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Taliban militants have taken control of Afghanistan's borders with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Russia's Kommersant daily reported on Wednesday, citing Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, heightening security concerns for Moscow.
Taliban promises no attacks on neighbouring countries after taking control of frontiers, Russian defence minister says.
Along the ancient Aras River may be fought one of civilization's greatest battles—a battle for oil
Amidst Taliban Gains, Russian Strategic Assets Threatened in Central Asia Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 113 Russia's Okno-M ground-based space surveillance station, Tajikistan (Source: Globalsecurity.org) On July 8, a high-ranking Taliban delegation came to Moscow and held talks with Zamir Kabulov, a former ambassador to Kabul, the Kremlin’s special envoy on Afghanistan and a department chief in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Apparently, the Taliban representatives hoped to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, but that did not happen. The visit had a distinc...
The Russian Direct Line is a unique exercise in direct democracy: Russian citizens call up their president and he answers their queries and solves their problems, like a Nordic konung a thousand years ago. Russia came into being as a chain of Nordic princedoms that practiced this sort of direct access to their ruler; early Russian princes and Tsars posed themselves as an instance of last appeal and immediate access. Twenty years ago, Vladimir Putin resurrected this ancient practice, and once a year every Russian can appeal to him on any subject matter at all. A man of power and authority, h...