Paul Goble
Vienna October 8 – Over the last decade, the Commonwealth of Independent States has been reduced to little more than a club of presidents of the 11 and now, after Georgia’s withdrawal, 11 former Soviet republics. But so few presidents are slated to attend the CIS session in Chisinau tomorrow that many are suggesting it is entering its final “death agony.”
And perhaps because the organization that the Russian government had hoped would be central mechanism for ensuring Moscow’s continuing dominance of the region is passing into eclipse, the Russian government is not only relying more heavily on sub-groups of these states such as the Organization of the Collective Security Treat but also dusting off some older tactics.
Among the latter are efforts to reduce the significance of borders between the Russian Federation and ...
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By Fehim Taştekin, World Bulletin
Russian leader Dmitri Medvedev must have noticed that the terror tactics which have been used in an unbridled way in Circassia have not done the job, because he gave priority to moderate religious education as an antidote to propaganda war and radicalism in his meeting on August 28th. According to Medvedev, a television station to explain traditional Islam should be established, religious education outside the country should be put under control, and a road should be found for men of religion to work with the youth. Kadirov added to this the recommendation to increase universities like the Kunta Haji Russian Islam University, which was put into service at Jaharkale on August 21st and which gives traditional ...
Member of Russia's lower house Adam Delimkhanov, center, seen during a meeting of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Chechnya's Kremlin-backed president Ramzan Kadyrov, right, in the Chechen capital Grozny in this April 16, 2007, photo.
