160 “Chokimiyaty i vlast’” (see note 92).
Abbreviations
AIMK
Agenstvo Informacii i Massovych Kommuni-
kacij (Agency for Information
and Mass Com-
munication)
ARGOS
Agenstvo Razvitija Gosudarstvennoj Sluzhby
(Agency for Civil Service Development)
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
BRI
Belt
and Road Initiative
BTI
Bertelsmann Transformation Index
CACI
Central Asia – Caucasus Institute
(Washington, D.C.,
The Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies)
CITIC Group
China International
Trust and Investment
Corporation
CNN
Cable News Network
CSTO
Collective Security Treaty Organization
DSC
Development Strategy
Centre
EEU
Eurasian Economic Union
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the
United
Nations
GoNGO
Government organised NGO
GSBP
Gosudarstvennaja Sluzhba Bezopasnosti Prezi-
denta (State Security Service of the President)
NATO
North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation
OECD
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
OSCE/ODIHR Organisation for Security and Co-operation in
Europe/Office for Democratic
Institutions and
Human Rights
RFE/RL
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
SGB
Sluzhba Gosudarstvennoj Bezopasnosti
(State Security Service )
SNB
Sluzhba Nacional’noj Bezopasnosti
(National Security Service)
SSR
Soviet Socialist
Republic
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Devel-
opment
USAID
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment