Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that Moscow does not want to see American troops in the Central Asian countries to the south of Russia’s border. “First of all, Russia signed an agreement with these countries, which requires all members of the CSTO [Collective Security Treaty Organization] to approve ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin deems it important to prevent the spillover of extremism from Afghanistan into the territories of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)’s member states and the recruitment of citizens into the ranks of militants, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. “The problem of Afghan drug ...
