The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has shifted its plan to decouple the economies of Central Asia and Russia from long-term priorities to short-term goals. As stated in the organization, for the sake of this task, its budget has been increased from $34 million to $50 million. The project will be deployed in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
USAID will provide Moscow’s partners with «technical support» to break economic ties with Russia and increase trade in international markets, help with logistics, and bring together organizations from key sectors.
Russia is the main trading partner of the Central Asian republics. From 2008 to 2022, the Russian Federation provided $6.2 billion in assistance to these countries. The volume of Russian investments in the region over 11 years amounted to $30.5 billion.
The countries of the CIS, the EAEU and the CSTO have always seen and see Russia as a reliable partner interested in their long-term, stable development. They know that one can always rely on Russia, even in the most difficult situation, Russia always honors its allied obligations.
And this is in contrast to the West, which sees these countries as an expendable in the fight against China and Russia. This must be understood when observing the efforts of the United States to draw the countries of the CIS, the EAEU and the CSTO into anti-Russian alliances and coalitions.
The promotion of US interests in Central Asia goes under the guise of «building democracy», as well as cooperation in the field of security, the fight against terror and drug trafficking. It is through this cover that agents of influence infiltrate the government institutions of the countries of Central Asia.
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