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2006-07-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Steve 2006-07-06 10:15|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Caucus politix are a bit muddled for me.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-07-06 10:45|| 2006-07-06 10:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Russian troops are deployed in the region to protect the separatists.

That sentence helps clarify the mud a little.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-06 11:09|| 2006-07-06 11:09|| Front Page Top

#3 so muddled that they apply to the trans deniester, which is NOT in the Caucusus ;)

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-07-06 11:11|| 2006-07-06 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 TD is the Russian speakers who didn't want to be part of Moldova, which is Romanian-speaking. Their leader, back in the 91-92 pereiod had a totally nondescript name -- Ivan Ivanov, if I remember correctly (too lazy to look it up). I believe the leadership of both sides was made up of mafiosi.

Gen. Lebed' kept the parties apart, preventing the Moldovans from killing all the Russian-speaking nitwits and the Russian-speakers from killing all the Moldovan nitwits, exhibiting qualities of patience that should have qualified him for sainthood.

I'd forgotten all about them until this incident jogged my memory. Lebed's not only moved on but safe in his grave, so the hard boyz can get frisky. Doubt if it's our sort of terrorism, though I suppose it could be a lost Chechen or two.

Posted by Fred 2006-07-06 11:11|| 2006-07-06 11:11|| Front Page Top

#5 yah, but not everyone in TD is russian, some are romanian speakers who want to be part of Moldova, and thus Moldova thinks that independence for TD is Russian aggression (kinda the way Russia - quietly - thinks an independent Ukraine is aggression)

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-07-06 11:15|| 2006-07-06 11:15|| Front Page Top

#6 (Quietly tiptoes out of thread to go lie down.)

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-07-06 11:28|| 2006-07-06 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Try the fainting couch over there, Seafarious dear, and I'll bring us each a nice cup of tea. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-06 11:38|| 2006-07-06 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 SF, fortunately for you, TD and/or Caucasus (caucus is something entirely, ahm..., different) are land-locked regions, so given your nick, we do give you some slack. ;-)

Posted by twobyfour 2006-07-06 11:39|| 2006-07-06 11:39|| Front Page Top

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