On May 12, 1:27=A0am, Mikhail Medved <mikhail_b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 11, 8:12 am, vello <vellok...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 11, 7:39 am, Mikhail Medved <mikhail_b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On May 9, 7:12 am, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > "captain." <spammersmust...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > in regards to peace, i am getting the impression that georgia
feel=
s
> > > > > abandoned by its western allies right now; first with nato, now
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th the
> > > > > general indifference their situation is illiciting from
outsiders.=
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> > > > Poor Georgia! If it only knew that even Stalin, its own great son,
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anted to
> > > > include Georgia in the Russian FSSR instead of giving it the rank
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an SSR!
> > > > But luckily Lenin prevented this.
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> > > > Stalin, wanting to prove that he was a true Russian patriot, was
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at all
> > > > pro-Georgian in the 20's and 30's.
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> > > It's interesting to observe that Abkhazia became part of Georgia as
a
> > > result of Stalin's ethnic and national policies. It became an
> > > autonomous republic within Georgia in 1931, before that it had a
> > > special treaty with both Georgia and USSR.
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> > > Yet our dear Baltic friends, claiming general hatred toward Stalin's
> > > national policies, make an exception for Abkhazia, and behave as
true
> > > stalinists in this instance.
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> > > Double standards is their second nature.
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> > Hardly. if you read scb you know I'm for independence of ANY nation.
> > My problem in particular region is, can 17% of population make ethnic
> > with help of third party and still talk about souvereignity.
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> Then your problem is insufficient understanding. Breakaway Abkhazia
> has never proclaimed mono-ethnic Abkhaz culture as their official
> policy.
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> Abkhazia has always been a multi-national republic. And high
> percentage of ethnic Georgians is deceptive: in fact, nobody knows for
> sure what the real percentage was since many other nationals were
> registered as Georgians under the Tbilisi rule. I traveled in Abkhazia
> extensively in the early 80s and I met many people who complained that
> they were officially registered as Georgians while, in fact, they were
> Mengrels, Swans, Abkhaz and others.
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> The fact is, collectively, the people of Abkhazia want to live outside
> Georgia. And I don't see compelling reasons why they shouldn't be
> given a right to do so.
Well, almost 50% from total population was expelled with the help of
third country. It means if there is 5-10% left who wants to live as
part of Georgia all thing is without any moral or juridical basis.
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