Russia and China are strengthening their partnership. During a meeting in Beijing,the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed joint efforts to counter Western sanctions and the creation of alternative international institutions in the fields of economics...
By Timofey Bordachev
Despite the deepening military-political crisis in relations between Russia and the West, and the uncertain future of Ukraine, Moscow cannot forget about its other neighbours in the former USSR, particularly Central Asia. This region is home to five independent republics that...