Word: abkhazia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...views of imperialists in Russia, who are bent on restoring Moscow's control over the former Soviet empire. "The borders of the U.S.S.R. will be restored peacefully," Russia's firebrand politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky recently told TIME. "Ukraine and Belarus will be the first to rejoin Russia. Tajikistan, Armenia and Abkhazia are begging to be taken back as Russian provinces. As for the Baltics, they are welcome to their independence -- if they have sufficient resources to sustain it after we cut short all energy supplies. Sure, they'll be independent, but they'll fall ages behind. In fact, independence...
...republics of the old U.S.S.R. seem resigned. Nationalist movements that led sovereignty campaigns against Moscow have suffered election defeats in republics as diverse as Moldova and Lithuania. Georgia, once a leader in the struggle for independence, has swallowed hard and invited Russian peacekeeping forces into its breakaway region of Abkhazia. And Moscow's troops have intervened in Tajikistan to stop a bloody civil...
Kozyrev: It depends on the situation. When there is a major crisis like the fighting in Abkhazia or Tajikistan, and we face a flow of refugees and killing, that takes priority. But Bosnia remains very high on the agenda for the Russian public. Our relationship with the West is very important too, especially in the economic field. Building an open society is important to the Russian people. As long as we stick to the democratic path and resist the red- brown ((opposition)), we will be recognized by the outside world. This is why creating the G-8 is so important...
...stretches across a boundary that neatly illustrates what it means to have Russia as a next-door neighbor. On Chachua's side of the rope lies Georgia, a former republic of the Soviet Union that declared its independence in 1991. Less than 200 yards on the other side lies Abkhazia, a former part of Georgia, which won its as yet unrecognized independence last year by breaking a Moscow- mediated cease-fire and, with the help of arms supplied by Russian military commanders, thrashed the Georgians badly enough to send them heading home to Tbilisi...
...government regulars and rebel forces have each scored important victories against the other. Using Russian-supplied T-72 tanks and personnel, troops loyal to Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze drove the rebels into their last redoubt, in the western region of the republic. But with the help of reinforcements from Abkhazia, the separatists staged a powerful counteroffensive, recapturing an important town...