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Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - September 3, 2008
Putin clinches deal for Uzbek pipeline
(The Moscow Times) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday secured agreement from Uzbekistan to start building a new gas pipeline to Russia in a deal that bolsters Moscow’s sway over Central Asian energy supplies.
The commonwealth of weak states
(EurasiaNet) - With the exception of Ukraine and, of course, the Baltic states, none of the republics of the former Soviet Union has vigorously protested Russia’s recent aggression in Georgia and its subsequent recognition of the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Energy a casualty of Georgia conflict
(Platts) - Various strategic conclusions can be drawn from the August conflict in Georgia, each with implications for regional - indeed global - energy security.
Legal status of Caspian Sea to be discussed at summit in Baku (Kazakhstan Today)
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