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Not What Your Country Can Do For You: The Third Russian Revolution   By Chris Oakley Part 11       From the May 20th, 2011 New York 
Times: 
  KAZAKHSTAN CLOSES ITS EMBASSY IN MOSCOW; RUSSIAN 
  EMBASSY STAFF IN ASTARA EXPELLED   From the May 22nd, 2011 broadcast of 
Nine News: 
  ...European leaders tonight are expressing grave 
  concern about the break in Russian-Kazakh relations as the two countries 
  continue to trade charges and countercharges concerning alleged Russian plans 
  to invade Kazakhstan. The Russian government has accused the Kazakhs of 
  secretly aiding the NRPM’s uprising against the government of current Russian 
  president Dmitri Medvedev....   From the May 25th, 2011 Rand Daily 
Mail: 
  SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY IN MOSCOW DAMAGED IN 
  ANTI-KAZAKH RIOTING   From the May 26th, 2011 broadcast of 
BBC World News: 
  Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has 
  been appointed to chair a U.N.-sponsored panel on alleviating the plight of 
  the estimated 200,000 refugees from Russia’s ongoing civil war, currently in 
  its second year...   From the May 28th, 2011 Boston 
Herald: 
  KAZAKHS? TOP GENERAL: WE?RE READY TO RUMBLE Army C-in-C pledges his troops will resist if 
  Russia invades From the May 29th, 2011 Washington 
Post:   
  RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY ALLEGES KAZAKH TROOPS 
  HAVE FIRED ON RUSSIAN ARMY BORDER PATROLS; KAZAKHS SAY 
  ALLEGATIONS FALSE   From the May 30th, 2011 broadcast of 
Today: 
  Memorial Day will be an even more somber occasion 
  than usual this year in our nation’s capital as the Obama administration 
  continues its efforts to bring a peaceful end to the civil war in Russia and 
  tries to avert armed conflict between Russia and Kazakhstan, who broke off 
  diplomatic relations over ten days ago...   From the June 2nd, 2011 broadcast of 
BBC Breakfast: 
  The government of Britain’s prime minister David 
  Cameron is taking severe criticism from its constituents over its handling of 
  the present crisis along the Russian-Kazakh border. According to a 
  Guardian poll which will be published later today, 76% of those 
  surveyed believe the current prime minister is not doing enough to deter 
  Russia from going to war with Kazakhstan....   From the June 4th, 2011 New York 
Times: 
  KREMLIN CHARGES KAZAKH PLANE WITH VIOLATING RUSSIAN AIRSPACE   From the June 7th, 2011 broadcast of 
CBC News At Six: 
  Three days after the Russian government accused 
  the Kazakh air force of violating Russia’s airspace, Kazakhstan is charging 
  that Russian spy planes have been making repeated overflights of Kazakh 
  territory...   From the June 9th, 2011 Washington 
Times: 
  Defense Department Report Says Russian-Kazakh 
  Border War May Erupt Before End Of Summer   From the June 13th, 2011 London 
Times: 
  CAMERON-MEDVEDEV SUMMIT CANCELLED PM cites illness as reason for his decision, 
  denies Kazakh border crisis played any role in the cancellation   From the June 15th, 2011 broadcast of 
NBC Nightly News: 
  China has offered to mediate the escalating 
  border dispute between Russia and Kazakhstan...   From the June 18th, 2011 broadcast of 
Nine News: 
  As Russia and Kazakhstan continue to teeter on 
  the brink of war, Russian regular army units have staged a landing at the 
  island of Novaya Zemlya in an operation intended to root out suspected NRPM 
  cells on that island....   From the June 19th, 2011 Jerusalem 
Post: 
  ISRAEL NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM POSTPONES 
  KAZAKHSTAN EXHIBITION MATCH Organizers cite safety concerns related to 
  Kazakh-Russian border crisis   From the June 22nd, 2011 broadcast of 
CBS Morning News: 
  70 years after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet 
  Union and 13 months after Russia was plunged into civil war, the Russian 
  government finds itself confronted with still another deadly armed conflict. 
  Sources at the Kazakh embassy in Washington have confirmed with the past 
  half-hour that the prime minister of Kazakhstan will be giving a televised 
  address to his countrymen at noon Eastern Standard Time to make the formal 
  announcement that a state of war now exists between Kazakhstan and Russia 
  following what Reuters reports was an apparent Russian commando raid on a 
  Kazakh border guard post....   From the June 23rd, 2011 Sydney 
Morning Herald: 
  MEDVEDEV DENIES COMMANDO ATTACK ON KAZAKHSTAN, 
  ACCUSES KAZAKH GOVERNMENT OF "WANTON AGGRESSION"   From the June 25th, 2011 
Manchester Guardian: 
  CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER DENOUNCES "RUSSIAN 
  BELLIGERENCE" TOWARD KAZAKHSTAN U.N. SUSPENDS KHABAROVSK INVESTIGATION AMID 
  TURMOIL IN SECURITY COUNCIL   From the June 28th, 2011 broadcast of 
NBC Nightly News: 
  President Obama will be giving televised press 
  conference at 11:00 AM Eastern time tomorrow to outline his proposals for 
  ending the 13-month-old civil war in Russia and the armed conflict which broke 
  out six days ago between Russia and Kazakhstan....   From the June 30th, 2011 
Washington Post: 
  LONDON TIMES WRITER JAILED IN MOSCOW ON ESPIONAGE 
  CHARGES Detained journalist had been investigating 
  allegations of war crimes at Novaya Zemlya   From a story posted at CNN.com on July 2nd, 
2011: 
  BREAKING NEWS--RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY CONFIRMS 
  AIR STRIKES ON ASTARA   From an editorial posted at Townhall.com on July 3rd, 
2011: 
  It seems a sad irony 
  that while America celebrates its independence, the Kazakh people are in 
  danger of losing theirs... From stories posted at MSNBC.com on 
July 6th, 2011:
 
  BREAKING NEWS: ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS RUSSIAN 
  TANKS SIGHTED 10 MILES OUTSIDE ASTARA, GEORG KRIEGER SENTENCED 
  TO LIFE IN PRISON   From the July 8th, 2011 broadcast of 
BBC World News: 
  Russian ground forces in 
  Kazakhstan are encountering heavier than expected resistance as they attempt 
  to capture the Kazakh capital city, Astara. A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman 
  told BBC News this afternoon that the latest intelligence reports from British 
  defence attachés in the region indicate at least a third of the original 
  Russian attack force has been lost to enemy fire...   To Be Continued   
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