W/E: Moscow Publisher’s Call For Unitary State Frightens Russia’s Minorities
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posted by FerrasB on September, 2008 as Imperialism
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Window on Eurasia: Moscow Publisher’s Call for Unitary State Frightens Russia’s Minorities Paul Goble Vienna, September 9 – Moscow has opened “a Pandora’s box” for itself by recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia because as a result of this step, it has created a precedent far more powerful than Kosovo that the West and Russia’s own minorities can use against it to dismantle the Russian Federation, according to the publisher of a leading Moscow newspaper. Indeed, “Nezavisimaya gazeta’s” Konstantin Remchukov argues that the country is unlikely to remain in one piece once economic difficulties appear unless the Kremlin now organizes a constitutional referendum to disband the country’s national republics and transform it into a unitary state (www.ng.ru/politics/2008-09-05/2_pandorrasbox.html). But the reactions of both non-Russian and Russian regional groups to such a proposal almost certainly means that Remchukov’s proposal would do more to destroy the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation than any of ... >> full
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W/E: Moscow Publisher’s Call For Unitary State Frightens Russia’s Minorities
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Window on Eurasia: Moscow Publisher’s Call for Unitary State Frightens Russia’s Minorities Paul Goble Vienna, September 9 – Moscow has opened “a Pandora’s box” for itself by recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia because as a result of this step, it has created a precedent far more powerful than Kosovo that the West and Russia’s own minorities can use against it to dismantle the Russian Federation, according to the publisher of a leading Moscow newspaper. Indeed, “Nezavisimaya gazeta’s” Konstantin Remchukov argues that the country is unlikely to remain in one piece once economic difficulties appear unless the Kremlin now organizes a constitutional referendum to disband the country’s national republics and transform it into a unitary state (www.ng.ru/politics/2008-09-05/2_pandorrasbox.html). But the reactions of both non-Russian and Russian regional groups to such a proposal almost certainly means that Remchukov’s proposal would do more to destroy the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation than any of ... >> full
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President Eduard Kokoity of South Ossetia
Agency Caucasus – South Ossetia’s President Eduard Kokoity expressed on Thursday hopes of uniting with North Ossetia so that they could constitute a single unit within the Russian Federation.
"We will be part of the Russian Federation," Kokoity was reported by Reuters as saying in the Russian resort of Sochi on the Black Sea. "We will do it according to the norms of international law."
Kokoity’s wish to join Russia came days after his country and Abkhazia were recognized by Russia as independent states—a development of international significance that followed Russian troops defeating an attempt by Georgia to reclaim its power over South Ossetia by force last month.
"Now we are an independent state and we look forward to uniting with North Ossetia and joining the Russia Federation," Kokoity said, Reuters reported.
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Agency Caucasus: Abkhazia Ready To Host Russian Military Bases
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Abkhazia's President Sergei Bagapsh Agency Caucasus – Abkhazia favours signing a deal with Russia to allow its military bases to be set up on the territory of Abkhazia, President Sergei Bagapsh said on Thursday in Sochi, a Black Sea resort in Russia. "We will enter into a military agreement with the Russian Federation to protect ourselves against aggression," Bagapsh told reporters, Reuters reported. “It will be an agreement about the deployment of military bases on the territory of Abkhazia. After a political agreement we will sign a military agreement about bases, also in our sea ports.” Abkhazia considers joining the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), an organized grouping of former Soviet republics, in reaction to Georgia’s bid to join NATO. The president of Abkhazia took a similar position to that o Russia when he voiced his concern that the whole northern Caucasus region would come under a real threat from Georgia’s possible accession to ... >> full
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Independent: Welcome To Mr Putin's Grozny
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Independent.co.uk Welcome to Mr Putin's Grozny Tuesday, 18 April 2000 It is the first large city to be destroyed by military action in Europe since 1945. Two months after the Russian army captured Grozny, the capital of Chechnya and once home to 400,000 people, its ruins look like pictures of Stalingrad or Dresden immediately after the Second World War. Russian shells and bombs have turned apartment blocks into grey concrete sandwiches, one floor collapsed on top of another. The bombardment blew apart even the smallest shed, leaving only a few tattered pieces of corrugated iron hanging from charred beams. It is the first large city to be destroyed by military action in Europe since 1945. Two months after the Russian army captured Grozny, the capital of Chechnya and once home to 400,000 people, its ruins look like pictures of Stalingrad or Dresden immediately after the Second World War. Russian shells and bombs have turned ... >> full
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