roma aldos marcos and congratulated him on his victory in the presidential elections in the philippines, they took place on may 9, as reported by the kremlin press service, the russian leader noted the relations between moscow and manila are traditionally friendly and expressed hope for the further development of cooperation in the interests of the peoples of our countries and in line with strengthening stability in the asia-pacific region. russia has not considered and is not considering the central asia as an arena for geopolitical confrontation and are interested in the development of all central asian states, this was stated by speaker of the federation council valentina matvienko during the plenary session of the inter-parliamentary forum of the countries of central asia and the russian federation, it is being held in bashgabat, according to the speaker of the federation council, today moscow’s relations with the states of the central asian region are strategic partnership requires special attention to challenges in the field of regional security today, unfortunately, the world is