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Russia's Ironically Crumbling Post-Empire
"Moldova Communists stay in power," BBC News, 7 March 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4322617.stm.
"Russia Picking A Fight Over Kyrgystan," by Tim Russo, Democracy Guy, 22 May 2005, http://democracyguy.typepad.com/democracy_guy_grassroots_/2005/03/russia_picking_.html.
There's so many angles to this story: Putin's alienation of Moldova, joint Opposition-Government patrols, Russia's generation-old policy of trading power for money, the wave of democratic revolutions, Russia's army being so incompetent that it can't invade a country where it has military bases, etc.
Can the President Stand the Heat?
In the same month two new ex-Soviet states, Moldova and the unpronounceable Kyrgystan, look to be joining Georgia and Ukraine in cutting their ties to Moscow. But everything is swamped by this headline
To those who need a second look
18:15 Posted by Dan tdaxp (Webmaster) in Central Asia, Europe | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this | Tags: russia, Kyrgyzstan, moldova
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Perhaps a Sign the Defense Minister Was Less than Effective
"Protesters Seize Kyrgyzstan Government HQ," Associated Press, 24 March 2005, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151351,00.html (from Instapundit).
It can be hard to know if a state's military is truly great. A large discussion at Dawn's Early...
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White Russian People Power
"Belarusian National Republic," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus_National_Republic.
"Protesters clash with police in Belarus, 150 people arrested," Kyodo News, 25 March 2005, http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=3320...
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