Is Russia worried about the West’s moves in Central Asia? - analysis
It was assumed that the US leaving Afghanistan would mean that Central Asian countries would assume they have been abandoned to the Russia-China anaconda, but that may be changing.
Then-Russian ambassador to Japan Mikhail Yurievich Galuzin speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the embassy in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2022.(photo credit: REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN