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BISHKEK (TCA) — Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) says it arrested 12 people in the Kaliningrad region for suspected involvement with an Islamic extremist group, RFE/RL reported on April 27.
LONDON (TCA) — If Turkey’s referendum in favour of authoritarianism gave the wrong hint to Central Asia’s former Soviet republics, France’s choice for its next head of state is a message well worth heeding. The possible defeat of the nationalistic party and Marine Le Pen may secure a massive adhesion of other losing camps to Emmanuel Macron, and may encourage former Soviet states to move away from one-man regimes towards government by consensus.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Certificates for receiving grants worth over 43 million Kyrgyz soms to improve public services were awarded to 13 municipalities from Jalal-Abad and Issyk-Kul provinces of Kyrgyzstan on April 26, the Embassy of Switzerland in Bishkek said.
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ASTANA (TCA) — A meeting of the Kazakh-French Business Council was held in Astana on April 26.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Russia should spearhead the process of bringing stability to Afghanistan, while Pakistan will support all of Russia’s initiatives towards reaching this goal, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said on April 26 at a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on the sidelines of an international security conference in Moscow, Sputnik news agency reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — At least 10 top investigators and officials of Tajikistan’s Anticorruption Agency have been arrested in recent days, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports citing law enforcement officials in Dushanbe.
