WikiLeaks: Karimov Played U.S. Off Against Russia
AKIPRESS.COM - The activist site WikiLeaks recently released a reported State Department cable declassified February 11, 2010 and dated February 11, 2000 that describes Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov as critical of what he characterized as Russia's meddling and even provocations in the Central Asian region, and portrayed the Uzbek leader as ready for closer cooperation with the U...