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Putin’s Central Asia Ambitions
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Putin’s Central Asia Ambitions

Thinly populated Kazakhstan suddenly starts to look important

Philip Bowring
Jan 13
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Putin’s Central Asia Ambitions
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There may seem scant overt connection between Russia’s threats against Ukraine on its western border and its intervention to prop up the Tokayev government in Kazakhstan following violent clashes in Almaty and elsewhere. But get out a good map and Putin’s view of what the Russians sometimes call the “near abroad” comes into focus.

The western border of K…

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