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The Russian government decided this week to cancel itsparticipation in the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX)Program, which sends high school students from countriesof the former Soviet Union to the U.S. for an academic year.The stated reason for the cancellation is based on theexperience of a recent student who developed ties to ahomosexual couple and sought asylum in the U.S. at the endof the trip. The FLEX Program was founded in 1992 and

has brought 23,000 students to the U.S. since its inception.

RFE/RLGuardian

On Wednesday, President Erdogan criticized the U.S.-ledcoalition strikes on ISIS as a short-term reaction, urging theWest to find a long-term solution to the crises in Syria andIraq. Erdogan said that an effective struggle against ISISwill remain a priority for Turkey, as will the immediateremoval of the administration in Damascus.The commentscome as the Turkish parliament debates authorizing themilitary to strike ISIS.

Washington PostBBC

Fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russianseparatists in the city of Donetsk has increased in the pastweek despite a cease-fire agreement signed in earlySeptember. The rebel offensive has centered on thegovernment-held airport, which is considered strategicallysignificant. Additionally, a Swiss employee of the RedCross was killed when a shell exploded near the Red Crossoffices in Donetsk.

Moscow TimesBBC

Georgian President Margvelashvili met with TurkishPresident Erdogan on Sunday during the World EconomicForum special meeting in Istanbul. The two discussedincreased cooperation between the two countries, regionalsecurity issues, and joint Turkish-Georgian-Azerbaijaniprojects. Georgian Prime Minister Garibashvili had metwith President Erdogan a week earlier at the UN General

Assembly meeting in New York.

InterPressNewsCivil.ge

This week, Armenian political opposition groups cametogether and announced the start of a nationwide campaignfor regime change. Among the opposition demands aresuspension of the recently adopted pension reforms andamendments to the electoral code. A joint rally has beenscheduled for October 10. This is the third time in three

years such a campaign has been staged.

Armenia NowRFE/RL

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announcedon Wednesday that Russia would not tolerate meddling inthe Transdniester region of Moldova, and that Russia wouldprotect its citizens in the area. He warned people whodont think like [Russia] to not create trouble on theTransdniestrian border because, Protection of the Russianpeople is a direct responsibility of the Russian state.Russia has maintained thousands of troops in the disputed

region since the civil war in 1991.

TASSGlobal Post

EuronewsRBTH.com

Jailed Azerbaijan human rights activist Anar Mammadi has

been awarded the Vaclav Havel Human rights prize by the

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

Mammadi who is sentenced five and a half year prison term

in Azerbaijan is a founder of the Baku-based Election

Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center. The decision

came as surprise as Councils Committee ofMinisters is

chairs by Azerbaijan at the moment.

Eurasia.Net The Guardian

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has recently

announced that he is ready to send peacekeepers to Ukraine

to help resolve the Ukrainian conflict. In his interview with

EuronewsLukashenko claimed that he proposed a peace

plan months ago however it was rejected by all parties.

There is mistrust between the warring parties. I would be

putting my own armed forces in harm's way to separate the

conflicting parties, - he declared.
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Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Irans Supreme NationalSecurity Council, announced plans to give Lebanon amilitary grant to assist the country in its fight againstIslamist extremist groups. Shamkhani said that furtherdetails would be announced during an upcoming visit fromthe Lebanese defense minister. The Lebanese army has beenbattling Islamist militants near the border with Syria for thepast two months and suffered significant losses during anattack launched from within Syria in early August.

Washington PostDeutsche Welle

Tajikistans chief mufti Saidmukarram Abdulkodirzodaissued a fatwa stating that criticism of the Rakhmon regimeis a great sin and warning Muslims against "cooperationwith destabilizing media outlets". The fatwa was announcedduring Friday prayers on September 26 and has drawncriticism from NGOs and independent journalists in

Tajikistan.

Business Standard RFE/RL

At the 4th Caspian Summit in Astrakhan on Monday,President Berdymuhammedov discussed the construction ofan undersea pipeline to transport natural gas fromTurkmenistan to Europe, a project that both Moscow andTehran oppose. He announced that, Turkmenistan is firmlyconvinced that the construction of these pipelines is thesovereign right of the governments through whose section

of the seafloor they pass.

