A small-circle meeting of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization commenced in Samarkand. However, what kind of cooperation was under discussion when this morning Tajikistan attacked the settlements of Kyrgyzstan?
The flag of Tajikistan is hoisted on top of the school building in Batken, where soonafter a shell fired by Tajikistan explodes, the evacuation of civilians in Kyrgyzstan begins. Why has the Russian propaganda media already taken the side of Tajikistan, how does this conflict benefit Russia, and why is the construction of the railway that would connect China, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan not welcomed by Russia, which is currently under unprecedented economic sanctions?
A brief overview - read our material as of 15:00, September 16.
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