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Putin is facing the toughest fight of his Presidency as former USSR goes up in flames
Just days after the Nagorno-Karabakh war begun, a political uprising engulfed the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan, yet another former Soviet republic
Russia warns that Nagorno-Karabakh could become Islamist militant stronghold
Moscow's foreign intelligence chief said the mountain enclave could become a launch pad for Islamist militants to enter Russia