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... organization’s new policies. “We share a common approach toward the questions of international and regional safety. I am sure that the role of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will increase,” Putin said during the opening remarks of the CSTO summit, a group of seven former Soviet states that was founded in 1992. The Collective Security Treaty Organization, whose members include Armenia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia, operates a 3,500-soldier force with a structure...
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Putin Looks to Strengthen Ties With Former Soviet Neighbors
16 May 2012
By Alexander Bratersky / The Moscow Times
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