From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Russia to increase presence in Central Asia HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- AFP. 11 January 2002. Russia to increase presence in Central Asia. DUSHANBE -- Moscow called Friday for an increased Russian presence in central Asia to counteract heavyweight US military deployments in the former Soviet republics. "We must do everything in our power to make the Russian presence in the region more perceptible and more effective," said Gennady Seleznev, leader of the Russian lower house, the Duma, after meeting with Tajik President Emolali Rakhmonov in Dushanbe. Seleznev also called for an end to the US military campaign in Afghanistan and reiterated that Russia was against establishing US or NATO military bases on a longterm basis in Central Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
