Tajikistan
Russia Facing Resistance With Allies On CIS's Southern Flank
October 09, 2009By Bruce Pannier Russia's relations with the three states that make up the southern flank of the Commonwealth Of Independent States -- Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan -- have suffered severe setbacks of late. Uzbekistan has annoyed the Kremlin...
Moscow Reprises Another Tactic against Ukraine
October 08, 2009By Paul Goble Over the last decade, the Commonwealth of Independent States has been reduced to little more than a club of presidents of the 11 and now, after Georgia’s withdrawal, 11 former Soviet republics. But so few presidents are slated...
What if the CIS holds a Summit, and no one comes?
October 07, 2009By Robert Coalson There is none of the extraordinary street-cleaning or painting of dingy facades going on in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, that one might expect as the city prepares to host a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS...
Seven presidents attend Chisinau CIS Summit
October 07, 2009The CIS Summit will be held in the Moldovan capital next Friday in the absence of the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. According to the press service of the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration...
Louis O'Neill: Moldova's Near Miss With Nepotism
October 05, 2009By Louis O'Neill Every leader wants to be surrounded by people he can trust. And who, after all, is generally more trustworthy and loyal than family? Upon assuming the presidency of the United States in 1961, John F. Kennedy looked to have his campaign...
Next Sitting of CIS Economic Council to be Held in Chisinau
June 18, 2009On Friday the CIS Economic Council will carry out its 47th sitting in the Moldovan capital city – Chisinau. In 2009 Moldova presides in the Commonwealth of Independent States. According to the press service of the Ministry of Economy and Trade...
Czechs ask health certificates for visa applicants from Moldova
June 02, 2009Czech visa applicants from Kenya, Moldova, Ukraine, Vietnam and some other countries will have to present health certificates that they do not suffer from tuberculosis and syphilis and that they are not HIV positive, Foreign Minister Jan Kohout told journalists...
Russia in EurAsEc: Imperial Largess from Dwindling Resources?
February 11, 2009by Vladimir Socor The presidents of Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc) member countries -Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, as well as observer country Armenia- held an extraordinary summit of that organization in Moscow on February...
War Between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan \'Only a Matter of Time
January 08, 2009Paul Goble Vienna, January 7 – Both the situation along the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and political imperatives in their respective capitals mean that a serious military conflict between the two countries is "only a...
