AZERBAIJAN KEEPS SOLIDARITY WITH GEORGIA DESPITE RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLY CUTS OSCE’S YEAR-END CONFERENCE: A FAILURE THAT HELPS CLARITY
Volume 3 Issue 226 December 7, 2006 TRANS-BLACK SEA PIPELINE CAN BRING CASPIAN GAS TO EUROPE KAZAKHSTAN AND TURKEY SPEARHEAD INTEGRATION OF TURKIC NATIONS RUSSIAN MASS MEDIA SHAPE PUBLIC OPINION IN KYRGYZSTAN
Volume 3 Issue 225 December 6, 2006 THE POLONIUM TRAIL LEADS TO MOSCOW LUKASHENKA OPTS FOR NUCLEAR POWER YUSHCHENKO LOSING KEY MINISTERS
Volume 3 Issue 224 December 5, 2006 OSCE: END OF YEAR BRINGS END OF ROAD AS SECURITY ACTOR RUSSIA SEES SCO AS POTENTIAL ENERGY CARTEL SURPRISE SUSPENSION OF PRIVATE TV IN AZERBAIJAN LEAVES MANY PUZZLED
Volume 3 Issue 223 December 4, 2006 RUSSIA IGNORES THE RIGA SUMMIT AND EXPECTS NATO TO FAIL IN AFGHANISTAN ALTERNATIVE SOUTH OSSETIAN LEADER INAUGURATED PRESIDENT BAKIYEV REASSESSING BISHKEK’S FOREIGN SECURITY RELATIONS
Volume 3 Issue 222 December 1, 2006 LUGAR URGES ACTIVE ROLE FOR NATO IN ENERGY SECURITY POLICY MOSCOW OFFERS ANKARA EXPANDED COOPERATION IN ENERGY SPHERE GAIDAR’S APPARENT POISONING FUELS CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Volume 3 Issue 221 November 30, 2006 ARMENIAN, AZERI PRESIDENTS REKINDLE HOPES FOR KARABAKH PEACE AZERBAIJANI-RUSSIAN RELATIONS ENTER TURBULENT PHASE WILL POLITICAL CHANGES IN KYRGYZSTAN AFFECT U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE?
Volume 3 Issue 220 November 29, 2006 RUSSIAN POLITICAL INTRIGUE MEANS PUTIN COULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE DARK ABOUT LITVINENKO ATTACK CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM QUESTIONED IN UKRAINE LUKASHENKA SEEKS NEW ALLIES TO END THE RUSSIAN GAS IMPASSE
Volume 3 Issue 219 November 28, 2006 KAZAKHSTAN’S EU STRATEGY BASED ON REGIONAL ASCENDANCY ASTANA PLAYS IT SAFE IN DEVELOPING TIES WITH TEHRAN RUSSIA AND UZBEKISTAN PLEDGE TO BOOST TIES, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN
Volume 3 Issue 218 November 27, 2006 WAS LITVINENKO THE LATEST VICTIM OF A KREMLIN POWER STRUGGLE? SUMMIT OF “TECHNICAL” DISAGREEMENTS AND DIMINISHING TRUST OSCE’S YEAR-END DRAFT DECLARATION YIELDS TO RUSSIA ON ISTANBUL COMMITMENTS
Volume 3 Issue 217 November 22, 2006 THE CHECHEN EXECUTION SQUAD COMES TO MOSCOW INTRANSIGENCE IN MOSCOW, SUKHUMI, TSKHINVALI AFTER UN RESOLUTION AND OKRUASHVILI RESIGNATION CLOUDS GATHER OVER YUSHCHENKO’S INTERIOR MINISTER
Volume 3 Issue 216 November 21, 2006 MILINKEVICH FACES NEW TASKS KREMLIN SIGNS POWER-SHARING TREATY WITH TATARSTAN ROMANIAN PRESIDENT CONCERNED BY EUROPEAN DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN ENERGY
Volume 3 Issue 215 November 20, 2006 MOSCOW HOSTS THREE SECESSIONIST LEADERS GAZPROM RESHUFFLE FOLLOWS WARNINGS OF DOMESTIC GAS SHORTAGE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA: TIME FOR CHANGE?
Volume 3 Issue 214 November 17, 2006 PRO-OSSETIAN AUTHORITIES EMERGING IN SOUTH OSSETIA STRENGTHENING THE “EASTERN VECTOR”: ANKARA HOSTS TURKIC SUMMIT KAZAKH, UZBEK PRESIDENTS CONFER OVER LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN KYRGYZSTAN
Volume 3 Issue 213 November 16, 2006 KYRGYZSTAN’S NEW CONSTITUTION PROMISES SUBSTANTIAL, LONG-TERM CHANGES HUNGER STRIKE DISTRACTS AZERBAIJANI ACTIVISTS FROM FOCUSING ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS KYIV CHANGING IDEAS, MIXING SIGNALS ON ODESSA-BRODY OIL PIPELINE
Volume 3 Issue 212 November 15, 2006 U.S. GREEN LIGHTS RUSSIAN WTO MEMBERSHIP, SEEKS AGREEMENT ON IRAN YUSHCHENKO LOSING HIS PARTY MOSCOW’S FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER SOUTH OSSETIA’S REFERENDUM
Volume 3 Issue 211 November 14, 2006 PUTIN-LUKASHENKA MEETING SHATTERS KOCHARIAN-PUTIN TALKS FOLLOWED BY RUSSIAN ACQUISITION OF ARMENIAN TELECOM LEADER KAZAKHSTAN’S SECURITY TIES GROWING IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Volume 3 Issue 210 November 13, 2006 GAZPROM TARGETING UKRAINIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HOSTILE TAKEOVERS COULD CORRUPTION BE GOOD FOR RUSSIA? RUSSIA'S LONG-TERM EXPORT STRATEGY FOR ASIA REMAINS CHINA-ORIENTED
Volume 3 Issue 209 November 10, 2006 KREMLIN CONTINUES ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE EUROPE EX-GOVERNOR BACK HOME – A HOT POTATO FOR UKRAINIAN POLITICIANS BUCKING THE WTO, RUSSIA BROADENS ECONOMIC MEASURES AGAINST GEORGIA AND MOLDOVA
Volume 3 Issue 208 November 9, 2006 OPPOSITION CELEBRATES AS NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED IN KYRGYZSTAN GAZPROM’S "PURE COMMERCE" IN GEORGIA CONSTRUCTION OF THE STRATEGIC KARS-AKHALKALAKI RAILWAY TO START IN 2007
Volume 3 Issue 207 November 8, 2006 MOSCOW HOPES CRISIS WILL DRIVE BAKIYEV BACK INTO RUSSIAN CAMP OFFICIAL MINSK OUTRAGED BY MOSCOW’S POLITICAL USE OF THE ENERGY LEVERAGE ASTANA OPTS FOR RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE IN NUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Volume 3 Issue 206 November 7, 2006 BAKIYEV WALKS IN AKAYEV’S SHOES AS OPPOSITION WANTS TO REPLAY TULIP REVOLUTION GERMANY OFFERS UZBEKISTAN HOPE ON LIFTING EU SANCTIONS ARMENIA SELLING MORE INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRY TO RUSSIA
Volume 3 Issue 205 November 6, 2006 POLITICAL BATTLE IN UKRAINE OVER THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN POLICY THE RUSSIAN MARCH THAT WASN’T: MOSCOW AVOIDS A HOLIDAY POGROM KAZAKHSTAN DEEPENS SECURITY TIES TO MOSCOW
Volume 3 Issue 204 November 3, 2006 RUSSIA CEMENTS CONTROL OF ARMENIA’S ENERGY SYSTEM SCRAMBLE FOR EURASIAN ENERGY RESOURCES INTENSIFIES GAZPROM TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER FAR EASTERN GAS RICHES
Volume 3 Issue 203 November 2, 2006 MOSCOW SHOWING BELARUS THE ENERGY WHIP KYRGYZSTAN POISED FOR NEW POLITICAL TUMULT AS OPPOSITION PRESSES BAKIYEV WILL UKRAINE JOIN WTO ANY TIME SOON?
