Field Reports
HIGH-PROFILE CONVICTS ESCAPE FROM PRISON IN CENTRAL DUSHANBE
By Alexander Sodiqov (9/3/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Early in the morning on August 23, 25 recently convicted prisoners escaped from a high-security detention centre run by Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security (GKNB) in central Dushanbe. According to GKNB’s statement released soon after the first media reports on the bold escape, three inmates had “taken advantage of the guards’ negligence” by wrestling the keys away from them and setting other convicts free.
RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN AND BELARUS DISCUSS SECURITY COOPERATION WITHIN CUSTOMS UNION
By Georgiy Voloshin (9/1/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus continue to intensify their trade and investment cooperation within the framework of the newly created Customs Union, their law enforcement authorities are voicing concerns over the spread of organized crime across the single customs area of three member states.
RUSSIA STRENGTHENS ITS POSITIONS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
By Haroutiun Khachatrian (9/1/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Two events took place in the South Caucasus in the second half of August 2010, which at first glance seem to have symmetrical effects on the two countries of the region which are involved in the most difficult regional conflict.
OSCE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN ALMATY
By Georgiy Voloshin (8/18/2010 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On July 16-17 2010, the former capital of Kazakhstan, Almaty, hosted the OSCE Informal Ministerial Meeting to discuss the situation in Kyrgyzstan, reiterate Kazakhstan's commitment to the OSCE's fundamental principles and values and, more importantly, push for the summit at the end of this year, the first in the past 11 years.
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