|
| Belarus changed external imbalance into internal one |
Ahniya Asanovich | 10.10.2011
|
 |
|
|
 Power ambitions again made Belarusian government to make wrong
priorities. The perspective of economic hardships did not stop the
authorities from splashing out while increasing the public spending
before presidential elections in December 2010. Eventually Belarus
witnessed economic default made of financial crisis, devaluation of
Belarusian national currency, shortage of foreign currency, sharp rise
of prices and urgent need of foreign loans to keep the country afloat...
[more +] |
|
| The opposition is being slowly radicalized because of the direct participation of the political centre within the local battles: Enver Kisriev in the interview for DespiteBorders |
| Michal Ondrejčík | 20.05.2011
|
|
|
|
Enver Kisriev is a Russian sociologist, expert in the questions concerning Caucasus. He is the head of the Caucasus department at the Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is an expert in ethno-cultural and civil-political problems of modern Dagestan. He served as the advisor to the chairman of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan in the 90-ties. We were talking about the character of the northern Caucasian conflict and possibilities of resolving the deep social, economic and political crisis in this area in the interview for the Despite Borders portal. How could we call the current conflict in the Northern Caucasus? Is it a battle against terrorism / banditry?
[more +] |
|
| Belarus and Russia – more like real business partners now? Russia has divided “emotions” and “business” in its geopolitical projects with Belarus |
| Ahniya Asanovich | 20.05.2011
|
|
|
|
The ghost of the Union State between Russia and Belarus is still wandering in the halls of Kremlin although it no longer impresses Russian authorities as something feasible. The idea of gradual incorporation of Belarus into Russia attractive for Russian authorities through the project of the Union State initiated in 1999, lost its sense in this respect in 21st century, for Belarusian Government would not allow the loss of state sovereignty. Thus the Union State appeared to be in the end "strategical misunderstanding” between Belarus and Russia. Referring to the fact that winding up the Union State would damage Russia and Belarus' political image on international arena, the project has acquired symbolical weigh and has been artificially sustained...
[more +] |
|
| According to Lukashenko, European (democratic) standards don’t coincide with Belarusian context, and thus are irrelevant on Belarusian ground |
| Ahniya Asanovich | 22.02.2011
|
|
|
|
 Myths which are believed in tend to become
true. - George
Orwell
It’s being stated that the EU is based on respect of human
rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law, which make
European democratic standards. Being a “soft power” directed by moral
values the EU can’t offer a third country any political or economic
integration prior this country adheres to democratic standards and
values. Still some state leaders practicing
authoritarian rule are interested in challenging universal character of
European democratic principles and standards, claiming that they will
build their own democracy or any other typeof political order whic...
[more +] |
|
| Pridnestrovie’s future: Liberal economy, Freedom and security |
| Roman Konoplev | 15.09.2010
|
|
|
|
Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica is going to celebrate its 20 anniversary since it declared independence. The people who created the republic in a nation-wide unity became disappointed by the situation in Pridnestrovie today, after they devolved power on the leaders of the country. Many things happened since 1990. There was a military conflict with Moldova in 1991-1992, a transition to market economy and serious transformations in the European and world scale. The change of the political elites has been an urgent thing for many times. There have always appeared certain prerequisites to different changes..
[more +] |
|
| Carpathian Ruthenia or a new neighbour on the horizon? |
| Michal Ondrejčík | 01.08.2010
|
|
|
|
In the following lines I shall speak of a republic which strives to compete with Ukrainian power in the Zakarpattia Oblast. The reason for its origin is the fact that since 1991 Ukraine has been ignoring the requests of Carpathian Rusyns, who supported the status of a special self-governing administrative territory in the 1991 referendum by 78.2 percent of votes. This autonomy of Carpathian Rusyns has remained unrealized until present time. Following many attempts to negotiations with Ukrainian representatives, on 1 December, 2008, Rusyn activists decided to declare the restoration of pre-Soviet status of the Republic of Carpathian Ruthenia because according to Rusyn representatives, Czechoslovakia doesn't exist any longer , and the only way to realize this status is the declaration...
[more +] |
|
| Quo vadis Pridnestrovie? |
| Michal Ondrejčík | 20.02.2010
|
|
|
|
In the following lines Iʼm going to deal with a republic which you wonʼt find in any political map of the world, definitely not on such a map which was printed in Chisinau. Iʼm talking about Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (hereinafter "PMR” or "Pridnestrovie”), which is called by Moldovan nationalists, who don't know their own history, "Transnistria”, or rather, they name it indefinitely – "eastern provinces”. It was founded by the Russians, Ukrainians, Moldovans and other 34 nationalities which had been living here for a long time. Councillors of all levels coming from "eastern provinces” couldn't bear the oppression on the part of Moldovan nationalists any longer. These assumed power in the process of USSR dissolution...
[more +] |
|
|
|
|
|