Volume 3 Issue 202 November 1, 2006 PUTIN TESTING UKRAINE’S POLITICAL SYSTEM WITH HIS BLACK SEA FLEET PROPOSAL PUTIN'S MILITARY NUMBERS JUST DON'T ADD UP TBILISI BRACES FOR FALLOUT FROM RUSSIAN SANCTIONS
Volume 3 Issue 201 October 31, 2006 MOSCOW PRESSES FOR CFE TREATY RATIFICATION IN RUN-UP TO NATO AND OSCE SUMMITS FINALLY, PROGRESS ON KARABAKH PEACE TALKS? ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SIGNALS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS
Volume 3 Issue 200 October 30, 2006 PUTIN TAKES “LIFE-IS-GOOD” APPROACH WITH RUSSIAN PUBLIC HOW PUTIN MIGHT WIELD “INFLUENCE” AFTER 2008 PUTIN OFFERS UKRAINE “PROTECTION” FOR EXTENDING RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET’S PRESENCE
Volume 3 Issue 199 October 27, 2006 UKRAINE’S GEOPOLITICAL PREDICAMENT: WHILE LONGING FOR PLACE IN UNITED EUROPE IT CANNOT IGNORE RUSSIA’S CONCERNS MOSCOW RAISES GAS PRICE TO UKRAINE RUSSIA AMBIVALENT ABOUT SAKHALIN PRODUCTION SHARING DEALS
Volume 3 Issue 198 October 26, 2006 OSCE BELGIAN CHAIRMANSHIP’S VISION FOR TRANSNISTRIA’S STATUS WILL THE OPPOSITION BOYCOTT LOCAL ELECTIONS IN BELARUS? RUSSIAN GENERALS LOSING HOPE FOR MILITARY VICTORY IN CHECHNYA
Volume 3 Issue 197 October 25, 2006 OUR UKRAINE QUITS CABINET -- BUT HINTS AT RETURN WESTERN SANCTIONS OVER IRAN DAMAGE RUSSIAN AVIATION INDUSTRY RUSSIAN AND WESTERN ENERGY INTERESTS CLASH IN KAZAKHSTAN
Volume 3 Issue 196 October 24, 2006 PUTIN’S LOGIC ON GEORGIA AND THE FROZEN CONFLICTS TAJIKISTAN CLAIMS SUCCESS IN COUNTER-NARCOTICS OPERATION TAJIKISTAN’S BILL ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS CURTAILS POLITICAL OPPOSITION
Volume 3 Issue 195 October 23, 2006 ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA: VICTIM OF A KREMLIN POWER STRUGGLE? RUSSIAN POLITICS AND ECONOMICS FACE AN ENERGY CRISIS OSCE’S BELGIAN CHAIR PROPOSES REFORMED PEACEKEEPING IN MOLDOVA
Volume 3 Issue 194 October 20, 2006 EUROPE STRUGGLES TO THWART RUSSIA’S DIVIDE-AND-CONQUER POLICY TBILISI CLAIMS RUSSIAN NAVY HOLDING EXERCISES OFF GEORGIAN COAST TWO MEETINGS, TWO TONES IN GUAM
Volume 3 Issue 193 October 19, 2006 LATEST MOVES CHALLENGE SAAKASHVILI’S STANCE AND THE GEORGIAN-WESTERN PARTNERSHIP IS PUTIN BECOMING DESPERATE ABOUT BEING “BEST FRIENDS” WITH GERMANY? KREMLIN LOSES CONTROL OVER INGUSH POLICE
Volume 3 Issue 192 October 18, 2006 MOSCOW MORE WORRIED ABOUT SAAKASHVILI THAN KIM JONG-IL CIS ATROPHY PROCESS CONTINUES YUSHCHENKO PICKS DONETSK MAN FOR SECURITY CHIEF
Volume 3 Issue 191 October 17, 2006 GEORGIA SHORT-CHANGED IN U.S.-RUSSIA TRADEOFF ON NORTH KOREA AT UN KAZAKHSTAN’S SHOW OF FORCE MEANT TO COUNTER ISLAMIC EXTREMISM ARMENIA, EU TO LAUNCH “ACTION PLAN” ON CLOSER TIES
Volume 3 Issue 190 October 16, 2006 RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN “INTERNATIONAL” GAS CONSORTIUM BACK ON THE AGENDA MOSCOW EYES COORDINATION WITH CHINA OVER NORTH KOREAN TEST AZERBAIJAN BECOMING POPULAR DRUG TRAFFICKING ROUTE
Volume 3 Issue 189 October 13, 2006 EUROPE’S PATRONIZING ATTITUDE TOWARD TURKS CAN PUSH ANKARA CLOSER TO MOSCOW RUSSIA UNFAZED BY NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST MOSCOW BEEFS UP SECURITY TIES WITH KYRGYZSTAN
Volume 3 Issue 188 October 12, 2006 RUSSIA REVERSES PLANS ON SUPERGIANT SHTOKMAN GAS FIELD SAAKASHVILI’S PARTY WINS LOCAL ELECTIONS AMID STANDOFF WITH RUSSIA UZBEKISTAN WELCOMES COOPERATION WITH KYRGYZSTAN DESPITE FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENTS
Volume 3 Issue 187 October 11, 2006 KREMLIN SUGGESTS EXILED OLIGARCHS KILLED POLITKOVSKAYA TO EMBARRASS MOSCOW SOLANA BLINKS, DEEPLY KAZAKHSTAN DEEPENS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH NATO
Volume 3 Issue 186 October 10, 2006 PEOPLE OF NORTH CAUCASUS BELIEVE THEIR HOPES FOR JUSTICE DIED WITH POLITKOVSKAYA RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WARFARE FAILING TO SUBDUE GEORGIA YUSHCHENKO’S PARTY CONSIDERS OPPOSITION OPTION
Volume 3 Issue 185 October 6, 2006 RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN ROW COULD SERIOUSLY SOUR RUSSIA-WEST RELATIONS NAZARBAYEV’S WASHINGTON TRIP WINS HIM PRAISE, MUTES CRITICISM AT HOME NEW DEAL WILL PROCESS KAZAKH GAS AT NEARBY RUSSIAN FACILITY
Volume 3 Issue 184 October 5, 2006 ARMENIAN OPPOSITION ATTACKS “CRIMINAL ELEMENTS” IN GOVERNMENT TAJIK OPPOSITION REMAINS QUIET AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS UKRAINE IN SEARCH OF A REGIONAL POLICY
Volume 3 Issue 183 October 4, 2006 PUTIN COMMENTS REVEAL DESIRE FOR REGIME CHANGE IN TBILISI YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH WRESTLE OVER GOVERNORS VORONIN’S SIX-POINT PLAN TO PUTIN: A CALCULATED RISK
Volume 3 Issue 182 October 3, 2006 OLD THINKING INSPIRES NEW RUSH TO NEGOTIATIONS ON MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA ASSASSINATION OF POSSIBLE SOVMEN SUCCESSOR CLEARS THE WAY FOR KREMLIN CANDIDATE SAKHALIN OIL AND GAS PROJECTS: WHAT IS BEHIND RUSSIA’S COERCIVE BEHAVIOR?
Volume 3 Issue 181 October 2, 2006 TBILISI NEUTRALIZES ALLEGED RUSSIAN SPY RING, GAINS POLITICAL MILEAGE LUKASHENKA: WHY THE UNION STATE DOES NOT EXIST KYRGYZ INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DETECTS SHIFT IN HIZB-UT-TAHRIR TACTICS
Volume 3 Issue 180 September 29, 2006 SAAKASHVILI’S U.N. ADDRESS TRANSFORMS DISCUSSION ON POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS PAUSE IN ENLARGEMENT CREATES STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY IN EUROPE AND RUSSIA’S COMMON NEIGHBORHOOD NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE PARTY OF AZERBAIJAN RALLIES FOR AZERIS IN IRAN
Volume 3 Issue 179 September 28, 2006 ILVES WINS ESTONIA’S PRESIDENCY RUSSIA SEEKS ENTREE INTO EUROPE’S AVIATION MARKET ABKHAZIA REQUESTS GEORGIAN APOLOGY AND DREADS NEW WAR
Volume 3 Issue 178 September 27, 2006 LIGHT SENTENCES FOR HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIAN HAZING CASE YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH LOCK HORNS OVER RESPECTIVE POWERS KYRGYZSTAN’S ENERGY SECTOR LOSES INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES DUE TO CORRUPTION
Volume 3 Issue 177 September 26, 2006 REBEL “NOGAI BATTALION” SPURS RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO NOGAI MINORITY YANUKOVYCH AND ALLIES ASSERTING AUTHORITY OVER FOREIGN POLICY SIX WAYS FOR YANUKOVYCH AND ALLIES TO CIRCUMVENT YUSHCHENKO ON FOREIGN POLICY
Volume 3 Issue 176 September 25, 2006 PUTIN DOWNPLAYS ENERGY DIALOGUE IN PARIS RUSSIA SEEKS CLOSER MILITARY LINKS WITH UZBEKISTAN KARIMOV PRIORITIZES RUSSIAN ARMAMENTS
Volume 3 Issue 175 September 22, 2006 ESTONIA: WHY NOT THE BEST? RUSSIAN PUNDITS WARY OF ANKARA’S REVIVED GEOPOLITICAL AMBITIONS IN EURASIA INDIAN STEEL TYCOON FACES NEW WAVE OF PROTESTS IN KAZAKHSTAN
Volume 3 Issue 174 September 21, 2006 PUTIN-GYURCSANY MEETING STEERS HUNGARY’S GOVERNMENT ON THE “THIRD PATH” CORRUPTION IN PUTIN’S SYSTEM BECOMES MURDEROUS TRADE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA SLOWS DOWN
Volume 3 Issue 173 September 20, 2006 KIRIYENKO INSISTS BUSHEHR PLANT WILL BE OPERATIONAL BY SEPTEMBER 2007 OPPOSITION FRAGMENTS AHEAD OF GEORGIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, ALLIES ON THE DEFENSIVE OVER NATO POLICY
Volume 3 Issue 172 September 19, 2006 YANUKOVYCH’S NYET TO NATO MEMBERSHIP: PAINFUL, BUT NOT THE FINAL WORD YANUKOVYCH’S REMARKS ON NATO HEAT UP COALITION DEBATE JOURNALIST’S BEATING SPARKS CONCERN ABOUT PRESS FREEDOM IN ARMENIA
Volume 3 Issue 171 September 18, 2006 TAJIK PRESIDENT USES NATIONAL HOLIDAYS TO LAUNCH HIS RE-ELECTION BID IMU ISSUES NEW THREAT TO CENTRAL ASIAN LEADERS RUSSIA CONCERNED BY CHINA'S CHEMICAL POLLUTION
Volume 3 Issue 170 September 15, 2006 THUS SPAKE PUTIN: RUSSIA UPHOLDS PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY IN ENERGY SPHERE PUTIN PRAISES YUSHCHENKO WHILE GAZPROM LOOKS SET FOR DEEPER INROADS IN UKRAINE NGOs IN AZERBAIJAN CRITICIZED FOR CONTACTS WITH KARABAKH
Volume 3 Issue 169 September 14, 2006 WHAT NEXT FOR THE UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION? GEORGIA INDICTS PRO-MOSCOW ACTIVISTS AHEAD OF PLANNED DISTURBANCES FIRES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES PUT BAKU AND YEREVAN AT ODDS
Volume 3 Issue 168 September 13, 2006 IVANOV COMMENT SUGGESTS MOSCOW IGNORING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGREEMENT WITH WASHINGTON NEW BROOM AT U.S.-LED OSCE MISSION IN MOLDOVA DISPUTABLE ANNIVERSARY COULD PROVOKE NEW CRISIS IN ADYGEYA
Volume 3 Issue 167 September 12, 2006 UKRAINE: BACK TO STRATEGIC SQUARE ONE TOP KYRGYZ OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING AGAINST OPPOSITION LEADER TASHKENT SEES ASTANA AS GATEWAY TO WESTERN COOPERATION
Volume 3 Issue 166 September 11, 2006 PUTIN’S AMBITIONS AND RUSSIA’S MILITARY FEEBLENESS RUSSIA, CHINA, JAPAN, AND SOUTH KOREA TO LAUNCH NEW SEA ROUTE LINKING CHINA AND JAPAN CHANGES PROPOSED TO BELARUSIAN LANGUAGE
Volume 3 Issue 165 September 8, 2006 RUSSIAN ENERGY MAJORS EYE DIRECT OUTLET TO MEDITERRANEAN RUSSIA’S LATEST NAVAL TRAGEDY NAZARBAYEV’S TRIP TO WASHINGTON: WHAT ASTANA CAN HOPE FOR?
