Medvedev in Central Asia to bolster Russian clout (AFP)


Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) speak during their informal CIS Summit in Cholpon-Ata, some 250 kms from Bishkek. The presidents of seven ex-Soviet states ended a summit Friday of a Russia-led security grouping touted as an eastern counterweight to NATO but riven by disagreements.(AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)AFP - President Dmitry Medvedev Friday opened a major Russian-owned hydroelectric plant in Tajikistan and headed to a regional summit as Moscow seeks to firm its influence in the region.



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