Abkhazians Fear Russia Will "Swallow" Their Republic
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posted by circassiankama on July, 2009 as Abkhazia
Georgian Daily: Abkhazians Fear Russia Will ‘Swallow’ Their Republic May 22, 2009 Paul Goble At a time when the opposition in South Ossetia is attempting to get Moscow more involved in political fights there, many Abkhazians, especially among the local opposition and in the influential diaspora in Turkey, are expressing concerns that their republic is being “swallowed up” by Russians and Russia. Writing in today’s “Nezavisimaya gazeta,” Yury Simonyan points to the recent declaration of a group of influential Abkhazians calling for reining in President Sergey Bagapsh after he ceded to Russian institutions control over local railroads, the airport, and borders and failed to restrict Russian land purchases (www.ng.ru/politics/2009-05-22/1_abhazia.html). Such concessions, the opposition leaders fear, could “convert Abkhazia into a quasi-state Russian entity” capable of surviving only on Moscow’s handouts. Equally sharp criticism of Bagapsh’s actions in this regard, ... >> full artcle...
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Focus Information Agency: Abkhazia Calls On West To Recognize Its Independence
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posted by circassiankama on as Abkhazia
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Abkhazia calls on west to recognise its independence |
19 юли 2009 | 02:46 |
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London/Sukhumi.
Abkhazia, the separatist region of Georgia, has urged the west to
recognise its independence arguing that it will never again submit to
Tbilisi and that international isolation could push it further into the
arms of Russia, The Financial Times reports.
In the countdown to the anniversary of Russia's short war with Georgia
over the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Sergei
Bagapsh, the president of Abkhazia, told the Financial Times his
government's main goal was to create an "independent state".
Russia recognised the two breakaway Georgian regions as sovereign
states after a war with Georgia last August, ... | >> full artcle...
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RFE/RL: The Pragmatist: Georgia's Irakli Alasania Emerges As Political Alternative
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posted by circassiankama on as Abkhazia
July 17, 2009
The Pragmatist: Georgia's Irakli Alasania Emerges As Political Alternative
by Brian Whitmore
TBILISI -- It's hard to imagine Irakli Alasania eating his tie.
And
that's just one way he contrasts with Georgian President Mikheil
Saakashvili, who absentmindedly began chewing his red silk necktie on
television in an apparent fit of nerves during last summer's war with
Russia.
Where Saakashvili is mercurial and
impulsive, Alasania is calm and reassuring. While Saakashvili thrives
on confrontation, Alasania instinctively seeks consensus. And whereas
the gregarious Saakashvili revels in drama and the limelight, Alasania
prefers to go about his business quietly and modestly. But
there is one area where Saakashvili and Alasania are absolutely in
sync. Both are committed to bringing Georgian fully into Western
institutions including ... >> full artcle...
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NatPress: Abkhazia And The European Union: Prospects Of Mutual Relations
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posted by eagle on as Abkhazia
Abkhazia and the European Union: prospects of mutual relations 17.7.2009 “If the European Union wants to be involved in peacekeeping and economic processes on the Southern Caucasus, as it has repeatedly declared, it should develop working, pragmatic relations with Abkhazia”, an expert, the Abkhaz President’s advisor for foreign affairs Vyacheslav Chirikba believes. Speaking on Tuesday July 14 in Sukhum at “the European Union Expansion: policy and processes" round table, organized by the European Union Institute for Security (Paris) in cooperation with the Center for Humanitarian Programs (Sukhum), he said: ‘At the moment the relations between Abkhazia and the EU go through the period of considerable coolness. Such development could have been avoided, should the European Union have a neutral, more unbiased and pragmatic position”.Abkhazia and the European Union: current problems and prospects of mutual relationsBoth from the geographical and the political point of view the ...>> full artcle...
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Interview with Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh
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posted by circassiankama on as Abkhazia
Interview with Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh
Friday, 17 July 2009 07:45 |
Der Spiegel - 17 July 2009 'We Won't Beg for Diplomatic Recognition'
Once
a popular holiday getaway for the communist elite, tiny Abkhazia is now
a de-facto republic at odds with most of the world. President Sergei
Bagapsh spoke with SPIEGEL ONLINE about his nation's plans, friends and
foes -- and prime real estate. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Other than Russia, your neighboring Black Sea states do not recognize Abkhazia as a nation. Are you isolated? Sergei Bagapsh:
We are a small country with around 242,000 inhabitants. At the moment,
our connections with Russia suffice to allow us to develop our economy.
Of course, we would be happy if Europe was more ... |
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