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Russia and Central Asia: Missed Opportunities and New Prospects

... Uzbekistan Eparchies are clearly underused for building a positive image of Russia in Uzbekistan. Country's Image and Soft Power To a great extent, obstacles to Russia’s influence in Central Asia arise from the Kremlin's lengthy negligence of soft power mechanisms. The region (except for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) hosts several thousand representative offices of foreign funds and NGOs (USAID, Soros and Konrad Adenauer foundations, etc.), who deliver grant-based educational programs, effectively ousting Russian educators. Photo: msu....

13.02.2013

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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)