Russia stokes fears of threats from ex-Soviet republics in Asia

Saturday, July 20, 2002

MOSCOW -- Extremists creeping across thinly guarded mountain frontiers, drug-runners willing to fight to deliver their goods, disputed borders and weak governments: The former Soviet republics of Central Asia are full of reasons for Russia to be anxious about its vast underbelly.

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