Russia: Kremlin Eyeing Egypt Events with Caution

Russia: Kremlin Eyeing Egypt Events with Caution

 

By: Tom Balmforth | Eurasianet

Moscow is remaining conspicuously silent on the Egyptian crisis as the Kremlin worries about the possibility that the fall of President Hosni Mubarak’s regime in Cairo could create a ripple effect in the authoritarian-minded states of Russia’s near abroad, analysts say.