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vii Abbreviations APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation grouping ARF ASEAN Regional Forum ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASMOK Association of Medical Societies for Quality BTC Baku-Tbilissi-Ceyhan CAC Central Asia—Center CFE Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CNPC China National Petroleum Company COMECON Council for Mutual Economic Assistance CSTO Collective Security Treaty Organization CTBT Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea EurAsEC Eurasian Economic Community FIGs Financial Industrial Groups FMCT Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty KSOR Collective Rapid Reaction Force INSOR Institute of Contemporary Development IMEMO Institute of World Economy and International Relations LDPR Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia MKNT Moscow Committee for Science and Technology OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development viii Abbreviations OIC Organization of Islamic Conference OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe PNP Priority National Project RFE Russian Far East Rosstat Russian Federal Statistics Service RF Russian Federation VTsIOM Russian Public Opinion Research Center SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty WHO World Health Organization ...

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