Elimination of security threats in the south of Russia in Tajik military conflict
The article deals with the national security measures taken by Russia on its southern borders in Central Asia in terms of internal military conflict which turned into a civil war in Tajikistan. The article also focuses on legal foundations and terms of maintaining peacekeeping operations by the military contingents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan and Uzbekistan. The Russian experience of peace-making efforts in Tajikistan is summed up briefly. Commonwealth of Independent States collective experience in the settlement of armed conflicts is esteemed in the context of their further employment in CIS countries according to the multinational agreements.