Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003

Abkhazia agreement agricultural Aliyev Almaty Ambassador Armenia August Autonomous Azerbaijan Baku Bank Belarus Belarusian Bishkek capital Caspian Caucasus Central Asia Chair Chairman Chechen Chechnya Chişinău circ Communist Constitution Council countries criminal December decline Democratic deputies e-mail economic Editor Editor-in-Chief election employees enterprises estimated ethnic exports forces foreign former Georgia Government groups increased independence industrial investment Islam Islamist January Karabakh Kazakh Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Kyrgyzstan leader March ment metric tons Ministry Minsk Moldova Moscow Nagornyi Karabakh National Oblast October official OGLU organized crime Parliament Party People's petroleum pipeline political population Pres President presidential Prime Minister privatization production Putin referendum reform region Republic roubles Russian Federation sector September social sq km St Petersburg Supreme Soviet Tajikistan Tbilisi territory tion trade Transnistria Treaty Turkmenistan Ukraine Union USSR Uzbekistan VLADIMIR Yeltsin Yerevan