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Thursday, March 15, 2012

''How Will Russia React to a Continuing U.S. Presence in Central Asia?''

From Russia Profile

"As tensions heat up between Russia and the United States over the Middle East, another struggle may be reemerging in Central Asia over U.S. access to a crucial air base there. Top U.S. officials flew to Kyrgyzstan in an attempt to negotiate extended use of the Manas Transit Center, which the Kyrgyz government has repeatedly tried to close but which remains crucial to the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. Yet amid international tension, experts say Manas is perhaps an unexpected point of agreement between the two major powers."

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