MONDAY

1. THEORY

Collective Security Treaty Organization

2. ANALYTICS

What Kazakhstan Means for Ukraine

WEDNESDAY

3. CURRENT ISSUES

4. TEST


VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

KEY TERMS
disposal power or right to use or have use of a thing; control
equality the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability
accomplish to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish, achieve
complementary forming a satisfactory or balanced whole
joint statementa document reflecting shared commitment and aims of the parties involved
crisis responsethe advance planning and actions taken to address natural and man-made disasters, crises, critical incidents, and tragic events
sufficiency an adequate quantity, which is large enough to achieve a purpose
preferential regime treating certain entities, activities or structures over-favourably for the specific purposes
discorddisagreement; difference of opinion.
initiateto begin, set going, or originate
FOCUS WORDS
deployment размещение,  расположение, базирование, дислоцирование
suppress подавлять, пресекать, сдерживать
primary первичный, основной, начальный, главный
pretext предлог, отговорка
intimidation запугивание, устрашение
launch запускать, начинать, выпускать
resignation отставка, отказ от должности
overestimate оценивать слишком высоко; переоценивать
submissionпредставление, подача, подчинение
leverage рычаг, двигатель; средство для достижения цели
WORDS FOR REPORT
a clear age gap on the issue
compared with a smaller share
more likely to favor
the survey explored the public’s views about 
Overall,
In regard to the negative consequences, 
substantial majorities
no statistically significant difference by age 
GRAMMAR PATTERNS

The outcome of the recent eight-hour-long US-Russia talks in Geneva was not reported on the main news broadcast of Russia’s state-owned Channel One, a primary propaganda outlet for the Kremlin, until the 11th minute.

Although the CSTO, a kind of “Warsaw Pact-lite,” was founded in the 1990s, the Kremlin has never used it to justify a foreign intervention until now, in the case of Kazakhstan.

If the Kremlin tries to take control of the country’s resources, it will end up in a confrontation with China, which it cannot afford.

Nonetheless, after years of the Kremlin standing by and watching as the US and China colonized Kazakhstan economically, those countries now must watch as Russian soldiers help to patrol Kazakh cities.

Though the intervention is supposed to scare the protesters into submission, it could well have the opposite effect, turning Kazakhs decidedly against Russia.