ceres news digest: issue #2

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Country News Digest Issue #2

September 12 - September


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Country News Digest On Sept. 12, Azerbaijanand urkey signed eightbilateral agreements to

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russiaincrease cooperation and trade between the two countriesin cultural studies, radio and television broadcasts,transportation, agricultural research, and search andrescue operations. urkish PM Recep Erdogan expectsbilateral trade to reach $5 billion.

Russias Duma voted onFriday to expel vocal anti-Putin deputy GennadiGudkov or violating Russian law. Te A Just Russiadeputy is accused o maintaining a managerial role in hbusiness while holding o ce in parliament.

Armenia

Moldova

Belarus

Ukraine

Turkey

Ukraine introduced vehiclerecycling tax on Russiancars and buses, whichescalates a con ict a ter Moscow took a similar step thmonth. Te Ukrainian government has published thedecree on its website, in which ees start at $900. Experthowever, are optimistic that the two governments willresolve the issue soon.

A ter Belarus re usedto extradite the oustedPresident o KyrgyzstanKurmanbek Bakiyev and his brothers who are wanted

or murder, more than 50 Kyrgyzstanis held a protest inront o the Belarusian Embassy in Bishkek. Belarus cit

political motivation or the extradition, while Kyrgyzstahas appealed to the CIS Executive Committee to resolvethe issue.

Russia is requesting thatMoldova reject entry into the European UnionEnergy Charter reaty in exchange or a discount onnatural gas and debt relie . Moldova is completely relianon Russia or gas, and transports 20 billion cubic meterto the rest o Europe.

Georgian opposition can-didate Bidzina Ivanishvilihas recruited several

American journalists and public gures to assist hiscampaign and rein orce reedom o the press in thecountry. Former CNN host Larry King and ormer U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Marc Ginsberg, among others,have joined the board o Ivanishvilis V9 televisionstation.

Te European Parliamentadopted a resolutiondeploring the president

o Azerbaijans decision to pardon convicted murdererRamil Sa arov. Te nal text o the resolution relievesHungary rom any responsibility in the matter.

A le tist group, theRevolutionary PeoplesLiberation Party/Front

(Dev Sol), is claiming responsibility or a suicidebombing in outside an Istanbul police station. Te blastkilled one policeman and injured several people. Dev Solis considered a terrorist organization by both urkey andthe US.

urkish Weekly

Buzz eed Voice o Russia Articles:

Articles: Armenia Now Asbarez.com

Articles:BBC Hurriyet Articles:Moldova.org Reuters

Articles:Naviny.by Delovaya Gazeta

Articles:Reuters For-UA

Articles:New York imes RIA NovostiAzerbaijan Business Council

Articles:
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/141757/azerbaijan-turkey-sign-eight-bilateral-documents-.htmlhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/pro-russian-candidate-in-george-recruits-prominenthttp://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/pro-russian-candidate-in-george-recruits-prominenthttp://english.ruvr.ru/2012_09_06/Ex-CNN-Larry-King-backs-Georgian-opposition/http://www.armenianow.com/news/39923/ramil_safarov_european_parliament_resoluitionhttp://www.armenianow.com/news/39923/ramil_safarov_european_parliament_resoluitionhttp://asbarez.com/105378/breaking-news-european-parliament-condemns-safarov-pardon/http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65867http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19555413http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pm-erdogan-signals-end-to-immunity-of-bdp-mps.aspx%3FpageID%3D238%26nID%3D29510%26NewsCatID%3D338http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/police-officer-killed-in-istanbul-suicide-bombing.aspx?pageID=238&nID=29852&NewsCatID=341http://economie.moldova.org/news/russia-makes-ultimatum-to-moldova-to-give-up-eu-energy-partnership-232885-eng.htmlhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/russia-moldova-gas-idUSL5E8KCC3F20120912http://naviny.by/rubrics/english/2012/09/12/ic_articles_259_179177http://bdg.by/news/politics/18245.htmlhttp://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/ukraine-russia-cars-idINL5E8KCGT120120912http://en.for-ua.com/news/2012/09/12/162356.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/15/world/europe/russian-parliament-expels-gennadi-v-gudkov-a-putin-opponent.htmlhttp://en.rian.ru/analysis/20120907/175829926.htmlhttp://abc.az/eng/news_12_09_2012_67937.htmlhttp://abc.az/eng/news_12_09_2012_67937.htmlhttp://abc.az/eng/news_12_09_2012_67937.htmlhttp://en.rian.ru/analysis/20120907/175829926.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/russias-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-calls-for-pussy-riot-rockers-to-be-freed/2012/09/12/105b9462-fcf4-11e1-98c6-ec0a0a93f8eb_story.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/15/world/europe/russian-parliament-expels-gennadi-v-gudkov-a-putin-opponent.htmlhttp://en.for-ua.com/news/2012/09/12/162356.htmlhttp://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/ukraine-russia-cars-idINL5E8KCGT120120912http://bdg.by/news/politics/18245.htmlhttp://naviny.by/rubrics/english/2012/09/12/ic_articles_259_179177http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/russia-moldova-gas-idUSL5E8KCC3F20120912http://economie.moldova.org/news/russia-makes-ultimatum-to-moldova-to-give-up-eu-energy-partnership-232885-eng.htmlhttp://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/police-officer-killed-in-istanbul-suicide-bombing.aspx?pageID=238&nID=29852&NewsCatID=341http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120907/eu-azerbaijan-armenia-soldier/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pm-erdogan-signals-end-to-immunity-of-bdp-mps.aspx%3FpageID%3D238%26nID%3D29510%26NewsCatID%3D338http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19555413http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65867http://asbarez.com/105378/breaking-news-european-parliament-condemns-safarov-pardon/http://www.armenianow.com/news/39923/ramil_safarov_european_parliament_resoluitionhttp://english.ruvr.ru/2012_09_06/Ex-CNN-Larry-King-backs-Georgian-opposition/http://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/pro-russian-candidate-in-george-recruits-prominenthttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news/141757/azerbaijan-turkey-sign-eight-bilateral-documents-.html