The Diplomat AKI Press

Turquoise Hill Resources, majority owned by globalmining corporation Rio Tinto, announced on Thursday thatthe company was stuck in negotiations with the Mongoliangovernment to resolve outstanding tax issues. Last month,Mongolian officials stated that the two sides had agreed toa resolution of the tax issues to expand the Oyu Tolgoigold and copper mines. However, Turquoise Hill contendsthat a resolution has still yet to be reached despite progress.

Market Watch Daily Mail

Human Rights Watch published a lengthy report on the stateof political prisoners in Uzbekistan last Friday. Theorganization accused the Karimov regime of unspeakableabuses, including torture and inhumane prison conditions.The report estimated that 10,000-12,000 political prisonersare currently in jail. It also detailed the cases of 34 currentprisoners and 10 former prisoners. The Uzbek government

claims that there are no political prisoners in the country.

On Tuesday, Kyrgyz security forces arrested seven women,aged 20 to 25, accused of being members of the bannedHizb ut-Tahrir pan-Islamic political organization. Thearrests were made in the Nooken district of Jalalabadprovince. A Kyrgyz police spokesman claimed thatevidence collected shows the women also recruited heavilyvia online resources. Kyrgyzstan brands the group as

extremist due to its stated goal of establishing a caliphate.

RFE/RL TASS

BBC The Guardian

On Tuesday, the United States and Afghanistan signed a long-awaited security deal that will allow U.S. troops to stay inAfghanistan beyond the final 2014 withdrawal date. Knownas the Bilateral Security Agreement, the deal will allowapproximately 10,000 U.S. troops and 2,000 NATO troops toremain at nine separate bases throughout the country. Theagreement has been in the works since 2001 but received little

support from ex-President Karzai.

New York TimesWashington Post

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kazakhstan onTuesday to emphasize the need for closer cooperationbetween the two countries. The visit came after thealarming statement by Putin earlier in August questioningcountrys statehood and claiming that Kazakhstan wants toremain part of the big Russian World. During his recentmeeting with President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Putin saidthat Russia and Kazakhstand are connected historically.

The WeekABC News
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In her inauguration speech to the lower house of Parliamenton Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz stated herintention to pursue closer relations with the United States anddeclared that her government will make every effort toensure that the United States increases its military presence inPoland.This announcement comes as the U.S. begins thedeployment of 700 soldiers and 20 M1A1 Abrams tanks

across Poland and the Baltic states.

Romania Insider Business Review

On Wednesday, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Ficoannounced that Russian gas supplies had decreased by 50%without warning. He said that Slovakia will still be able tofulfill its commitments to supply reverse flow gas toUkraine and meet the needs of domestic customers.However, he also criticized Russia for playing with gassupplies as an instrument of political posturingand called

on the E.U. for help in dealing with Moscow.

EU Observer TASS

After meeting with representatives of American oilcompanies during his visit in the United States, Romanianenergy minister Razvan Nicolescu announced that theAmerican company Stratum Energy will invest $150million in Romania next year. The company discoveredconventional gas deposits in Moinesti two years ago andaims to become the third-largest gas producer in Romaniaby developing this deposit.

Radio.cz Prague PostBreibartThe Guardian

The 12th national Saeima elections will be held thisSaturday, October 4. In anticipation of the elections, somevoting stations have opened earlier this week toaccommodate those who might be busy or traveling onElection Day. Already, 120-person lines have formed atsome early voting locations. A grand total of 1,052 votingstations will be open internationally on Saturday, with 99 ofthose locations operating abroad.

Baltic Times LETA

RT Washington Times

BBC

Wall Street Journal Politics.hu

Reuters

Tallinn arrested two former Soviet security officials

crossing into Estonia. Two Russian men reportedly

identified as former KGB are being held on charges of

resisting arrest and illegally entering Estonia. Incident

follows Russian border guards detaining Estonian security

official Kohver on suspicion of espionage who is now

awaiting trial in Russia.