Volume 3 Issue 164 September 7, 2006 WILL YUSHCHENKO’S PARTY SPLIT? REBELS AND SECURITY OFFICIALS FIGHT TO CONTROL TRANSCAUCASUS HIGHWAY EU’S ENERGY POLICY: A QUEST FOR RELEVANCE
Volume 3 Issue 163 September 6, 2006 SEVEN RUSSIAN CHALLENGES TO THE WEST’S ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SECURITY AS A EURO-ATLANTIC CONCERN IMF WARNS TBILISI TO CURB RISING INFLATION
Volume 3 Issue 162 September 5, 2006 KARIMOV FORGING PARTNERSHIP WITH JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, UZBEKISTAN, AND TAJIKISTAN SIGN PACT TO PRESERVE ARAL SEA ARMENIAN PRESIDENT, DEFENSE MINISTER SHOW SIGNS OF RIFT
Volume 3 Issue 161 August 18, 2006 RUSSIAN COAST GUARD SHOOTS JAPANESE FISHERMAN IN DISPUTED WATERS IT LOOKS, SOUNDS, FEELS LIKE A BLOCKADE: RUSSIAN OIL BLOCKADE OF LITHUANIA LITHUANIAN REFINERY IS STRUGGLING TO STAY AFLOAT DESPITE RUSSIAN PRESSURE SEARCH FOR REBELS UNDERWAY IN KABARDINO-BALKARIA
Volume 3 Issue 160 August 17, 2006 YANUKOVYCH COLD-SHOULDERED ON FIRST VISIT TO RUSSIA GEORGIA’S SUCCESS IN KODORI GORGE BOLSTERS CASE TO REPLACE RUSSIAN “PEACEKEEPERS” OPPOSITION DIVIDES OVER LOCAL ELECTIONS WHILE GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES CAMPAIGN
Volume 3 Issue 159 August 16, 2006 UKRAINE’S NEW GOVERNMENT OUTLINES ITS ENERGY POLICY YANUKOVYCH DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM CRIMEA’S RADICAL SLAVS KYRGYZ LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKS DOWN ON HIZB-UT-TAHRIR
Volume 3 Issue 158 August 15, 2006 BELARUS CREATES NEW SCANDAL WITH LATVIA BOUCHER VISIT TO BISHKEK REVEALS WIDENING GAP IN U.S.-KYRGYZ RELATIONS RUSSIA EYES YET ANOTHER GAS PIPELINE TO CHINA
Volume 3 Issue 157 August 14, 2006 RUSSIA WRAPPING UP ITS WAR AGAINST TERROR DONETSK TEAM’S HEGEMONY IN UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT MAY BACKFIRE AZERBAIJANIS TAKE SIDES IN ISRAELI-LEBANESE WAR
Volume 3 Issue 156 August 11, 2006 MOSCOW MANEUVERS TO FORCE EUROPE TO ACCEPT ITS TERMS OF ENERGY COOPERATION RUSSIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN TRANSNISTRIA CAMPAIGN FOR A SECOND KALININGRAD TAJIKISTAN: CORRUPTION MOUNTS AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS NEAR
Volume 3 Issue 155 August 10, 2006 MOLDOVA’S PRESIDENT KREMLIN VISIT DOES NOT UNFREEZE RELATIONS “UNITING UKRAINE”: A HARD SELL FOR THE YUSHCHENKO-YANUKOVYCH COALITION NEW WAVE OF REBEL ATTACKS IN DAGESTAN AND INGUSHETIA
Volume 3 Issue 154 August 9, 2006 UKRAINE SENDS MIXED SIGNALS SAAKASHVILI UNVEILS NEW ECONOMIC STRATEGY MOSCOW AND ASTANA AT ODDS OVER RUSSIAN ROCKET CRASH
Volume 3 Issue 153 August 8, 2006 UKRAINE’S NEW GOVERNMENT: DARK BLUE, PALE ORANGE, SOME PINK, TOUCH OF RED YEREVAN ANNOUNCES CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT TAX REVENUE STILL LAGS TAJIKISTAN RETHINKS BORDER SECURITY
Volume 3 Issue 152 August 7, 2006 MOSCOW OUTRAGED BY U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST TWO RUSSIAN COMPANIES UKRAINE’S NATIONAL UNITY DECLARATION: NO GUIDE TO POLICY OR ACTION RUSSIA MOVES TO DEVELOP AND REPOPULATE THE KURIL ISLANDS
Volume 3 Issue 151 August 4, 2006 YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH REACH COMPROMISE YUKOS BANKRUPTCY: THE BIG PICTURE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES PUT VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS ON TERROR LIST BUT IGNORE HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH
Volume 3 Issue 150 August 3, 2006 CONSTANTA-TRIESTE PIPELINE PROPOSAL FOR KAZAKHSTAN’S OIL RUSSIA'S OIL PIPELINE LEAK SPARKS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS RUSSIAN OIL SUPPLIES TO LITHUANIA CUT OFF
Volume 3 Issue 149 August 2, 2006 YUSHCHENKO’S INITIATIVE REVEALS HURDLES TO UKRAINIAN UNITY HOW SECURE IS LUKASHENKA? TBILISI PREPARES TO SEND ABKHAZ GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE TO KODORI
Volume 3 Issue 148 August 1, 2006 GEORGIA DEMONSTRATES POLITICAL, MILITARY SKILL IN KODORI GORGE BAKIYEV PLAYS THE SECURITY CARD KYRGYZ-UZBEK SECURITY RELATIONS: SIMILAR PROBLEMS, DIFFERENT POLICIES
Volume 3 Issue 147 July 31, 2006 MOSCOW QUIETLY RAISES ITS GAME IN THE MIDDLE EAST CARACAS GETS RECYCLED RUSSIAN WEAPONS TO REPEL ALLEGED U.S. PLAN TO ATTACK VENEZUELA RUSSO-CHINESE FORESTRY JOINT VENTURE PLANS SPARK CONCERNS
Volume 3 Issue 146 July 28, 2006 YUSHCHENKO LAYS OUT HIS CONDITIONS FOR ACCEPTING YANUKOVYCH RUSSIAN ENERGY MONOPOLIES MARCH TOWARD HYDROCARBONS EMPIRE KAZAKHSTAN EYES LATVIA AS GATEWAY TO EUROPEAN OIL MARKETS
Volume 3 Issue 145 July 27, 2006 GEORGIA REGAINS CONTROL OVER BATTLE IN KODORI RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES DOUBT REBELS WILL ACCEPT AMNESTY OFFER UNCERTAINTY ON EVE OF NATO HANDOVER IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN
Volume 3 Issue 144 July 26, 2006 UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT, CABINET IN LIMBO NEW POLL SHOWS ARMENIANS EQUALLY SUPPORTIVE OF RUSSIA, WEST RUSSIA UPS OIL EXPORTS TO CHINA BY RAIL
Volume 3 Issue 143 July 25, 2006 MOSCOW UNLEASHES A MOUNTAIN CHIEFTAIN AGAINST GEORGIA IRAN BUILDS PARTNERSHIP WITH TAJIKISTAN AZERBAIJAN IS GROWING RAPIDLY, THANKS TO ITS OIL
Volume 3 Issue 142 July 24, 2006 AN INFORMAL FAREWELL TO THE DYSFUNCTIONAL COMMONWEALTH SUMMIT PRESCRIBES CIS LITE; PUTIN BLINKS BEFORE SAAKASHVILI; VORONIN STANDS UP TO PUTIN MOSCOW’S ANTI-GEORGIAN AGITPROP TARGETS WASHINGTON
Volume 3 Issue 141 July 21, 2006 CIS SUMMIT: GATHERING WILL LIKELY FLOP BUT MOSCOW IS INTENT TO CONTINUE THROWING ITS WEIGHT AROUND VERDICT HANDED DOWN ON BELARUSIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BAKU’S CHAOTIC CONSTRUCTION BOOM DRAWS INCREASING CRITICISM
Volume 3 Issue 140 July 20, 2006 GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR REPLACING RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS WITH INTERNATIONAL POLICE CONTINGENT KREMLIN MOVES TO STRENGTHEN CONTROL OVER DAGESTAN PUTIN EMBRACES DOUBLE STANDARD IN MID-EAST CRISIS
