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Russian trace in US airbase closure?

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Published 19 February, 2009, 16:49

Some analysts say that it is no coincidence that the US airbase in Kyrgyzstan was closed after the country had received a huge assistance package from Russia.

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That is according to Aleksandr Pikaev from Moscow's Institute for World Economy and International Relations.

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