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- THE WEST CAN RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY TO RUSSIA'S ASSAULT ON GEORGIA: PART III Previous
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- THE WEST CAN RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY TO RUSSIA'S ASSAULT ON GEORGIA: PART II
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THE WEST CAN RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY TO RUSSIA'S ASSAULT ON GEORGIA: PART III
International silence about the ethnic cleansing of Georgians from Abkhazia is a striking feature of the continuing debate on the Russia-Georgia conflict. Moscow’s overt moves in recent days to annex Abkhazia politically and militarily capitalize on that ethnic cleansing and would render it irreversible. The international silence on this issue resembles that surrounding the cleansing of Azeris with Russian support from Armenian-occupied districts of Azerbaijan.
WILL RUSSIA BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITS OIL PRODUCTION AT CURRENT LEVELS?
By Sergei Blagov
In his inaugural remarks, the new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stated that the country had sufficient resources to pursue its dynamic economic development. This optimistic statement came, however, against a background of continued debates about whether Russia could sustain its current production levels of crude oil, the country's major cash source. LUKASHENKA SPEECH DENOUNCES OPPOSITION, WARNS THE U.S.
By David Marples
On April 29 Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka delivered a speech to the National Assembly on the "health" of the state that was wide ranging and more than two hours in duration. Although the speech covered a number of topics, its chief interest lies in his defiant attitude toward the West and his insistence that Belarus must follow its own course without outside interference and along the lines dictated by its leader (Komsomol'skaya Pravda v Belorussii, April 30). POSSIBLE RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY
By John C. K. Daly
Among the “frozen conflicts” left over from the implosion of the USSR in December 1991, the economic implications of Armenia’s 1988 to 1994 conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh are perhaps the most striking, as Armenia’s economy has until recently stumbled along while Azerbaijan’s has soared, floating on a tidal wave of oil exports. |
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