The Czech Foreign Ministry has expressed its regrets over

contradictory reports regarding the situation of ethnic

Czechs in Ukraine. Ministry declared that it was always in

contact with Czech community in Ukraine to provide

assistance in needed. MFA made the statement after over

70 Czech families residing in Ukraine have asked Czech

President Milo Zeman for repatriation to the country.

The EU has expressed its concern over the detention of

Lithuanian fishing vessel by the Russian Federation. The

EU urged Russia to free the vessel immediately.We are

concerned by the forced apprehension of the Lithuanian

fishing vesselSpokesperson said. Russia has explained

that the vessel, Jros Vilkas, was illegally fishing for crabs

the claim has been denied by Lithuania.

PM Viktor Orban ordered interior minister to use all legal

means to prevent the conference planned by U.S. based

National Policy Institute from happening. Conference was

banned on the grounds of extremism and racism. National

Policy Institute that is based in Whitefish; Montana can be

described as white nationalist think tank. Based on reports

the conference included Russian political Scientists

Alexander Dugin.
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Fifteen people died in a blast at an explosives plant innorthwestern Bulgaria on Wednesday. In his publiccomments about the incident, President Plevneliev statedthat the accident was caused by failures to comply withgovernment regulations on handling explosive material. Thecabinet announced that October 3 would be a national dayof mourning, and the countrys two largest political partiesannounced that they had cancelled final campaign events

before the October 5 parliamentary elections.

Sofia Globe Novinite

Kosovo has nominated a film for an Oscar for the first timesince the country declared independence in 2008. The film,"Three Windows and a Hanging", directed by Isa Qosja,was nominated for the Best Foreign Film category of theAcademy Awards. "Three Windows and a Hanging" tellsthe story of a village that struggles to come to terms withthe rape of women villagers during the 1998-99 Kosovo

war.

CTV News Yahoo! News

Serbia held its first gay pride parade in four years in Belgradeamid tight security. After marchers were attacked in 2010,officials had banned the parade due to security concerns. Theparade took place without major incident, although it wasprotested by Serbian Orthodox Church officials and activists.Prime Minister Vucic said that he had no intention of joiningthe march, but several members of his cabinet turned out insu ort of the event.

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On Wednesday, the Croatian National Conservation Instituteannounced that it had found a rare, well-preserved GermanWWII Stuka bomber in Croatias central Adriatic Sea, sevendecades after it was shot down. The wreckage wasdiscovered close to the island of Zirje. Now only twobombers of the Junkers Ju 87, or Stuka, dive bombers havebeen preserved despite over 5,700 having been produced over

the course of the war.

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On Monday, the World Bank approved a recovery packageof $150 million to finance Albanias energy sector. Thepackage will focus on improving the power supply systemand the sectors financial sustainability. The World Bankapproved the funds in the midst of ongoing financial crisesin the Albanian energy sector, including a deficit of $550million and heavy technical losses.

OTP Bank, Hungarys largest lender, offered to buySlovenian state-owned Nova KBM bank for 300 millioneuros on Tuesday. Its bid was the top non-binding offer.Nova KBM is Slovenias second-largest lender, consideredstable and rid of bad loans and the baggage of Sloveniasearly banking crisis. Last year, the government spent 3.2billion euros to rescue the banking industry. This sale is part

of Slovenias ongoing efforts to recover part of the cash.

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Vasko Naumovski, new Ambassador to the U.S. and newlydesignated negotiator for the conflict between Macedoniaand Greece, presented his new agenda to Parliament onWednesday. According to Naumovski, there will be at leastone more round of name negotiations between Skopje and

Athens before the end of the year.

Montenegrin parliament is taking steps to respond to the

reports of Balkan Muslims fighting in the Middle East.

Those fighting in Iraq and Syria will be sentenced up to

five years. According to media reports and the national

security agency, a few hundred members of the Wahhabi

movement are living in Montenegro, believed to be

financed by various Islamic charities.
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This week, closing arguments are being heard at the U.N.International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,where Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is chargedwith 11 crimes during the Bosnia war, including genocide.War crimes prosecutors have called Karadzic the drivingforce behind the persecution of non-Serbs in the 1990s.Prosecutors request Karadzic to receive a sentence of lifeim risonment.

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