Volume 3 Issue 139 July 19, 2006 TABLES TURNED IN UKRAINE DEZINFORMATSIYA ALIVE BUT TRANSPARENT GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT SHOWS RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS THE DOOR, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN
Volume 3 Issue 138 July 18, 2006 RUSSIA HIGHLIGHTS CENTRAL ASIAN AGENDA AT G-8 SUMMIT PUTIN AND NAZARBAYEV INK DEAL TO PROCESS GAS AT ORENBURG BAKIYEV RELIES ON RUSSIA IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
Volume 3 Issue 137 July 17, 2006 BUSH DOWNPLAYS “SOVEREIGN DEMOCRACY” AT PUTIN’S BARBECUE WASHINGTON SECURES DEAL ON KYRGYZ BASE DEVELOPMENT AID CAN BE GEARED TOWARD CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN ABKHAZIA
Volume 3 Issue 136 July 14, 2006 WILL WESTERN PRAGMATISM TOWARD MOSCOW OUTLAST THE G-8 SUMMIT? ST. PETERSBURG G-8 SUMMIT: MOMENT OF TRUTH IN RUSSIA-WEST RELATIONS FSB CLAIMS GEORGIA PLANNING “PROVOCATION” DURING G-8 MEETING YUSHCHENKO’S ENERGY TEAM CONSIDERS CEDING TRANSIT PIPELINES TO GAZPROM
Volume 3 Issue 135 July 13, 2006 KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT RISKS RELATIONS WITH U.S. BEFORE G-8 SUMMIT BISHKEK COURTS ASTANA FOR BIG INVESTMENT FRADKOV PROPOSES MULTIPLE JOINT VENTURES WITH MONGOLIA
Volume 3 Issue 134 July 12, 2006 BASAEV’S DEATH DOES NOT SOLVE KREMLIN WORRIES IN NORTH CAUCASUS GEORGIAN COURTS, MEDIA, CRITICIZED FOR UNPOPULAR DECISIONS BTC PIPELINE COULD MAKE CEYHAN AN ENERGY HUB
Volume 3 Issue 133 July 11, 2006 BASAEV GONE, BUT MOSCOW STILL HAS HEADACHES IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS ARMENIA’S GREEK-OWNED TELECOM OPERATOR PUT UP FOR SALE TAJIKISTAN CAUTIOUS ON TIES WITH WESTERN MILITARIES
Volume 3 Issue 132 July 10, 2006 EVERYTHING READY FOR A CONTENT-FREE G-8 SUMMIT SIBERIA HOSTS MAJOR MILITARY EXERCISE, BUT KOREAN MISSILE TESTS SUGGEST FLAWED PLANNING SUKHUMI’S ANTI-GEORGIAN STANCE JEOPARDIZES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INITIATIVES
Volume 3 Issue 131 July 7, 2006 STATEMENT BY OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS SPARKS DEBATE IN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN RUSSIA TURNS THE OTHER CHEEK ON NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH EXPULSION OF TURKISH ELECTRICITY COMPANY PROMISES GEOPOLITICAL LOSSES FOR AZERBAIJAN
Volume 3 Issue 130 July 6, 2006 IS ABKHAZIA A PAWN IN THE GLOBAL POWER GAME? ROBBERY, RACKETEERING, RANSOM FUND NORTH CAUCASUS INSURGENCY KYRGYZ NGOs WARN ABOUT RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROBLEM
Volume 3 Issue 129 July 5, 2006 PARTY OF REGIONS BLOCKS PARLIAMENT GAZPROM EYES CENTRAL ASIA IN ITS DRIVE TOWARD "GLOBAL MARKET LEADERSHIP" KAZAKHSTAN’S PARLIAMENT RATIFIES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH AZERBAIJAN
Volume 3 Issue 128 July 3, 2006 WHAT "HOLY ALLIANCE" DOES PUTIN WANT TO AVOID? GAZPROM'S SEGP PROJECT, ROSUKRENERGO CONFLICT WITH EU PRIORITIES IN HUNGARY GEORGIAN WINE WAR -- IS HANGOVER MORE POLITICAL THAN ECONOMIC?
Volume 3 Issue 127 June 30, 2006 PIPELINE PROJECT CAN DIVERSIFY EUROPE'S GAS SUPPLIES AMENDMENTS TO KAZAKH MEDIA LAW DRAW WESTERN CRITICISM RUSSIA’S EVOLVING CHECHNYA STRATEGY: MANAGED NORMALITY
Volume 3 Issue 126 June 29, 2006 REBELS IN NORTH CAUCASUS TARGET SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS GEORGIAN MEDIA QUESTIONS SAAKASHVILI'S HEALTH, CABINET PLANS ORANGE TWO GOVERNMENT CAN MEET THE TRANSNISTRIA CHALLENGE
Volume 3 Issue 125 June 28, 2006 ORANGE REVOLUTION PARTIES RE-ESTABLISH GOVERNMENT COALITION INTEGRATION, RHETORIC, AND THE FUTURE OF BELARUS CSTO SUMMIT: MILITARY BLOC NOT YET CEMENTED
Volume 3 Issue 124 June 27, 2006 YEREVAN PRESSING FOR TOUGHER ACTION AGAINST ANTI-ARMENIAN RACISM IN RUSSIA NAZARBAYEV’S CASPIAN SECURITY DEALS: WHAT CAN MOSCOW OFFER? UZBEKISTAN ACCEDES TO COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION
Volume 3 Issue 123 June 26, 2006 ENERGY SECURITY DOMINATES SUMMER SUMMIT SCHEDULE CHINA EYES RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIAN STATES AS SOURCE OF CHEAP ELECTRICITY WITH FEW OUTLETS TO VOICE OPPOSITION, AZERBAIJANI STUDENTS STAGE HUNGER STRIKE
Volume 3 Issue 122 June 23, 2006 TURKMEN GAS PRICE HIKE: IMPLICATIONS FOR RUSSIA AND EUROPE TURKMEN GAS PRICE HIKE: IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE MOSCOW SURPRISINGLY COMPLACENT OVER NORTH KOREAN MISSILE THREATS
Volume 3 Issue 121 June 22, 2006 UKRAINE’S GAS PREDICAMENT WORSENING UKRAINE’S STATE GAS COMPANY FALLING RAPIDLY INTO DEBT SADULAEV DEATH RESULT OF GOOD LUCK, NOT GOOD PLANNING
Volume 3 Issue 120 June 21, 2006 OIL TANKER SHIPMENTS -- THE SHORT-TERM DEFAULT FOR TRANS-CASPIAN OIL RUSSIAN ECONOMIC PARADOXES AND THE POWER OF "STUPID MONEY" SOUTH OSSETIA PEACE PLANS SMELL OF GUNPOWDER
Volume 3 Issue 119 June 20, 2006 RUSSIA AND CHINA EYE BOOMING BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES LUKASHENKA SEEKS TO REWRITE HISTORY BOOKS KYRGYZ POLITICIANS BEGIN TO BREAK TIES TO CRIMINAL WORLD
Volume 3 Issue 118 June 19, 2006 KAZAKHSTAN-AZERBAIJAN OIL TRANSPORT AGREEMENT: NOT YET HISTORIC, BUT MIGHT BECOME SO YUSHCHENKO'S PARTY CHOOSING COALITION PARTNERS KARIMOV GAMBLES ON RUSSIA, CHINA, AND GERMANY
Volume 3 Issue 117 June 16, 2006 PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI MIDNIGHT MEETING: FUTILE BUT NECESSARY THREE SECESSIONIST LEADERSHIPS ANNOUNCE JOINT AGENDA KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS IRAN'S RECONCILIATION WITH THE WEST
Volume 3 Issue 116 June 15, 2006 NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN STILL WITHIN UKRAINE'S REACH IN 2006 RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES LOSE CONTROL OVER INGUSHETIA IRAN'S NUCLEAR DEMANDS: TOWARD A NEW ERA OF CONTAINMENT?