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Country News Digest Te leaders o China andKyrgyzstan reached anagreement on Monday or

Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan

greater economic cooperation between the two countries. Te plan ocuses on increased agricultural cooperationand investments in in rastructure. Tis year is the 10thanniversary o the reaty o Good Neighborliness andFriendly Cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and China.

Te Parwan detentionacility at Bagram Air Base,

was o cially trans erredto the A ghans on Monday. 3,000 detainees have beentrans erred rom American to A ghan control. Lt. GeKeith M. Huber, the American commanding general othe prison, did not attend the ceremony, nor did anyone

rom the US embassy or State Department.

Mongolia

Iran Te IAEA passed aresolution rebuking Iran orailing to halt its uranium

enrichment, while also stating a diplomatic solution isdesired. 31 out o 35 member states voted in avor the resolution. Te resolution was proposed by all UNSecurity Council Members.

In a release o in ormationon its natural gas reserves, urkmenistan announcedthat it will increase its annual output goal to 250 billioncubic meters by 2030, marking an increase o 20 bcm ovprevious estimates. With current output at 75 bcm per year, urkmenistan will have to explore and develop new

elds on a massive scale to achieve its output projection

Russia, China, Korea, andMongolia entered into atourism agreement thatpromotes cross-border tourism in Northern Asia. Temeasure is supported by UNDP and serves as a plat orm

or economic cooperation in Northeast Asia.

Kazakh Special Forceskilled ve suspectedterrorists who prosecutors

say were planning an explosion targeting police orces inthe Atyrau region. Tis ollows the blast last week in Atyrau that claimed one li e. Te man who perished wasbelieved to have been making explosives; our others havebeen arrested in connection to the blast.

Te Asian DevelopmentBank will be contributing$100 million to road repair

and construction in ajikistan. Te proposed upgradesto the Aini-Penjikent highway are part o a larger ASBproject to develop a highway system through the regionconnecting Europe with the Middle East and South Asia.

Uzbekistan has begunshipping natural gas toChina in a move that is

likely to upset both domestic and Russian audiences. Teamount being transported has not been released, but sincethe country has sufered through heating uel shortagesthe past ew years Uzbek citizens are concerned the new trade agreement will urther diminish domestic supply.

Articles:China Daily

Articles:Chicago ribune Eurasianet

Articles: R HK

Articles:Kyiv Post

Articles:Net Globers Mad Mongolia

Articles:Reuters urkish Weekly

Articles:

