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Putin says Russia could close military base in Kyrgyzstan

Associated Press

A rising number of Islamic State fighters are coming from Central Asia, drawn by a hunger for religion and political and social change. (Associated Press)

Silk Road, fabled trade route, now ISIS pipeline to terror

By Douglas Burton - Special to The Washington Times

Despite popular support for a visa regime with former Soviet republics, Russian President Vladimir Putin has opposed such a move, saying "A visa regime would mean that we are pushing former Soviet republics away, but we need to bring them closer." (Associated Press)

Immigration surge brings economic benefits, tension to Russia

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** A C-130 Hercules aircraft prepares to land. (U.S. Air Force)

U.S. closes down Afghan transit base in Kyrgyzstan

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this courtroom sketch, Khairullozhon Matanov, second from left, with attorney Paul Glickman, left, appears in federal court before Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler, right, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Boston. Matanov, a friend of the brothers suspected of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, faces federal charges he destroyed, altered and falsified records, and made false statements to obstruct the investigation into the bombings. Matanov, arrested Friday morning at his apartment in Quincy, Mass., is a legal resident of the U.S. originally from Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)

Friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect charged with impeding probe

By Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Memorial honors 3 Air Force crew killed in crash

Associated Press

In this image taken Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures speaking at his meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow. As a counterweight to the European Union, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is pursuing an ambitious dream rooted in memories of Soviet glory: The Eurasian Union. It’s a strategy to pull former Soviet satellite states back into Moscow’s orbit through a combination of incentives and threats. And embattled Ukraine, a huge country of 46 million people, has lain at the center of the game-plan. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool)

Putin uses carrot and stick to dominate neighbors

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this Jan. 28, 2014 photo, from left, Gabrielle, Greyson, Emerson and Frank Shimkus wait for the fifth member of their family, Aidan, who is in an orphanage in Kyrgyzstan, in Aidan's bedroom in their Throop, Pa., home. The bedroom decorated for Aidan includes flags and other decorations from his native country. (AP Photo/Scranton Times &amp; Tribune, Jake Danna Stevens) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

For Pa family, adoption efforts stretch 5 years

By SARA HOFIUS HALL - Associated Press

U.S. military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigrant women and immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

Boston bombing drama hits immigration debate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Capitals forward Matt Hendricks (holding banner) spent time with troops at Manas in Kyrgyzstan as part of a USO Tour. Hendricks’ participation was the result of his wife’s involvement with an organization that aids military families. (Photo courtesy Matt Hendricks)

Hendricks, Detwiler, Stammen bring holiday cheer for troops abroad

By Stephen Whyno - The Washington Times

Orphan scandal prompts scrutiny, action by Kyrgyz authorities

By Tolkun Namatbaeva - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** Russian President Vladimir Putin walks prior to a Sept. 26, 2012, ceremony of receiving credentials in Moscow's Kremlin. (Associated Press)

Kyrgyzstan risks regional water fight, as Russia waits in the wings

By Ruby Russell and Askar Erkebaуev - Special to The Washington Times

Kyrgyzstan’s fruits, nuts cache in peril

By Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** The Kyrgyz national flag flies at half staff April 9, 2010, in front of the statue of independence on a central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (Associated Press)

Kyrgyz conservationists save trees by helping farmers

By Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times

Maksim Bakiyev, the son of Kyrgyzstan’s deposed president, is being held in Britain on suspicion of insider trading. (Associated Press)

Ex-Kyrgyz leader’s son may be pawn in diplomacy

By Askar Erkebayev and Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** Maksim Bakiyev, son of deposed Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, is seen here Nov. 6, 2009, in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. (Associated Press)

Kyrgyz suspect a deal in arrest of ex-president’s son

By Askar Erkebaуev and Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times

Daniya Kozhonaliyev, daugther of former military prosecutor Kubatbek Kozhonaliyev who was arrested last week in connection with protests that the Kyrgz government have branded at attempted coup, on hunger strike outside the White House government building in Bishkek. October 10, 2012. (Mattia Beggi/Special to The Washington Times)

Opposition risks Kyrgyzstan’s stability in protests

By Josie Le Blond and Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** Uzbek President Islam Karimov (Associated Press)

Uzbeks bristle under regime’s Web scrutiny

By Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times