
*Uzbekistan dissents on CSTO collective force plans in Moscow
*Russia conceals its new "time of troubles"
*...while Putin laments the slow pace of military modernization
*The Balkar people voice their grievances
*Turkey considers deploying additional troops to Afghanistan
**New in the Jamestown blog on Russia and Eurasia (http://www.jamestown.org/blog):
- Viktor Chernomyrdin Removed as Russian Ambassador to Ukraine