Window On Eurasia: Diomid Case Proves Chukchi Separatism Is No Joke, Russian...
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posted by FerrasB on July, 2008 as Imperialism
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Window on Eurasia: Diomid Case Proves Chukchi Separatism is No Joke, Russian Nationalist Says Paul Goble Vienna, July 8 – Dissident Orthodox Bishop Diomid, whether intentionally or not, is helping to promote separatism in Chukotka, according to on Russian nationalist commentator. But another Moscow analyst suggests that the Kremlin’s own behavior in this case is doing far more than the embattled churchman to threaten the territorial integrity of the country. In an article on the Pravaya.ru portal, Yury Bazhenov says that Russia risks losing Chukotka for reasons both domestic and foreign. Domestically, that Far Eastern region is so far from Moscow – more than 10,000 km and more than 10 time zones – and so cut off -- its towns are accessible only by irregular air routes that the center does not exercise effective control. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Bazhenov continues, this isolation became even more important. The ... >> full
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Window On Eurasia: Russian Afgantsy Want Moscow To Celebrate Their War Too
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Sunday, July 6, 2008 Window on Eurasia: Russian Afgantsy Want Moscow to Celebrate Their War Too Paul Goble Vienna, July 6 – Russian veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan have appealed to the Kremlin to quash the negative assessment of that conflict the USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies returned in December 1989 and to include February 15, when they commemorate Soviet action there, on the list of Russian Days of Military Glory. On Friday, the Russian Union of Veterans of Afghanistan appealed to the country’s leadership to formally repeal the condemnation of that conflict, which many see as having led to the end of the Soviet Union, and to officially declare that the conflict in Afghanistan should be recalled alongside other Soviet and Russian victories (www.apn.ru/news/article20267.htm). The Union, which claims to speak on behalf of the more than 650,000 surviving Russian veterans of that war, attracted the backing of Frants Klintsevich, a Union leader ... >> full
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KC: Moscow Not Willing To Settle Conflicts In Georgi
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Moscow not willing to settle conflicts in Georgia Publication time: 12 July 2008, 11:41 Russia is not interested in settlement of conflicts in Georgia and this country's entrance to NATO, and therefore, provokes Georgian- Abkhazian and Georgian-Ossetia conflicts, experts consider. " Moscow appears to think that so long as Georgia is in conflict with its breakaway regions and Russia, Georgia will not be allowed into NATO. So Moscow does not see itself as having an interest in resolving the Georgia crisis," American expert on Russia, Mark N. Katz, said. The difference between the self-declared republics - South Ossetia and Abkhazia - and official Tbilisi over the last week acquired the character of the military confrontation. After tragic acts of terror in Galya and Tskhinvali, the unrecognized republics accused Tbilisi of the aggravating situation, and Tbilisi highlighted its non-participation and in its turn, accused Russia and self-declared regimes of the acts of terror. The steps ... >> full
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PRIMA –News: Protest Action Against Systematic Violation Of Human Rights In...
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Protest action against systematic violation of human rights in the North Caucasus RUSSIA, Moscow. On July 10 in Moscow at Novopushkinsky Square, the Moscow department of the United Civil Front conducted a protest meeting against the systematic violation of human rights in the North Caucasus. Participants included representatives from the Committee on Anti-War actions, the human rights center “Memorial”, and the “Defense” movement - a total of about 30 people. The organizers' statement said: “Do not believe deceitful propaganda! Violence in the North Caucasus continues as before. Instead of proposing social projects to Russian citizens of this region, the Putin - Medvedev regime prefers to solve problems by shootings and by repression. Hostage-taking by intelligence agencies and unjustified aggression with respect to people who are only suspected of connections with fighters in the North Caucasus long ago became standard. In Moscow and throughout central Russia, people do not understand to what extent the ... >> full
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Agency Caucasus: Caucasian Youth See Future As Bleak
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Nalchik/Agency Caucasus - A recent survey has revealed that the youth of North Caucasus tend to paint a bleak future and regard unemployment, corruption and bribery as the most important three problems to be dealt with primarily. The Scientific Centre of the Academy of Sciences of South Russia is the institution based in Rostov-On-Don that surveyed the young people's attitudes towards and beliefs about what went wrong socially in countries like Dagestan, Krasnodar, Karachai-Cherkessia and Stavropol. Marina Shulga, an official from the Centre, made public in Nalchik the results of the survey. The young people surveyed created a list of the most urgent social problems that ran as follows: Unemployment, corruption, bribery, high rates of inflation as well as taxes, a rise in criminal acts, bad means of transportation, drug addiction and alcoholism, low standards of housing as well as public services, bad health care, terrorism, immigration, international strains, bad system ... >> full
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