Volume 3 Issue 115 June 14, 2006 PROTESTS IN CRIMEA, INCITEMENT FROM MOSCOW, PARALYSIS IN KYIV THWART MILITARY EXERCISES END OF ORANGE COALITION LOOMING? OPPOSITION FEARS SAAKASHVILI WILL MANIPULATE -- OR CANCEL -- LOCAL ELECTIONS
Volume 3 Issue 114 June 13, 2006 BUSH VISIT, MILITARY EXERCISES CANCELED IN UKRAINE KYRGYZ DEFENSE MINISTER CALLS FOR MORE FOREIGN AID ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER GEARS UP FOR PRESIDENCY
Volume 3 Issue 113 June 12, 2006 RUSSIA TAKES ANOTHER STEP AWAY FROM DEMOCRACY NATO AND GUAM COUNTRIES HOLD FIRM AT CFE TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE MOSCOW, GAZPROM COMBINE TO MOVE AHEAD OF UKRAINE IN BUYING TURKMEN EXPORTS
Volume 3 Issue 112 June 9, 2006 MOSCOW, ANKARA RELUCTANT TO WELCOME NEW BLACK SEA FORUM RUSSIA AND WEST APPEAR SET TO CLASH OVER UKRAINE ISRAEL SHOWS INTEREST IN AZERBAIJANI ENERGY AND TRADE PROJECTS
Volume 3 Issue 111 June 8, 2006 BLACK SEA FORUM SEEKING ITS RATIONALE ANOTHER SENATOR IS FIRED: THE KREMLIN TARGETS THE LEADER OF KALMYKIA HOW “UNITED” IS THE UNITED OPPOSITION IN BELARUS?
Volume 3 Issue 110 June 7, 2006 PARTY OF REGIONS CONTINUES TO PLAY ON YUSHCHENKO'S WEAKNESSES CAN ABKHAZ AND GEORGIAN PEACE PLANS COEXIST? RUSSIA VIEWS THE VIENNA AGREEMENTS ON IRAN AS VICTORY
Volume 3 Issue 109 June 6, 2006 CRITICISM, SUSPICIONS MOUNT REGARDING CLOSED TALKS ON MANAS BISHKEK BECOMES SCENE OF CONTINUOUS ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS RUSSIA EYES CENTRAL ASIA URANIUM DEPOSITS
Volume 3 Issue 108 June 5, 2006 KYRGYZSTAN RELENTING ON U.S. AIR BASE USTINOV’S FIRING REVEALS CLAN MANEUVERING INSIDE KREMLIN KYIV’S POLITICAL STALEMATE COMPLICATES RELATIONS WITH NATO
Volume 3 Issue 107 June 2, 2006 RUSSIA-TURKEY RELATIONS: COOPERATION AND COMPETITION IN ENERGY SPHERE WEAK AUTHORITY EMBOLDENS ANTI-NATO PROTESTS IN UKRAINE SOCHI TALKS CONCEAL DEEP MISTRUST BETWEEN ASTANA AND MOSCOW
Volume 3 Issue 106 June 1, 2006 POLISH COMPANY ACQUIRES MAJORITY STAKE IN LITHUANIA’S OIL SECTOR RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TALK ABOUT GLOBAL THREATS, BUT PREPARE FOR LOCAL WAR CHINESE INVESTORS CONSIDER JOINT PROJECTS WITH RUSSIAN FAR EAST
Volume 3 Issue 105 May 31, 2006 COALITION TALKS: YUSHCHENKO DECIDES TO STEP IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN UNDER STRONG PRESSURE TO HAMMER OUT KARABAKH PEACE IRAN BLAMES “FOREIGN POWERS” FOR RECENT ETHNIC UNREST
Volume 3 Issue 104 May 30, 2006 MOSCOW GROOMS ACCUSED TERRORIST GIORGADZE FOR ROLE IN GEORGIA PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE TO TRANSFORM RUSSIAN "PEACEKEEPING" IN MOLDOVA CHAOS IN THE KYRGYZ SECURITY STRUCTURES
Volume 3 Issue 103 May 26, 2006 RUSSIA, EUROPE DRAW BATTLE LINES IN THEIR DISPUTE OVER ENERGY AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC OUTRAGED BY SLAUGHTER OF AZERIS IN IRAN BELARUS: THE MYTH OF "PEOPLE POWER"
Volume 3 Issue 102 May 25, 2006 GUAM IN KYIV: ANOTHER SUMMIT OF GOOD INTENTIONS ENERGY INSECURITY, FROZEN CONFLICTS PREOCCUPY GUAM SUMMIT RUSSIAN REGIONS CONTINUE TO RESIST KREMLIN CENTRALIZATION POLICY
Volume 3 Issue 101 May 24, 2006 PUTIN LEANING ON NAZARBAYEV TO THWART WESTBOUND ENERGY PROJECTS INCONSISTENT LANGUAGE POLICY CREATES PROBLEMS IN UKRAINE LAW-ENFORCEMENT REVIEW PROVOKES CONFLICT IN SAAKASHVILI'S GOVERNMENT
Volume 3 Issue 100 May 23, 2006 RUSSIAN INFLUENCE ON THE UPSWING IN KYRGYZSTAN KYRGYZSTAN FIGHTS ONE-DAY WAR WITH UNKNOWN BANDITS KAZAKHSTAN BOOSTING CASPIAN SECURITY
Volume 3 Issue 99 May 22, 2006 PUTIN'S FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION RESEMBLES MATRYOSHKA DOLL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND KAZAKHSTAN SEEN AS "RELIABLE" RUSSIA'S RETENTION OF GUDAUTA BASE -- AN UNFULFILLED CFE TREATY COMMITMENT
Volume 3 Issue 98 May 19, 2006 BELARUS SEEKS TO EMULATE GERMAN-GAZPROM DEALS READING PUTIN'S MILITARY TEA LEAVES ASTANA'S INTEGRATION DREAMS SUFFER SETBACKS
Volume 3 Issue 97 May 18, 2006 NEW ATTACKS FORCE KREMLIN TO LIFT INFORMATION BLOCKADE ON CHECHNYA SAAKASHVILI CONVENES COMMISSION ON CONSEQUENCES OF WITHDRAWING FROM CIS INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY ON ABKHAZIA RESUMES IN TBILISI AFTER LONG HIATUS
Volume 3 Issue 96 May 17, 2006 ARMENIAN SPEAKER OUSTED FROM RULING COALITION REGIONS OF UKRAINE COMES BACK, TAKES UP LANGUAGE ISSUE MOSCOW PRESSING FOR CFE TREATY RATIFICATION DESPITE ITS OWN NON-COMPLIANCE
Volume 3 Issue 95 May 16, 2006 PUTIN MARKS ZERO-SUM WIN WITH KARIMOV IN SOCHI RUSSIA REMAINS KARIMOV'S BEST HOPE RUSSIA PLANS EXPANSION OF ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN
Volume 3 Issue 94 May 15, 2006 RUSSIA'S VIRTUAL MILITARY MIGHT SHIELD AGAINST U.S. CRITICISM IS AN ECONOMIC CRISIS LOOMING IN BELARUS? MOLDOVA CAN FOLLOW GEORGIA'S EXAMPLE ON RUSSIAN "PEACEKEEPING" TROOPS
Volume 3 Issue 93 May 12, 2006 PUTIN'S NEW DEAL: KREMLIN PLAYS UP NATIONALIST CARD KYIV ALSO GLANCING AT EXIT FROM CIS ALIYEV'S RECENT SCHEDULE: BALANCED FOREIGN POLICY OR BAD TIMING?
Volume 3 Issue 92 May 11, 2006 GEORGIA NEAR EXIT FROM CIS DAGESTAN: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM? STUNG BY CHENEY'S COMMENTS, MOSCOW PLAYS ENERGY CARD
Volume 3 Issue 91 May 10, 2006 WILL WASHINGTON LEAD THE KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS? AGREEMENT AT HAND ON OIL TRANSPORT FROM KAZAKHSTAN TO AZERBAIJAN ABKHAZIA SLIDES TOWARD RUSSIA, BUT GEORGIA HOLDS ONTO ITS CLAIMS
Volume 3 Issue 90 May 9, 2006 KARIMOV'S SEARCH FOR SECURITY PARTNERS LEADS TO PAKISTAN KYRGYZ OPPOSITION SETS DEADLINE FOR BAKIYEV TO FIGHT CORRUPTION, ORGANIZED CRIME KAZAKHSTAN EXACERBATES "RELIGIOUS THREAT" BY MANEUVERING BETWEEN BEIJING AND WASHINGTON
Volume 3 Issue 89 May 8, 2006 CHENEY VISIT SPOTLIGHTS KAZAKHSTAN'S PIVOTAL ROLE AFTER VILNIUS, PUTIN HAS TO RECONSIDER HIS PROSPECTS CHENEY'S VISIT LEAVES ASTANA FACING NEW DILEMMA IN MULTI-VECTOR POLICY
Volume 3 Issue 88 May 5, 2006 VILNIUS CONFERENCE ON EUROPE'S COMPLETION IN THE EAST KREMLIN PONDERS MEANING OF EAST EUROPEAN SUMMIT DESPITE INITIAL PROTEST, OPPOSITION LEADERS CHANGE TONE AFTER ALIYEV'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
Volume 3 Issue 87 May 4, 2006 SOVMEN REMAINS PRESIDENT OF ADYGEYA, BUT KREMLIN LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVES RUSSIAN ENERGY PROFITS AID RUSSIAN MILITARY, BUT NOT MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR TURNING DEMOCRACY INTO A "FRINGE ELEMENT" AND MOLDOVA INTO A RUSSIAN PROTECTORATE
Volume 3 Issue 86 May 3, 2006 GEORGIAN ARMY MARKS 15th ANNIVERSARY, BUT IS IT READY FOR NATO? AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON (part 2) GAZPROM PICKS OFF ONE LARGE GERMAN MORSEL, POISED FOR ANOTHER
Volume 3 Issue 85 May 2, 2006 RUSSIAN-GERMAN SUMMIT IN TOMSK: SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP ON DISPLAY RACIST MURDERS DEAL FURTHER BLOW TO RUSSIA'S STANDING IN ARMENIA KAZAKH-UZBEK BORDER INCIDENT SIGNALS TENSION
Volume 3 Issue 84 May 1, 2006 NOT QUITE 100 YEARS OF CURTAILED RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARISM RUSSIAN OIL TO FLOW TO CHINA EVEN BEFORE PIPELINE COMPLETED AZERBAIJAN ON THE WEST'S NEW FRONTIER OF ENERGY SECURITY (Part 1)
Volume 3 Issue 83 April 28, 2006 KREMLIN TRIES TO CONVINCE WARY WEST THAT STRONG GAZPROM IS GOOD FOR IT A MURKY MEETING IN MOSCOW ON MOLDOVA
Volume 3 Issue 82 April 27, 2006 PUTIN PLEASES ENVIRONMENTALISTS BY RE-ROUTING PACIFIC PIPELINE RUSSIAN FORCES DRILL FOR POSSIBLE REBEL OFFENSIVE IN NORTH CAUCASUS AZERBAIJAN FEARS STANDOFF BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND TEHRAN
Volume 3 Issue 81 April 26, 2006 MOSCOW MOVING AGAINST YUKOS AND LITHUANIA AHEAD OF G-8 ENERGY SUMMIT YUSHCHENKO'S TEAM REJECTS TYMOSHENKO'S PRIME MINISTERIAL AMBITION CRITICS PRESS FOR IMPROVED JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN GEORGIA
Volume 3 Issue 80 April 25, 2006 POLITICAL CONFRONTATION DETRACTS FROM ACUTE CHERNOBYL PROBLEMS IN BELARUS CIS SPLIT AT MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE BISHKEK WELCOMES EXPANDED RUSSIAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN
Volume 3 Issue 79 April 24, 2006 EUROPE CALLS GAZPROM'S BLUFF AND PONDERS ITS THREAT RUSSIA-PACIFIC PIPELINE PROJECT BRUSHES OFF ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIONS DUSHANBE HOSTS CIS INTERIOR MINISTERS' MEETING
Volume 3 Issue 78 April 21, 2006 EUROPE REJECTS GAZPROM'S ULTIMATUM KYRGYZ PRESIDENT WARNS OF DEADLINE ON AMERICAN AIR BASE KAZAKH OFFICIALS HUSH UP MOUNTING RUSSIAN NATIONALISM
Volume 3 Issue 77 April 20, 2006 RUSSIAN REACTION TO JAMESTOWN CONFERENCE REVEALS KREMLIN FEAR OF FREE SPEECH ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS MOMENT OF TRUTH IN KYRGYZSTAN FOR U.S. POLICY RUSSIA CONTINUES TO PRESS GEORGIAN WINE INDUSTRY
Volume 3 Issue 76 April 19, 2006 TYMOSHENKO SET TO OUST NEW MAYOR OF KYIV GOVERNMENT INFIGHTING HERALDS START OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ARMENIA ARMENIA'S GIVEAWAYS TO RUSSIA: FROM PROPERTY-FOR-DEBT TO PROPERTY-FOR-GAS
Volume 3 Issue 75 April 18, 2006 KAZMUNAYGAZ CAN BE THE OPTIMAL CHOICE FOR MAZEIKIAI CHINA ADVANCES ITS INTERESTS IN CENTRAL ASIA THROUGH SCO AMID PUBLIC ANXIETIES, BEIJING AND ASTANA BOOST TIES
Volume 3 Issue 74 April 17, 2006 MOSCOW PUTS PR SPIN ON ITS SHRINKING NUCLEAR ARSENAL RUSSIA WALKS THE TIGHTROPE BETWEEN IRAN AND WASHINGTON MOSCOW STEPS UP ECONOMIC, POLITICAL TIES WITH UZBEKISTAN
Volume 3 Issue 73 April 14, 2006 LEADING KYRGYZ ACTIVIST ATTACKED RUSSIAN PUNDITS SAY WORLD COMMUNITY DOES NOT HAVE LEVERAGE OVER IRAN KOSOVO AND THE POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS: NO ANALOGY MEANS NO "PRECEDENT"
Volume 3 Issue 72 April 13, 2006 KOSOVO AND THE POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS: NO ANALOGY MEANS NO "PRECEDENT" ALIYEV'S INVITATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE: A BLESSING OR A CURSE? PUTIN'S FEAR OF ELECTIONS AND FEAR OF INVESTMENT
Volume 3 Issue 71 April 12, 2006 A WEAKENED LUKASHENKA STARTS THIRD TERM BAKU PREPARES FOR NEW PHASE IN U.S.-AZERBAIJANI STRATEGIC RELATIONS GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT QUESTIONED ABOUT SECRET FUNDS
Volume 3 Issue 70 April 11, 2006 ORANGE REVOLUTION LEADERS DECIDE TO RE-UNITE KYRGYZ NGOs CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME RUSSIA AND TAJIKISTAN HOLD JOINT ANTI-TERROR EXERCISES
Volume 3 Issue 69 April 10, 2006 ADYGEI LEADER CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE KREMLIN TURKMENISTAN SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN ENERGY TIES WITH CHINA TURKMENISTAN-CHINA GAS AGREEMENT UNREALISTICALLY AMBITIOUS
Volume 3 Issue 68 April 7, 2006 GAZPROM SQUEEZING BELARUS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CHALLENGES "WESTERN" CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS WESTERN-TRAINED PROFESSIONALS DOMINATE NEW AFGHAN CABINET
Volume 3 Issue 67 April 6, 2006 KREMLIN PLAN TO MERGE ADYGEYA MEETS UNEXPECTED OBSTACLE BLESSING ARMENIA'S DEBT SERVITUDE NAZARBAYEV'S GROWING CONFIDENCE ON VIEW IN VISIT TO MOSCOW
Volume 3 Issue 66 April 5, 2006 NATIONAL SECURITY A NECESSARY FACTOR IN NEGOTIATIONS ON MAZEIKIAI MAVERICK BANKER WINS MAYORAL ELECTION IN KYIV WILL ABKHAZIA COME UNDER UN GOVERNANCE?
Volume 3 Issue 65 April 4, 2006 AGREEMENTS SIGNED ON RUSSIAN MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA U.S. ANNOUNCES MAJOR NEW AID PACKAGE FOR ARMENIA TAJIK MILITARY WEARY OF NATO
Volume 3 Issue 64 April 3, 2006 RUSSIAN-KAZAKH "STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP" LACKS EXCLUSIVITY KREMLIN CASTS LONG SHADOW OVER RUSSIAN BUSINESS LITHUANIA MAY NATIONALIZE MAZEIKIAI OIL COMPLEX
Volume 3 Issue 63 March 31, 2006 RUSSIAN STRATEGISTS PONDER POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF UKRAINIAN POLL PROTESTS, ACCUSATIONS, AND RIOTS SHAKE GEORGIA RUSSIA'S NEW CHINA-BOUND GAS PIPELINE PLAN SPARKS CONTROVERSY
Volume 3 Issue 62 March 30, 2006 DAGESTAN CONTINUES TO SINK INTO CHAOS DESPITE APPOINTMENT OF NEW LEADER AZERBAIJAN SPEARHEADING INITIATIVE ON TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE NEW TENSIONS COMPLICATE RELATIONS BETWEEN BAKU AND TEHRAN
Volume 3 Issue 61 March 29, 2006 ELECTION DEFEAT A COLD SHOWER FOR YUSHCHENKO UN SECURITY COUNCIL SHUTS EYES AND EARS TO GEORGIA KAZAKHSTAN SET TO SUPPLY MORE ARMAMENTS TO ITS ARMED FORCES
