W/E: New Russian Bases In Abkhazia, South Ossetia Strengthen Moscow’s Hand In...
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posted by FerrasB on September, 2008 as Imperialism
Thursday, September 18, 2008 Window on Eurasia: New Russian Bases in Abkhazia, South Ossetia Strengthen Moscow’s Hand in South Caucasus, Black Sea Region Paul Goble Vienna, September 18 – Russia will set up land, sea and air bases in the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, thus strengthening Moscow’s military position not only in the South Caucasus but across the Black Sea region and preemptively countering any moves by NATO to increase cooperation with or extend membership to Georgia. Yesterday, Moscow signed agreements with the two republics it has recognized as independent countries that makes Moscow responsible for providing security to these republics and for representing them and their citizens abroad where their governments do not have representations (www.ng.ru/politics/2008-09-18/1_dogovor.html?mthree=3). In addition, the sides commit themselves to respecting the territorial integrity and borders of the Russian Federation, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, specify that citizens of one may be citizens of the other, and prohibit membership ... >> full
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Moscow's plans to reconstitute the Soviet empire will not have any result Publication time: 19 September 2008, 09:55 Russia's military intervention in Georgia has provoked a storm of negative reactions in the United States and Europe. To most Americans-and apparently to spluttering Bush administration officials-Moscow's actions came as an unpleasant surprise. Pundits and policy experts immediately began to speculate about the Kremlin's motives in Georgia and beyond. To Russophobes the answer is clear: the evil empire has been reborn and is on the march. They issued shrill warnings that Moscow's dust-up with Georgia was just like the Soviet Union's invasions of Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. Some even invoked the threadbare 1930s analogy, with Russia playing the role of Nazi Germany. According to that logic, Moscow's actions had little to do with the obscure territorial disputes between Georgia and its secessionist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Rather, Russia cannot abide ... >> full
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Caucasian Knot: Public Prosecutor Of Abkhazia: There Are No Grounds To...
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CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 22/9/2008 Public Prosecutor of Abkhazia: there are no grounds to initiate criminal cases against Bagapsh and Kokoity Safarbey Mikanba, General Public Prosecutor of Abkhazia, has treated the utterances of Nikoloz Gvaramiya, Georgian Minister of Justice, that his Ministry was gathering materials for initiation of criminal cases against leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Sergey Bagapsh and Eduard Kokoity, to be groundless and cheap politics. "These are empty statements, not confirmed by any facts and arguments. There are no legal grounds for opening criminal cases against Bagapsh and Kokoity, unlike the Georgian leadership, who repeatedly committed crimes and genocide against Abkhazia and South Ossetia and their people," the Public Prosecutor of Abkhazia told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. We remind you that according to the statement of the Minister of Justice of Georgia Nikoloz Gvaramiya, "the inquiry in relation of Bagapsh and Kokoity is already underway." "Those proofs that we already have and ... >> full
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GEORGIA: CONFUSION OVER CONFLICT TOLL
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GEORGIA: CONFUSION OVER CONFLICT TOLL Lengthy list of missing in action suggests official death toll may be under-estimated By Natia Kuprashvili in Tbilisi "Unknown soldier" reads the inscription on a long line of graves in Tbilisi's Mukhatgverdi cemetery. Those who died in Georgia's five-day war in August are buried here, but some have gravestones not with names but with two-digit numbers, which does not stop mourners from putting bunches of fresh flowers on the tombs. "Parents of the dead or missing soldiers, as well as soldiers who survived and just ordinary people come here every day to mourn over the graves," said Otar Meparishvili who works for the cemetery. "I have never seen so many men crying before." The Melia family, who are refugees from the 1992-3 war in Abkhazia, come to the cemetery to weep for their lost son, lieutenant Sergo Melia. Some of his comrades told them he had been killed. ... >> full
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PRAVDA: Putin erases border between Russia and South Ossetia
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The recently signed interstate agreement between South Ossetia and Russia provides a legal base to erase the border between the two nations, Itar-Tass reports with reference to a statement from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. “I think we will have to sign several other documents which, on the one hand, will ensure Russia’s interests from the point of the external boundary security and, on the other hand, will give people an opportunity to communicate freely without administrative obstacles,” Putin stated at a meeting with regional leaders of the ruling United Russia party. “In essence, we will liquidate the border between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia. We will give people an opportunity to feel safe, grow children, develop their country, their republic and to communicate freely without any formalities on the state border,” the prime minister said. Putin pointed out that it did not go about the incorporation of South ... >> full
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