Russia's role in Central Asia
At a Glance
13-03-2017
Some 25 years after the breakup of the USSR, Russia is still the dominant player in Central Asia. China and the EU have more trade and investment in the region, but Russia is in the lead on security and defence. Moscow consolidates its influence through a series of Russia-led regional organisations, such as the Eurasian Economic Union and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
At a Glance
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- armed forces
- Asia and Oceania
- Central Asia
- China
- cooperation policy
- criminal law
- defence
- drug traffic
- economic geography
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- ENERGY
- energy policy
- energy supply
- ethnic group
- Europe
- gas pipeline
- GEOGRAPHY
- illicit trade
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- international trade
- international trade
- LAW
- organisation of transport
- organisation of work and working conditions
- political geography
- Russia
- social framework
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- third country
- TRADE
- trade policy
- TRANSPORT
- working conditions