Volume 3 Issue 60 March 28, 2006 U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS: GROWING RIFT OVER EURASIA'S DEMOCRATIZATION IVANOV TAKES CHARGE OF RUSSIAN MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATE RUSSIA BANS GEORGIAN, MOLDOVAN WINES AND OTHER PRODUCTS
Volume 3 Issue 59 March 27, 2006 INDEPENDENCE DAY MARCH TURNS VIOLENT IN MINSK MOSCOW HINTS IT MAY FORMALIZE INCORPORATION OF SOUTH OSSETIA EUROPEAN UNION‘S ENERGY PAPER: A MUFFLED CALL TO A SLOW WAKEUP
Volume 3 Issue 58 March 24, 2006 RUSSIA-WEST STANDOFF IN TRANSNISTRIA: OVERALL POST-SOVIET ORDER AT STAKE BELARUS: END GAME KYRGYZSTAN MARKS FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF TULIP REVOLUTION
Volume 3 Issue 57 March 23, 2006 DESECRATION OF KORAN COULD PROVOKE ATTACK IN DAGESTAN UKRAINE BREAKING RANKS WITH EUROPE AND MOLDOVA ON TRANSNISTRIA GEORGIA EXTRICATING FROM GAZPROM'S BEAR HUG
Volume 3 Issue 56 March 22, 2006 YUSHCHENKO CHOOSING BETWEEN TYMOSHENKO AND YANUKOVYCH? NEWFOUND U.S. INTEREST IN AZERBAIJAN PROMISES MORE HEADACHES FOR BAKU KAZAKH-UZBEK RELATIONS SHOW SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT
Volume 3 Issue 55 March 21, 2006 BISHKEK STAGES ANTI-TERRORIST EXERCISES GAZPROM BROADENS, DEEPENS INROADS INTO EUROPEAN UNION'S INTERNAL MARKETS, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS A SOVIET-STYLE ELECTION ENDS IN BELARUS, PROTESTS BEGIN
Volume 3 Issue 54 March 20, 2006 QUARRELS IN THE GOVERNMENT FUELLED BY INFLATION AND INTRIGUE KOSOVO IMPEDES SETTLEMENT OF ABKHAZ SITUATION UKRAINE DEBT REPAYMENT CAN REACTIVATE GAS TALKS WITH TURKMENISTAN
Volume 3 Issue 53 March 17, 2006 OFFICIAL MINSK IS PREPARING FOR A COUP BIDDING FOR YUKOS ASSETS IN LITHUANIA RUSSIA PLEDGES TO UPHOLD GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY
Volume 3 Issue 52 March 16, 2006 RUSSIAN REACTION TO MILOSEVIC'S DEATH REVEALS RIFT BETWEEN KREMLIN AND THE WEST TRANS-CASPIAN EXPORT OPTION NOW AVAILABLE TO CPC COMPANIES IN KAZAKHSTAN KYIV REOPENING THE DOOR TO ROSUKRENERGO
Volume 3 Issue 51 March 15, 2006 ROSUKRENERGO SNEAKING BACK INTO UKRAINE UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES CAMPAIGN FOR RUSSIAN LANGUAGE KARABAKH CONFLICT HANGS OVER GEORGIA'S ARMENIAN-POPULATED REGIONS
Volume 3 Issue 50 March 14, 2006 UZBEKISTAN HOSTS SCO ANTI-TERRORIST DRILL BAKIYEV FACES STRONG, MATURING OPPOSITION IN KYRGYZSTAN RUSSIA VIEWS MONGOLIA AS GATEWAY TO CHINA
Volume 3 Issue 49 March 13, 2006 MOSCOW COUNTS THE PROS AND CONS OF "SELECTIVE COOPERATION" RUSSIA POISED FOR BOLD INROADS INTO WEST'S ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEMS AZERBAIJAN SIGNALS EASTWARD TILT WITH PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO JAPAN
Volume 3 Issue 48 March 10, 2006 RUSSIA HINTING IT MAY ESCALATE TRANSNISTRIA STANDOFF NAZARBAYEV THREATENS TO CRACK DOWN ON LIBEL, BRIBERY KARIMOV SEEKS STRONGER MILITARY FORCES
Volume 3 Issue 47 March 9, 2006 MOSCOW AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER IN TRANSNISTRIA INGUSH REBELS TARGET LOCAL RUSSIAN POPULATION GEORGIAN POLICE CLAIM TO SOLVE HIGH-PROFILE MURDER
Volume 3 Issue 46 March 8, 2006 UKRAINE STEPS IN TO CLOSE EUROPE'S BIGGEST BLACK HOLE THREE PARTIES TO CONTEST UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BELARUS ELECTION CAMPAIGN TURNS VIOLENT
Volume 3 Issue 45 March 7, 2006 ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT REAFFIRMS PLANS TO BUILD NEW NUCLEAR PLANT RUSSIA CHINA PLEDGE TO BOOST SECURITY TIES RULING PARTY CONTINUES TO LOSE GROUND IN AZERBAIJAN
Volume 3 Issue 44 March 6, 2006 KOCHARIAN'S WARNING TO RECOGNIZE KARABAKH IS UNCONVINCING SELLING "ENERGY SECURITY" IN BUDAPEST AND PRAGUE SOLANA GAFFE OVERSHADOWS FAILURE OF 5+2 NEGOTIATIONS
Volume 3 Issue 43 March 3, 2006 TURKEY SIDES WITH MOSCOW AGAINST WASHINGTON ON BLACK SEA FORCE WHAT ROLE FOR THE BLACK SEA REGION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ENERGY STRATEGY? (Part 1) WHAT ROLE FOR THE BLACK SEA REGION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ENERGY STRATEGY? (Part 2)
Volume 3 Issue 42 March 2, 2006 LOCALS BELIEVE RUSSIAN MILITARY IS POISONING CHECHEN CHILDREN MONEY CAN'T ENTICE BIN LADEN ALLIES TO REVEAL HIS WHEREABOUTS RUSSIAN RAILWAYS FEARS LOOSING OIL SHIPMENTS TO CHINA
Volume 3 Issue 41 March 1, 2006 MULTIPLE ISSUES MAKE OPPOSITION SEEM ATTRACTIVE TO GEORGIAN VOTERS TEHRAN ANNOUNCES NEW NUCLEAR DEAL WITH MOSCOW, BUT CONTENT IS RERUN OF OLD ARGUMENTS MOLDOVAN EX-DEFENSE MINISTER'S TRIAL BOOMERANGS
Volume 3 Issue 40 February 28, 2006 TRAGEDY AT MOSCOW MARKET REVEALS XENOPHOBIA AMONG RUSSIAN PUBLIC DUSHANBE WELCOMES MILITARY AID, BUT WITHOUT DEMOCRATIC STRINGS ATTACHED AS EUROPE EMBRACES ENERGY CONSERVATION, MOSCOW LOOKS TO ASIA'S GROWING DEMAND
Volume 3 Issue 39 February 27, 2006 KHRUSHCHEV'S SECRET SPEECH AND PUTIN'S PUBLIC PRAISE ROSNEFT EXPANDING ITS ROLE IN KAZAKHSTAN PUTIN IN AZERBAIJAN
Volume 3 Issue 38 February 24, 2006 MOSCOW STUNG BY GEORGIAN RESOLUTION ON SOUTH OSSETIA PUTIN IN BAKU: CHANGES IN AZERI-RUSSIAN ENERGY RELATIONS ON THE HORIZON EUROPE HOPES TO REVIVE TRANS-CASPIAN ENERGY PIPELINES
Volume 3 Issue 37 February 23, 2006 TURKMEN GAS PRICE HIKE, DEBT COLLECTION CLAIMS COMPLICATE UKRAINE'S SITUATION MAGOMEDOV OUT AS MOSCOW OPTS FOR NEW LEADERSHIP IN MAKHACHKALA KAZAKH NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE IMPLICATED IN DEATH OF ANTI-NAZARBAYEV POLITICIAN
Volume 3 Issue 36 February 22, 2006 HOW THE BELARUS ELECTION WILL BE WON WILL GEORGIA BECOME A U.S. ALLY IN A POSSIBLE STRIKE AGAINST IRAN? MOSCOW RECYCLES OFFER TO PROCESS IRANIAN NUCLEAR FUEL
Volume 3 Issue 35 February 21, 2006 RUSSIA AUGMENTING AIR BASE IN KYRGYZSTAN YEREVAN INSISTS KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS ALIVE DESPITE PARIS FIASCO NEW RUSSIAN COMMANDER FOR 201st MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION IN DUSHANBE
Volume 3 Issue 34 February 17, 2006 IS YUSHCHENKO BACKTRACKING ON THE NOTORIOUS GAS DEAL? MOSCOW SAYS GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT'S VOTE ON PEACEKEEPERS INCONSEQUENTIAL CHINA OBSTRUCTS RIVER MANAGEMENT TALKS WITH KAZAKHSTAN
Volume 3 Issue 33 February 16, 2006 UKRGASENERGO: A NEW RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN VENTURE TO DOMINATE UKRAINE'S GAS MARKET PUTIN, ALIYEV PREPARE FOR SUMMIT IN BAKU FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN NOGAI REBELS AND RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES
Volume 3 Issue 32 February 15, 2006 TWO-TRACK RESOLUTION -- GEORGIA'S BEST OPTION ON PEACEKEEPING IN SOUTH OSSETIA SAAKASHVILI TRUMPETS SUCCESSES, WHILE OPPOSITION PLOTS "NETTLE REVOLUTION" TAJIK OFFICIALS WARN OF RISING ISLAMIC ACTIVITY IN THEIR COUNTRY
Volume 3 Issue 31 February 14, 2006 RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN DELEGATION IN MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA SHORT-CIRCUITS THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS BAKIYEV WINS BATTLE AGAINST PARLIAMENT LEADER, BUT LOSES PUBLIC SUPPORT IN THE PROCESS KAZAKHSTAN SET TO BOOST MILITARY EXPORTS
Volume 3 Issue 30 February 13, 2006 MOSCOW'S INITIATIVE: YOUR TERRORIST IS OUR DEAR GUEST MOSCOW SEEKS TO ACQUIRE RUSSIAN DIAMOND MONOPOLY PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT RE-FREEZES KARABAKH CONFLICT
Volume 3 Issue 29 February 10, 2006 KREMLIN CALLS ON COMPATRIOTS TO COME BACK TO MOTHER RUSSIA MUSAVAT DECIDES TO JOIN NEW AZERBAIJAN PARLIAMENT UZBEKS APPEAL TO BAKIYEV, CLAIMING ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION
