Friday, October 2, 2009

The Partial Reconstitution Of The Old Soviet Military Alliance

Post-Soviet States To Hold Military Drills In Kazakhstan -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Over 7,000 service personnel from member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will take part in large-scale regional security drills in Kazakhstan, the Russian military said on Thursday.

The exercise of the CSTO collective rapid reaction force will be held at Kazakhstan's Matybulak training grounds on October 2-15, and involve units from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

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Update: New post-Soviet force begins military exercises -- AP

My Comment: Russia is reconstituting its former Soviet military alliance. I expect this military exercise to be one of many in the next few years.

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