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Sep 16, 2006: Transdniestrians Vote September 16 In Referendum On Joining Russia
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"The breakaway republic of Transdniestria in Moldova will on Sunday [September17, 2006] vote in a referendum on joining Russia, in a potentially damaging blow to EU diplomacy in the post-Soviet region," reports the EU Observer in a September 15, 2006...

Sep 4, 2006: What Did The Kremlin Learn From The Beslan Tragedy?
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Masha Lipman, editor of the Russian and English language Pro et Contra journal, published by the Carnegie Moscow Center," says in her September 4, 2006, Washington Post column on the September 3, 2004, Beslan school massacre allegedly carried out by...

Sep 4, 2006: What Sparked Tensions in Kondopoga?
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"Tensions between ethnic Russians and ethnic Caucasians are “extremely critical” in the northwestern Russian city of Kondopoga after a deadly barfight sparked violent protests by hundreds of Russians, a local Muslim religious leader has said," MosNews.com reported September 4, 2006....

Aug 4, 2006: Charles Grant: "At Last, Some Hope For Ukraine'
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Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, asserts in an August 4, 2006 article in Guardian Unlimited's widely-read Comment is Free blog that "The formation of a new government - four months after parliamentary elections - is good...

Aug 3, 2006: Yanukovych and Yushchenko Adjust to Ukraine's Political Climate
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Veronica Khokhlova, who gained prominence in some Western circles as a result of her excellent coverage of Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" in late 2004 and early 2005," makes interesting points about Ukrainian politicians ability to readjust themselves to conform to the...

Aug 3, 2006: Yushchenko and Yanukovych: Can They Work Together?
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Tatyana Stanovaya, writing for RIA Novosti, reported August 3, 2006 that, "After hours of consultations, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko made a decision last night to submit the candidacy of Viktor Yanukovych for the post of prime minister." "In effect," she...

May 15, 2005: Links to EurasiaNet.Org's Uzbekistan Archive
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George Soros' EurasiaNet.Org has interesting headlines in its Uzbekistan Archive including this Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty report on the latest political upheaval and deaths in the landlocked Central Asian nation, which shares a border with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and...

Mar 22, 2005: RIA Novosti: Kyrgyz President's Actions Might Be Too Late
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RIA Novosti reported March 22, 2005 that "Things are still hanging on a knife's edge in the Osh and Jalal-Abad southern regions of Kyrgyzstan. According to witnesses, about a thousand people who spent the night in front of the Osh...

Mar 22, 2005: Will Kyrgyzstan's Government Heed Demands to Resign
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The Russian news agency Interfax reported that Ravshan Zheyenbekov, a candidate who lost in Kyrgyzstan's recent parliamentary elections, told one of its correspondents on March 22, 2005 that "The population of the Talas region in northern Kyrgyzstan has joined the...

Feb 28, 2005: Tajikistan Elections Reportedly Marred by Fraud
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Peter Eicher, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's (OSCE) mission chief, today commented on parliamentary elections held in Tajikistan over the weekend. He told a news conference: "I regret to say that the overall process was a disappointment....