Volume 3 Issue 28 February 9, 2006 TBILISI CLAIMS TO HAVE THWARTED ATTEMPT ON SAAKASHVILI'S LIFE AUTHORITIES REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE INSURGENCY IN NORTH OSSETIA TAJIKISTAN CONCENTRATES ON NATIONAL GUARD REFORM
Volume 3 Issue 27 February 8, 2006 POST-SOVIET SECESSIONISTS HEDGING THEIR BETS ON A "KOSOVO PRECEDENT" RUMORS SUGGEST MAJOR RUSSIAN MILITARY REORGANIZATION IMMINENT OUR UKRAINE, PARTY OF REGIONS LOOK FOR COALITION ALLIES, MAY FIND EACH OTHER
Volume 3 Issue 26 February 7, 2006 MOSCOW KILLS BODEN PAPER, THREATENS TO TERMINATE UNOMIG IN GEORGIA ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT TO REPLACE DEFIANT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER RUSSIA REGISTERS GROWTH IN TRADE WITH CHINA, BUT INCREASE DUE TO HIGHER PRICES, NOT MORE TURNOVER
Volume 3 Issue 25 February 6, 2006 ENERGY DILEMMA FOR BELARUS PUTIN, GAZPROM, AND "THE OTHER NORWEGIAN COMPANY" MOSCOW ON KOSOVO: HAVING ITS CAKE AND EATING IT TOO
Volume 3 Issue 24 February 3, 2006 MOSCOW CHANGES TACTICS IN UKRAINE BIFURCATION OF EUROPE: RUSSIA PONDERS STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE IN EURO-EAST NAZARBAYEV ROTATES CABINET, IGNORES PROMISE TO INCLUDE OPPOSITION
Volume 3 Issue 23 February 2, 2006 PUTIN ON KOSOVO AND POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS: DESTRUCTIVE AMBIGUITY RUSSIANS, GEORGIANS, OR CAUCASUS REBELS: WHO BLEW UP THE PIPELINES? DONORS PLEDGE MORE AID, BUT WORRY HOW KABUL WILL SPEND IT
Volume 3 Issue 22 February 1, 2006 HEAD OF GEORGIA'S NATIONAL GUARD RESIGNS AFTER 10 DAYS IRAN, TAJIKISTAN STRENGTHEN COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR IRAN AND CHINA SIGN AGREEMENT TO EXPLORE OIL IN THE CASPIAN SEA
Volume 3 Issue 21 January 31, 2006 CRISIS OF UKRAINE'S STATE INSTITUTIONS SPECULATION CONTINUES OVER APPOINTMENT OF NEW UZBEK MVD CHIEF, RESIGNATION OF SNB CHAIR SEEMS INEVITABLE CALLS GROW FOR RESIGNATION OF KYRGYZ SECURITY CHIEF
Volume 3 Issue 20 January 30, 2006 MOSCOW TO INCREASE NUCLEAR TIES WITH UZBEKISTAN RUSSIAN ECONOMIC BOOM GOES UNNOTICED IN DAVOS MOSCOW, KYIV DISRUPTING NEGOTIATIONS ON TRANSNISTRIA
Volume 3 Issue 19 January 27, 2006 RUSSIA WELCOMES UZBEKISTAN INTO ITS EURASIAN ENERGY EMPIRE U.S., RUSSIAN DEFENSE LEADERS COURT BAKU WITH INCENTIVE OFFERS COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONDEMNS COMMUNISM OVER MOSCOW'S OPPOSITION
Volume 3 Issue 18 January 26, 2006 KYRGYZSTAN ASKS FOR MANIFOLD INCREASE IN U.S. PAYMENTS FOR MANAS PUTIN-KOCHARIAN LOVE FEST CONCEALS REAL PROBLEMS MOSCOW PUTS KADYROV'S PRIVATE ARMY UNDER ITS OWN COMMAND
Volume 3 Issue 17 January 25, 2006 TBILISI TURNS TO TEHRAN TO BRIDGE ENERGY DEFICIT YUSHCHENKO'S REFERENDUM THREATS RING HOLLOW KAZAKHSTAN CLAIMS REGIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLE
Volume 3 Issue 16 January 24, 2006 INTEREST REBOUNDS IN TRANS-CASPIAN PIPELINE FOR TURKMEN GAS ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN LEADERS SET FOR MAKE-OR-BREAK MEETING ON KARABAKH SCAREMONGERING AND SCARED PEOPLE: THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONTINUES IN BELARUS
Volume 3 Issue 15 January 23, 2006 RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLY CUTOFF TO GEORGIA: ANOTHER WAKE-UP SIGNAL TO THE WEST RUSSIA STRUGGLES WITH COLD AND SHIVERS FROM ENERGY INSECURITY DAMAGE CONTROL FOR RUSSIA AND CHINA AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Volume 3 Issue 14 January 20, 2006 GAS FROM IRAN TO BREAK GAZPROM'S MONOPOLY IN ARMENIA KREMLIN ENERGY POLICY IN EUROPE: DIVIDE ET IMPERA NAZARBAYEV PLACES PRIORITY ON TIES WITH MOSCOW
Volume 3 Issue 13 January 19, 2006 UKRAINE SEEKS CONTROL OF RUSSIAN NAVAL FACILITIES ON ITS SOIL WAVE OF BOMBINGS IN AFGHANISTAN THREATENS WESTERN TROOP DEPLOYMENTS "BANDITS TO PRISON:" OLD GUARD USE GAS TO TAKE REVENGE IN UKRAINE ELECTIONS
Volume 3 Issue 12 January 18, 2006 RUSSIA-MOLDOVA GAS ARMISTICE: A PRECEDENT FOR OTHERS? AZERBAIJAN WORRIED OVER POTENTIAL SANCTIONS OR MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN CHANGES IN GEORGIAN MEDIA INDUSTRY REFLECT POLITICAL INFIGHTING
Volume 3 Issue 11 January 17, 2006 ARMENIA GAINS SHORT REPRIEVE FROM 100% PRICE HIKE ON RUSSIAN GAS KAZAKHSTAN LOOKS WARILY TO NATO IS BAKIYEV LOSING LEGITIMACY?
Volume 3 Issue 10 January 16, 2006 PUTIN-YUSHCHENKO JOINT DECLARATION ON MOLDOVA CRITICIZED BY ROMANIA ROSNEFT EYES NEW FIELDS IN EASTERN SIBERIA AND BEYOND HAS MOSCOW TURNED ITS BACK ON TEHRAN?
Volume 3 Issue 9 January 13, 2006 YUSHCHENKO SWEARS BY RUSSIAN GAS DEAL WHILE YEKHANUROV SPILLS THE BEANS IVANOV RESTATES KREMLIN'S MONROE DOCTRINE ARMENIAN OLIGARCH MAKES BID FOR POWER WITH NEW POLITICAL PARTY RESIDENTS ANGRY AS AZERBAIJAN HIKES GASOLINE PRICES
Volume 3 Issue 8 January 12, 2006 PUTIN OFFERS TO SHORE UP A WEAKENED YUSHCHENKO RUSSIAN GENERALS WARN OF NEW REBEL OFFENSIVE IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS SAAKASHVILI GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON PRISON MAFIA QUESTIONS SURROUND CONTINUED U.S. PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN
Volume 3 Issue 7 January 11, 2006 EUROPEAN UNION RESPONDS AS MOLDOVA GAS PREDICAMENT DEEPENS PUTIN'S GAS BLUNDER YUSHCHENKO'S GOVERNMENT LOSES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IS ALIYEV GOVERNMENT MEDDLING IN AZERBAIJAN'S BUSINESS SECTOR?
Volume 3 Issue 6 January 10, 2006 CENTRAL ASIAN GAS: LOST TO EUROPE AFTER RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN DEAL? MOSCOW'S GAS WAR WITH UKRAINE LEAVES ASTANA BRUISED WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM STALLED, BAKIYEV OPTS FOR REFERENDUM DUSHANBE LOOKS TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING
Volume 3 Issue 5 January 9, 2006 MARKET ECONOMICS TAKES A DRUBBING IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS DEAL XENOPHOBES TO CONTEST SEATS IN UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT EIGHT CANDIDATES SEEK BELARUS PRESIDENCY ILLARIONOV RESIGNATION REDUCES KREMLIN DEBATE ON ECONOMY, ENERGY POLICY
Volume 3 Issue 4 January 6, 2006 CONTROVERSIAL ASPECTS OF RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS AGREEMENT DISCLOSED IN KYIV KREMLIN ENERGY POLICY IN UKRAINE: UNWIELDY COMBINATION OF STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND PRIVATE INTERESTS LOOMING KARABAKH DEAL NOT DEBATED IN ARMENIA, FOR NOW TASHKENT SEEKS NEW MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Volume 3 Issue 3 January 5, 2006 RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS TRUCE: MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION CRUMBLES AFTER ELECTIONS INSURGENTS SEEM TO HAVE UPPER HAND ACROSS THE NORTH CAUCASUS FORMER RESISTANCE LEADER TO LEAD AFGHANISTAN'S NEW PARLIAMENT
Volume 3 Issue 2 January 4, 2006 UKRAINIAN AND MOLDOVAN PRESIDENTS CLOSE RANKS, APPEAL TO EUROPEAN UNION ON GAS CRISIS GAZPROM HALTS GAS SUPPLIES TO MOLDOVA AS RUSSIA IS DOWNGRADED TO "UNFREE" IS IT UNFIT TO HEAD THE G-8? ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN HOPE TO MAKE 2006 A "YEAR OF PEACE"
Volume 3 Issue 1 January 3, 2006 KREMLIN STOPS GAS DELIVERIES TO UKRAINE YUSHCHENKO CHALLENGES CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ATASU-ALASHANKOU PIPELINE CEMENTS "STRATEGIC ALLIANCE" BETWEEN BEIJING AND ASTANA KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO REGULATE CROSSINGS ALONG BORDER WITH UZBEKISTAN