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Igor Sechin Door-Crashing in Croatia
June 19, 2013 05:40 PM
Croatia is set to join the European Union as a full member on July 1. This makes Croatia a more attractive object of Russian energy interests. The head of Zarubezhneft (Nikolai Brunich, who has in the meantime taken over as chief of Transneft) visited Zagreb with far-reaching proposals in the oil sector in January. Gazprom’s top managers (Aleksei Miller, Aleksandr Medvedev, Aleksandr Dyukov) visited Croatia shortly thereafter, with multiple project offers in the natural gas and electricity sectors (see EDM, January 30, February 20, 21).Rosneft’s CEO Igor Sechin headed a Rosneft delegation on...
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Central Asia’s Water Conflicts Come into Focus During Nazarbayev-Karimov Summit
June 19, 2013
It was not the first time Central Asia’s water disputes have taken a prominent place on the summit agenda of the presidents of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Islam Karimov, respectively. But the meeting in Tashkent on June 14–15 (see EDM, June 18) attached particular importance to water management, as it became part of the new Strategic Partnership Agreement between the two...
Latest Georgian Casualties in Afghanistan Spark Unprecedented Public Debate and Doubts about Georgia’s NATO Perspectives
June 19, 2013
On June 6, seven Georgian soldiers were killed in a truck bomb attack in Afghanistan (TV9; Rustavi 2, June 6). Just three weeks earlier, on May 13, three more Georgian soldiers died in another truck bomb (1TV; Maestro; TV9, May 13). These latest attacks bring the total death toll of Georgian soldiers in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan to 29 men. Georgia...
Karachaevo-Cherkessia’s Unpopular Governor Says Popular Elections Unnecessary
June 19, 2013
On May 28, the Caucasustimes.com website published the results of the survey in Karachaevo-Cherkessia that was conducted earlier in April. The poll revealed highly critical attitudes towards the regional and national authorities. Eighty-six percent of those polled agreed with the statement that socio-economic issues were the most alarming, especially citing corruption and youth unemployment,...
Circassian Military Traditions Still Keeping Diaspora Strong
June 18, 2013
The 500,000 Circassians in the North Caucasus have long drawn strength and encouragement from the continuing vitality of the 5-million-strong Circassian diaspora in the countries of the Middle East. A major source of the diaspora’s strength in turn has been the participation of many of its members in the military and security services of those countries. And that unique niche, one reflecting the...
Karimov-Nazarbayev Summit Signals Shift in Central Asian Security
June 18, 2013
On June 13–14, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Tashkent for a summit with his Uzbekistani counterpart Islam Karimov. Although media coverage of this meeting differed in both countries, the summit witnessed the signing of a “strategic partnership” between Astana and Tashkent. Equally, despite the nuanced features of reporting the summit in each country’s media, the issue of...
Putin Hints at Normalization with Georgia on Russian Terms
June 18, 2013
Russia’s barbed-wire fence construction in Georgia beyond the occupation line (see EDM, June 3, 11–13, 17) has provided another demonstration of the shifting balance of power (“new geopolitical realities”) in this region. It drove home this point without resorting to outright military aggression; and it may have indicated that further such demonstrations, carefully calibrated in their scope but...
Xenophobia and Desire for Monopoly of Power Dominate Kyiv’s New Approach to Crimea
June 17, 2013
When writing about xenophobia and racism, Western scholarly and media writing about Ukraine inevitably focuses on Western Ukraine and the rise of the Svoboda nationalist party. But in fact, Council of Europe reports, the United States’ diplomatic cables from Kyiv (released by Wikileaks), annual reports on human rights by the US State Department and Ukrainian sociological polls point to the Crimea...
Moscow Orders Crackdown on Kadyrov Personality Cult
June 17, 2013
On June 12, some of the most astonishing news in recent years arrived from Chechnya: the previously ubiquitous portraits of Ramzan Kadyrov had reportedly vanished from the streets of Grozny and other Chechen towns and villages. Until a few days ago, enormous images of the current ruler of Chechnya covered the facades of all government offices, schools and many other buildings in the republic....
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Vladimir Socor is a senior fellow of The Jamestown Foundation and regular writer for Eurasia Daily Monitor.
Breaking News:
Igor Sechin Door-Crashing in Croatia
June 19, 2013 05:40 PM
Croatia is set to join the European Union as a full member on July 1. This makes Croatia a more attractive object of Russian energy interests. The head of Zarubezhneft (Nikolai Brunich, who has in...
