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Published: 05 February, 2009, 05:38

CSTO meeting in Moscow (AFP photo / Natalia Kolesnikova)

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The collective rapid reaction force that will be created by Russia and six neighbouring states could be even stronger in Central Asia than NATO, says Dmitry Babich from Russia Profile magazine.

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