The company is believed to be under Russian control.
And even the northwestern area slips from Russian control at night.
She was rid of her Russian control, well able to maintain a small army to protect herself.
Russian control lasted until 1915, when the German army captured the town.
In theory, nothing could seem a cleaner break with this region's troubled past, most of the last two centuries under Russian control.
Turkestan came under Russian control fairly recently, between 1867 and 1885.
Similarly there were developments in to the north of Russian control.
It only came under definitive Russian control in the 1860s.
What the hell, he thought, they were under Russian operational control now.
And the status of the airport, which has been under Russian military control, remains to be resolved.