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2009-08-07 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan faces down Uzbek protests over new base

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#2 Uzbekistan aligned itself with Russia in 2005 after the West condemned its handling of a protest in the town of Andizhan where government troops fired on protesters, killing hundreds, according to witnesses.

No country on Russia's borders can align itself with Russia against the West for very long, given that Russia has designs on its territory, and the West doesn't.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-08-07 18:03|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-08-07 18:03|| Front Page Top

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