Articles:New York imes ReutersPeople Daily

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Afghanistan

Washington Post

BBC Haaretz

Turkmenistan

Business Week
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-09/11/content_15749275.htmhttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-12/news/sns-rt-us-kazakhstan-fightingbre88b0t6-20120912_1_militants-house-explosion-siegehttp://www.eurasianet.org/node/65898http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20120913/news_20120913_56_869532.htmhttp://www.kyivpost.com/content/russia-and-former-soviet-union/uzbekistan-to-start-exporting-gas-to-china-in-august-312876.htmlhttp://www.netglobers.com/business-money/prominent-north-asian-nations-enter-into-tourism-agreement--35111.htmlhttp://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/china-russia-mongolia-and-south-korea-to-promote-cross-border-tourism-2-12248/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/uk-turkmenistan-military-idUKBRE8840VE20120905http://www.armenianow.com/news/39753/armenia_parliament_ramil_safarovhttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news/141876/turkmenistan-estimates-its-hydrocarbon-reserves-in-71-6-billion-of-oil-equivalent.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/world/asia/parwan-prison-at-bagram-transferred-to-afghans-at-least-formally.html?_r=2&ref=afghanistanhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/10/us-afghanistan-bagram-idUSBRE8890IE20120910http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/7945674.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/business/uzbekistan-begins-natural-gas-deliveries-to-china-as-uzbeks-suffer-fuel-shortages/2012/09/13/84767cde-fd7d-11e1-98c6-ec0a0a93f8eb_story.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19591175http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/iaea-board-passes-resolution-rebuking-iran-over-nuclear-program-1.464829http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-09-13/development-bank-gives-tajikistan-100m-for-roadhttp://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-09-13/development-bank-gives-tajikistan-100m-for-roadhttp://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/iaea-board-passes-resolution-rebuking-iran-over-nuclear-program-1.464829http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19591175http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/uzbekistan-begins-natural-gas-deliveries-to-china-as-uzbeks-suffer-fuel-shortages/2012/09/13/84767cde-fd7d-11e1-98c6-ec0a0a93f8eb_story.htmlhttp://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/7945674.htmlhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/10/us-afghanistan-bagram-idUSBRE8890IE20120910http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/world/asia/parwan-prison-at-bagram-transferred-to-afghans-at-least-formally.html?_r=2&ref=afghanistanhttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news/141876/turkmenistan-estimates-its-hydrocarbon-reserves-in-71-6-billion-of-oil-equivalent.htmlhttp://www.armenianow.com/news/39753/armenia_parliament_ramil_safarovhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/uk-turkmenistan-military-idUKBRE8840VE20120905http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/13/turkmenistan-gas-idINL5E8KD88M20120913http://www.mad-mongolia.com/news/mongolia-news/china-russia-mongolia-and-south-korea-to-promote-cross-border-tourism-2-12248/http://www.netglobers.com/business-money/prominent-north-asian-nations-enter-into-tourism-agreement--35111.htmlhttp://www.kyivpost.com/content/russia-and-former-soviet-union/uzbekistan-to-start-exporting-gas-to-china-in-august-312876.htmlhttp://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20120913/news_20120913_56_869532.htmhttp://www.eurasianet.org/node/65898http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-12/news/sns-rt-us-kazakhstan-fightingbre88b0t6-20120912_1_militants-house-explosion-siegehttp://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-09/11/content_15749275.htm


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Country News Digest Urmas Paet, the Minister o Foreign Afairs o Estoniamet with Georgias speaker

Estonia

Lithuania

Czech Republio the Parliament, David Bakradze in bilisi. Te mainpurpose o the visit was to discuss Georgias prospectson accession to NA O. We hope that Georgia and theEU will sign an agreement on ree trade and a visa- reeregime by late 2012 or in 2013, Paet said.

Te Czech PM believesthat a compromise can be

ound to a row that has beencaused by a group o rebels rom his ruling ODS parto block the passage o a new tax law. He also believethat his government will survive the con dence vote thahe has tied to the legislation. His belie s are partiallbased on the support received rom regional party heads

Latvia

Romania

Hungary

Poland

Slovakia and Hungary have agreed to build anEU sanctioned energy interconnector pipeline. Tis move is seen as openingthe possibility o the uture o creating a North-Soupipeline that would serve as an alternate uel source tEurope, by bypassing Russia.

Te Hungarian governmenthas detained a ormerInterior Minister, BelaBiszku, on charges o war crimes during the repression the 1956 uprising. Accused o ordering security orcesshoot on civilian crowds, the 91-year-old is the last livingmember o the Hungarian Communist Partys interimexecutive committee.

France and Romania haveagreed to a two year treaty allowing or the voluntarydeportation o Roma rom France to Romania. Arouneighty Roma amilies will be relocated under the piloprogram. Tere are an estimated 15,000-20,000 Romaliving in France and the French governments recentcampaign to break up o Roma camps has raised humarights questions throughout Europe.

European Parliamentmembers presses EUmember states accused o

holding secret CIA prisons a ter 9/11 to come clean onthe issue. In particular, the non-binding resolution ocuseson Poland, Romania, and Lithuania. Tese countries were pressed to reopen inquiries into the secret detentioncenters said to have been running there.

Latvian Prime MinisterValdis Dombrovskis met with the Chinese Prime

Minister to discuss bilateral economic cooperation. Bothagreed that areas or cooperation are ports, air transportand railway transport. Dombrovskis also suggestedChinese students could use the scholarships and grantsofered by the Chinese Government to study in Latvia.

