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2004-05-26 Caucasus

Ossetia votes in parliament in defiance of Georgia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-05-26 12:13:50 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Interesting trend. It's as if people are realizing that breaking away from a larger whole may not be such a good thing after all. This article (in Polish) says that nostalgia for the USSR remains quite strong. The graphic on the right asks "Where would you rather live?", "w swoim kraju"=in your own country; "w zwiazku..."=in union with Russia,Belorussia,Ukraine; "w zjednoczonej Europie"=in a united Europe (presumably the EU). The rest is self-evident.

Posted by Rafael 2004-05-26 1:09:18 AM|| 2004-05-26 1:09:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 To be clear, the Polish article mentioned above talks about Russia, Ukraine, and Belorussia.
There's an idea being floated about to create an alternative to the EU, made up of former Soviet states, including Kazachstan with the three mentioned previously. I think the smarter nations and regions are thinking about their future rather than pursuing some failed notion of independence that leads nowhere. For South Ossetia, they would be that much closer to the goose that lays the golden eggs (for now anyways)...the EU.

Posted by Rafael 2004-05-26 1:24:13 AM|| 2004-05-26 1:24:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Umm, Belorussia=Belarus, but y'all knew that anyway.

Posted by Rafael 2004-05-26 1:30:38 AM|| 2004-05-26 1:30:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "create an alternative to the EU"
Sounds like something we should be encouraging.

Posted by Raptor 2004-05-26 8:21:17 AM|| 2004-05-26 8:21:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think the smarter nations and regions are thinking about their future rather than pursuing some failed notion of independence that leads nowhere.

Huh?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-05-26 8:24:46 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-05-26 8:24:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I think the smarter nations and regions are thinking about their future rather than pursuing some failed notion of independence that leads nowhere.
Huh?

That's my way of saying that breaking away from Russia was not a good idea in the first place. That goes for all the former Soviet republics, with the exception of maybe Kazakhstan.

Posted by Rafael 2004-05-26 9:02:29 AM|| 2004-05-26 9:02:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 South Ossetia is one of two Georgian regions that broke away I realize this Rooters that can't be relied upon to give the right time of day, but three regions broke away from Georgia - South Ossetia, Abkharzia, and Ajaria.

Posted by Phil B 2004-05-26 9:04:04 AM|| 2004-05-26 9:04:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Good point, Rafael: There IS such a thing as a false independence that leads to worse things happening than if you stayed where you were.

Posted by Ptah 2004-05-26 9:11:56 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-05-26 9:11:56 AM|| Front Page Top

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