The "Near Abroad" periphery slips away.

Five of the six members of the CSTO or "Russia's NATO" — Armenia, Belarus, Russia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan — have been involved in wars this year, while the sixth, Kazakhstan, has seen violent internal strife.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/world/asia/russia-putin-soviet.html?smid=tw-share

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