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...situation is similar in some of the old Soviet republics and satellites. Both former communists and former dissidents are fighting daily to maintain or reimpose state control of the media. In Tajikistan, beset by civil war, the government suppressed all independent media. In Armenia police habitually raid editorial offices. In Romania journalists are often under surveillance. In Slovakia a proposed law would provide one- to five-year jail sentences for journalists who "demean" the country from abroad. In Poland, the Czech republic and Hungary the situation is better, but everywhere governments exert pressure by controlling paper supplies, distribution facilities...
...army to use "all means at * the state's disposal" to bring the breakaway republic of Chechnya back into the Russian Federation. "The Chechnya question is a Russian internal matter," announced the State Department. But in some American -- especially Republican -- eyes, Russia's dispatch of "peacekeeping" troops to Tajikistan, Georgia and other now independent Soviet republics looks like an attempt to force them back under Moscow's rule. But Russians insist they have a legitimate interest, indeed a duty, to prevent disruption in neighboring countries...
...compatible with the 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...
...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...