Polish reasury MinisterMikolaj Budzanowski hascomplained that Polands

state-controlled gas company pays Gazprom well overEuropean market prices or its natural gas. o combat this,Poland has lowered its use o Gazprom gas to the lowestrate allowed under contract and will seek to develop its ownnatural gas output prior to re-negotiations with Gazpromin 2019.

Articles: rend Demotix.com

Articles: Te Nation IOL News

Articles: Te Baltic Course China Daily

Articles:Reuters Romania Insider

Articles:BBC News Atlanta Journal-Constitutio

Ar ticles:United Press International Fox Business News

Prague Monitor Reuters

Platts

Slovakia

Articles:

Euronews Articles:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/201Demo2/09/estonias-teaching-100-percent-of-its-first-graders-to-code/http://www.demotix.com/news/1440775/minister-foreign-affairs-estonia-visits-georgia#media-1440729http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/12-Sep-2012/euro-mps-press-european-countries-over-secret-cia-prisonshttp://www.iol.co.za/news/world/countries-pressed-over-cia-prisons-1.1380898#.UFOco7JlQpohttp://www.baltic-course.com/eng/analytics/?doc=62801http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/12/content_15753920.htmhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/poland-pgnig-output-idUSL5E8KC6EG20120912http://www.romania-insider.com/france-and-romania-sign-deal-for-voluntary-deportation-of-roma-families/64888/http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/top-news/hungary-detains-former-communist-minister/nR643/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19546237http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/top-news/hungary-detains-former-communist-minister/nR643/http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2011/09/12/Slovakia-Hungary-agree-on-gas-pipeline/UPI-74891315822440/http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2011/09/12/Slovakia-Hungary-agree-on-gas-pipeline/UPI-74891315822440/http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/09/11/hungary-slovakia-interconnector-gas-pipeline-may-be-completed-mid-2014/http://praguemonitor.com/2012/09/10/ods-regional-bosses-backing-government-against-rebelshttp://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/09/uk-czech-government-necas-idUKBRE88808W20120909http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/NaturalGas/8716076http://www.euronews.com/newswires/1655542-france-romania-sign-pilot-deal-on-roma-repatriation/http://www.euronews.com/newswires/1655542-france-romania-sign-pilot-deal-on-roma-repatriation/http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/NaturalGas/8716076http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/09/uk-czech-government-necas-idUKBRE88808W20120909http://praguemonitor.com/2012/09/10/ods-regional-bosses-backing-government-against-rebelshttp://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/09/11/hungary-slovakia-interconnector-gas-pipeline-may-be-completed-mid-2014/http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2011/09/12/Slovakia-Hungary-agree-on-gas-pipeline/UPI-74891315822440/http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/top-news/hungary-detains-former-communist-minister/nR643/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19546237http://www.romania-insider.com/france-and-romania-sign-deal-for-voluntary-deportation-of-roma-families/64888/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/poland-pgnig-output-idUSL5E8KC6EG20120912http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/12/content_15753920.htmhttp://www.baltic-course.com/eng/analytics/?doc=62801http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/countries-pressed-over-cia-prisons-1.1380898#.UFOco7JlQpohttp://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/12-Sep-2012/euro-mps-press-european-countries-over-secret-cia-prisonshttp://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/201Demo2/09/estonias-teaching-100-percent-of-its-first-graders-to-code/http://www.demotix.com/news/1440775/minister-foreign-affairs-estonia-visits-georgia#media-1440729http://en.trend.az/regions/scaucasus/georgia/2064443.html


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Country News Digest

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Articles:

Bosnian authorities on Wednesday arrested 25people or suspectedmurder, drug tra cking and robbery. It was the singlelargest attack on organized crime since the countrys warin the 1990s. Operation Lutka is believed to be targetingalleged Balkan crime boss Naser Kelmendi.

Box 571031, ICC 111, Washington, DC 20057-1031

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Te Center or Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies is a U.Department o Education itle VI- unded National Resource Center

that strives to increase understanding and appreciation o the culturechallenges o the region stretching rom Central Europe to the Paci

rom the Baltic to the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas

Reuters Chicago ribune
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/us-bosnia-arrests-idUSBRE88B0MA20120912http://www.eurasiareview.com/05092012-bosnia-misses-deadline-to-change-constitution/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-bosnia-arrests-update-1-pixl5e8kcliz-20120912,0,3010094.storyhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-bosnia-arrests-update-1-pixl5e8kcliz-20120912,0,3010094.storyhttp://www.eurasiareview.com/05092012-bosnia-misses-deadline-to-change-constitution/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/us-bosnia-arrests-idUSBRE88B0MA20120912

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