ARTICLE: In Reversal, Kyrgyzstan Won't Close a U.S. Base, By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and CLIFFORD J. LEVY, New York Times, June 24, 2009

Nice little victory snatched from the jaws of defeat (and Moscow's overt bribery).

In the end, it was all about the money, so we paid up (and renamed it a transit center and now let the Kyrgyz do security), all of which is fine.

And now this bone of contention is gone before Obama goes to Moscow.

Good deal all around.