European deputies are concerned that their overseas allies ceded to the Kremlin a strategic important region. "The weakening of the US military presence in Central Asia is partly due to the reduction in the scale of operations in Afghanistan, but the main reason is the return of the region to the sphere of Russian influence. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are military allies of Russia, "says a recent report of the European Parliament's research center. The document notes that in 2014. Russia persuaded Kyrgyzstan not to prolong the agreement with the Americans to lease the Manas base, and in 2015 closed the North Supply Network (the railroad and highway system on the territory of the former USSR) for the United States, through which the Pentagon delivered military equipment and supplies to Afghanistan, RT reports..

The United States is inferior to Russia and in terms of trade with Central Asian countries - 2.4% versus 18% in total in 2016. At the same time, the decline in Washington's role is taking place against a backdrop of billions of US investments that are coming to the region in the form of investments. The US has already channeled $ 25 billion of direct investment into Kazakhstan's oil sector alone.

The European Parliament believes that one of the main problems in Washington's relations with the Central Asian countries is the support of human rights organizations and activists who are subjected to persecution by the authorities of the former Soviet republics. For example, in 2015. Kyrgyzstan broke the agreement on cooperation with the US after the Americans handed out a human rights award to journalist Azimzhan Askarov. His Kyrgyz justice sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of killing a policeman.

Analysts at the research center advise Americans to make "less emphasis on human rights" in relations with "authoritarian regimes in Central Asia".

Azhdar Kurtov, editor-in-chief of the journal Problems of National Strategy of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, believes that the role of the United States in Central Asia has decreased after it became clear to everyone that they are not unselfishly increasing their presence in the region. "They put their hand to a series of" color revolutions, "including two coups d'etat in Kyrgyzstan. This can not please sovereign governments, "the expert said..

It's just that Washington will not back down and try to strengthen its influence on local political regimes in exchange for military aid, Kurtov said..

In addition, the US "artificially construct a crisis" in Afghanistan, "to reduce cooperation ties within the framework of the Chinese project" Silk Road "and prevent Russia from implementing major economic projects within the SCO".

In its relations with the former Soviet republics, Moscow uses an "integrated approach" - "proposing in the face of the Customs Union, the Eurasian Union and the CIS to create a system that would create jobs, revive cooperative ties and ensure the growth of the welfare of the population of the Central Asian countries". This ensures our country's success in the region.