The c s t o has begun withdrawing its troops from cosigstan. Does that mean we might be seeing them making appearances in central asia more often? What exactly is the game that russia is playing right now? Is it just trying to rebuild the soviet union, theSoviet block? And like, what sense do we get of Russia's long game here?
The speedy arrival of CSTO troops in Kazakhstan is unprecedented in the 30-year history of the Russia-backed regional security alliance.
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