News Digest
GEORGIA REPORTS VIOLATION OF AIR SPACE BY RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS
By empty (8/20/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Georgian Defence Ministry reported on Saturday that Russian military helicopters had violated its air space. A report by the ministry public relations department said “two Russian helicopters – a MI-8 helicopter with side number 69 and a combat helicopter MI-24 with side number 54 violated Georgian air space at 12:40 pm, Moscow time, on Saturday”. “The helicopters flew over the settlements of Khurcha and Anakliya (the Zugdidi region controlled by the Georgian side) and then flew towards the settlement of Sida in the Gali region (controlled by Abkhazia),” the report said.EXPLOSION ROCKS GAS PIPELINE
By empty (8/19/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
An explosion started a large fire in a pipeline that brings natural gas from Iran to Turkey, the Associated Press reported Saturday, quoting the Turkish Energy Ministry.Sabotage is suspected, private NTV television reported, according the AP. Earlier, the fire was reported to be on a separate pipeline that brings crude oil from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.PETROM CONSOLIDATES POSITION IN THE CASPIAN REGION
By empty (8/18/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Petrom, the largest crude oil and natural gas producer in south-east Europe, has achieved significant results in the exploitation of the Jusaly block in Kazakhstan, the Romania-based company said in a statement on Thursday. It has revealed the possibility to raise the maximum daily output to 200,000 cubic meters in natural gas and 70 cubic meters in compressed gas, according to a statement of the company on Thursday. \"Intensification of the exploitation and production activities in the Caspian Region is quite important for us, as we want to strengthen our position as a leader in South-East Europe,\" Werner Ladwein, member of the executive committee in charge of exploitation and production, was cited by the Romanian Rompres news agency as saying.RUSSIA RE-DEPLOYS ITS MILITARY HARDWARE FROM GEORGIA TO ARMENIA
By empty (8/17/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A convoy of 13 tracked vehicles and trucks will leave the Russian military base in Akhalkalaki, Georgia, on Thursday and will head for a military base in Gyumri in Armenia. This is the 12th and the last shipment of Russian military hardware from Akhalkalaki base to be re-deployed in Armenia, the Akhalkalaki base headquarters told Itar-Tass. Most Russian military hardware and weapons from the Akhalkalaki base are being sent to Russia, the rest will be delivered by truck convoys to Gyumri.Visit also
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Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.
Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.