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“The Fergana Valley is the gunpowder keg of Central Asia”

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Published 26 May, 2009, 21:39

Russia has important economic and cultural interests with the disstabilized area on the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border Aleksandr Pikaev, political analyst from the Institute for World Economy and International Relations explains.

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16:43 World's biggest animal sacrifice begins in Nepal

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16:13 Russia to reply to Georgia's claims over South Ossetia

15:35 Iran continues to press Russia for S-300 deliveries

15:33 Russia says sanctions on Iran still premature

15:22 Yushchenko seeks transit fee hikes on Russian natural gas

15:15 WWF says energy saving trumps nuclear in Russian emissions cuts

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“Japan’s undermining of Russian sovereignty not tolerated” – Medvedev Japan's attempts to undermine the Russian sovereignty of the disputed Kuril Islands will not be tolerated, said President Dmitry Medvedev as he accepted the credentials of newly-appointed ambassadors in Moscow.

Central Asian nations prepare for “big war” Russia and its allies in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are to merge their joint troops in Central Asia into one huge military force capable of waging a large-scale war.

UN chief: Russia never blackmailed me UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has rejected a claim by Georgia that he changed a recent report on the Caucasus following blackmail by Russia.

Putin pioneers as a columnist Russian PM Vladimir Putin has tried his hand at writing. For the first time in his career, the politician wrote a column for Russia’s media.

Saakashvili’s mental condition “severe” – Georgian opposition While the desperate Georgian opposition was cordoning off the center of the capital Tbilisi in protest, President Mikhail Saakashvili was unofficially attending the Champions League final in Rome.

“We are talking about conventional war in Korea” A conventional war in the Korean peninsula could quickly kill tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of people, estimates Joseph Cirincione, nuclear disarmament expert from the Ploughshares Fund.

Pervez Musharraf: “We fight for Pakistan” One of the most prominent problems of the world is terrorism. RT spoke to a man who is no stranger to the “War on Terror”, ex-president of Pakistan and a man who ruled the country for nine years, Mr. Pervez Musharraf.

Five Parties must unite to talk to Pyongyang – expert Karin J. Lee, executive director of the National Committee on North Korea: “There have to be sanctions that lead in a certain direction, and we have to see how the five parties are going to come together with one voice.”

North Korea stuck in 1950s thinking – expert “These nuclear tests and missile firings are probably designed for internal consumption. The leadership is trying to satisfy the hard-liners in North Korea,” Ivan Eland of the Independent Institute in Washington said.

“I don’t think it is likely that war will break out” – expert on North Korea “What is important is a unified single voice coming out of the international community,” said Jack Pritchard, a former US ambassador to North Korea and the current President of the Korea Economic Institute.

“Russia tests prevailing mood in NATO countries” Mikhail Troitsky, a political analyst from Moscow University of International Relations, discusses the predominant concerns in the Russia-NATO council meeting in Brussels.

North Korea Memorial Day greetings When the news junkies were busily familiarizing themselves with the unfolding Talibanization of Pakistan, North Korea has suddenly resurfaced from obscurity with a big bang, says RT military analyst Eugene Khrushchev.

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"North Korea will not give up nukes" “Now that they have it, North Korea will never give up nuclear weapons,” says Pavel Leshakov, Head of Korean Studies at Moscow State University.

Sonja Karadžić: Hague tribunal is a disciplinary commission of NATO The Hague tribunal prosecutors are not prepared, even after 12 years of allegedly looking for Radovan Karadžić, who is currently on trial at Hague, says his daughter Sonja Karadžić in an exclusive interview on RT.

Sanctions and isolation of North Korea are of little help “Once the stockpiles of the largest nuclear powers get smaller and smaller, we can begin to deal with nuclear disarmament for the world at large,” says Peter Crail, a research analyst for the Arms Control Association.

To USA with megatons of love “The new [uranium] deal is purely commercial, but it also adds a very important boost to improvement of the US-Russia political relationships,” said Vladimir Orlov, a director at the Center of Policy Studies in Moscow.

Moscow reacts to N. Korea’s atomic test Moscow has indefinitely postponed the meeting of the Russian-North Korean intergovernmental commission on economic and scientific cooperation.

“Estonia has an apartheid regime” The criminal discrimination of Russians is part of Estonia’s apartheid regime, as Johan Bäckman, a political historian and author whose book “The Bronze Soldier” has been the cause of much controversy, told RT.

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“No need to over-dramatize latest North Korean missile launch” Believes Georgy Toloraya, Research Director of the Center for Contemporary Korean Studies at the Russian Academy of Science, who also thinks the UN should abstain from further sanctions as they have no effect.

“North Korea wants recognition as an atomic power” Georgy Kunadze from the Moscow State Institute for Foreign Affairs joined RT to analyze the reasons behind North Korea’s intent on raising tensions in the region.

Russia-Ukraine gas row: heating up again Another fuel row seems to be brewing between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine needs about $5 billion dollars to fill its gas reservoirs for next winter – a pressing problem for Kiev with Ukraine in financial crisis.

North Korea’s neighbours to create A-bombs of their own? The North Korean nuclear test affects the balance of power in the region, says Pavel Leshakov, the head of the Centre for Korean Studies at Moscow State University.

“Israel is isolated though its radical position” Moscow should maintain contact with Hamas, especially now that the group has adopted a more realistic approach to the peace process in the Middle East.

“Timoshenko hasn't been honest with Russia or the IMF” – expert Stephen Lock, the regional director for MMD Eurasia joined RT to share his view on what looks like an early gas crisis in Ukraine.

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“Hip Hop has always been political” – activist Community activist and Iraq War veteran Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr. is taking urban culture straight to Capitol Hill. The President of the Hip Hop Caucus shared his political ideas with RT.

Medvedev says no to false history President Medvedev has signed a decree on setting a commission to counter attempts to falsify history to the detriment of Russia's interests, the Kremlin said.

New Ukraine-provoked gas war coming According to information updated exclusively by RT, despite Russia making advances, gas payment delays are likely to continue from Ukraine in the near future – and thus a new gas war will be its fault.

Three policemen charged over murder of teenager

Medvedev orders investigation into lawyer’s death in custody

“Still no stability in the Caucasus” – EU human rights commissioner

Japan accuses Russia of “illegal occupation”

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Central Bank of Russia cuts refinancing rate to 9%

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