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Russia: How Does Moscow View Frozen CIS Conflicts?

posted by zaina19 on August, 2006 as Imperialism

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/25/2006 1:36 AM
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Russia: How Does Moscow View Frozen CIS Conflicts?

Chechnya -- FSB with Flag x
A Russian soldier holds a Chechen flag (file photo)
(AFP)
Russia appears to support the May 21 Montenegrin independence referendum as a potential model for resolving some separatist conflicts in its own neighborhood -- namely, the regions that enjoy Moscow's support in their pursuit of independence from Moldova and Georgia. But its own separatist conflicts are a different matter -- particularly in Chechnya, where no Montenegro-style referendum is likely. RFE/RL Moscow correspondent Claire Bigg asked Yevgeny Volk, the director of the Heritage Foundation think tank in Moscow, whether Russia has a double standard on the issue of separatist conflicts.

RFE/RL: The Russian Foreign Ministry said on May 23 it respected Montenegro's vote to seek independence from Serbia. Abkhazia and Transdniester, two breakaway regions backed by Russia, have also hailed the ...
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Russian court convicts 5 Muslim teens of planning terrorist attacks

posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/3/2006 2:30 AM
Russian court convicts 5 Muslim teens of planning terrorist attacks
Wednesday August 02, 2006

MOSCOW (AP) Five Muslim teenagers were convicted Wednesday of involvement in a terrorist conspiracy and sentenced to prison terms of up to six years, the father of one of the teens said.

The teenagers, along with 19 adults, were accused of plotting to create an Islamic state in the traditionally Muslim region of Tartarstan, about 450 miles east of Moscow.

But rights activists and relatives said the trial, which began last month in the central Russian city of Kazan, was an attempt to frame the young men.

Elgiz Shaydullin, a firefighter whose two sons were accused and have been detained for 18 months, denounced the decision of the Tartarstan regional Supreme Court, which sentenced his son Rustam, 19, to six years in prison.

``The evidence was all constructed to result in a guilty verdict,'' ...
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