Essential CIS Politics: November 2020
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS
- Report
23 Nov 2020
by Alex Teddy and Alexei Panin
* A war between Armenia and Azerbaijan ended in a decisive Azeri victory. Russia intervened as a peacekeeper, preventing a total Armenian rout.
* The Russian stock market and RUB experienced rosy times in mid-November on good vaccine news, although economic recovery is problematic.
* Russian regions face severe financial shortfalls, with several close to bankruptcy.
* In Kyrgyzstan the president was forced out by mass protests. Japarov was sprung from jail and elected interim president by the Parliament.
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