Moscow Is Still Central Asia’s Top Security Ally
... vigilant eye on the -Stans The latest months have been chaotic in Kyrgyzstan, where the fraudulent parliamentary elections held in ... ... maintain stability within its traditional sphere of influence. Central Asia appears to be no less decisive than Belarus or Nagorno-Karabakh ... ... of the new century started with the US military intervention in Afghanistan. Later on, new ethnic tensions mounted in the Fergana ... ... among Central Asian states. Uzbekistan prefers buying weapons from China, while Turkey is the largest arms supplier for Turkmenistan ...