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Kyrgyz soldiers of the Rapid Deployment Forces of Central Asian nations take part in joint military exercises "Indestructible Brotherhood - 2014" at the Ala-Too training ground, some 20 km outside the capital, Bishkek. The exercise gathers members of CSTO, a military alliance which includes Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, that Moscow has touted to be a counterweight to the NATO.