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Kyrgyzstan wants to please Moscow by closing US base

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Published 19 February, 2009, 13:00

By closing the US air base, Kyrgyzstan is trying to gain the support of Russia, which by no means favours American military facilities on the post-Soviet space, says political analyst Artyom Ulunyan.

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