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    Friday, January 14, 2005, #007 (0781)

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    Prepared by Anna Arzanova

    United States prepares revolutions in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Moldova

    The Azeri newspaper Novoe Vremya writes that Namakom, a Russian
    political analysis center created by former employees of the Russian
    foreign intelligence service, believes that political revolutions will
    continue to spread to other CIS countries. Namakom claims that the
    United States is behind the recent revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine,
    and believes that Azerbaijan will be the sight of the next U.S. project.

    Namkom cites Washington's dislike of communist leadership for its
    interest in "the greater Black Sea region," composed of Azerbaijan,
    Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The paper writes that the
    post-Soviet leaders are not convenient for the West at all. However,
    analysts think that Washington will not rest on its achievements: Baku
    and Yerevan irritate Washington at the moment and Ilham Aliev as well
    as Robert Kocharian have been criticized by the West several times,
    because neither one responds to the current U.S. requirements. That is
    why they should be replaced, as the paper reports, "perhaps according
    to the pre-term scenario." The analysis continues that after the
    revolution in Tbilisi and Kiev, Washington intends to activate
    attempts to settle the Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh and
    Transdnestre issues. Simultaneously Washington is preparing for
    parliamentary, and possibly presidential, elections in Azerbaijan and
    Armenia. The paper forecasts that the next change of the power will
    take place in Moldova. "The main role in conducting these revolutions
    will be given to the United States," the paper writes. Azeri
    political analyst Gabil Guseinli also acknowledges the possibility of
    the same revolution in Azerbaijan, though he thinks that lots of
    things must be done before it will take place in the country.
    Particularly, the creation of youth organizations, independent TV
    channels, and the strengthening of the democratic election system need
    to occur in the country by all means. He thinks Western support is
    necessary for all of this. According to the paper, the United States
    intends to pay serious attention to Azerbaijan after the second
    inauguration of George Bush. There is also information that
    Washington has started intensive consultations with representatives of
    the Azeri opposition. The paper notes that the centennial of the
    beginning of the first Russian revolution in 1905 approaches. It is
    not enough to overthrow a ruler, the paper states; just as important
    the U.S. must not allow the same authoritarian force to come to power
    once again. "Will the West take care of this as well or not?" asks the
    paper. Putin rejects "beer law" According to the Russian newspaper
    Vedomosti, Russian President Vladimer Putin vetoed a law limiting
    consumption of alcohol in public places. According to the
    Vice-Speaker of the Duma Lubov Sliska, his veto letter concerning this
    issue was received by the lower chamber of the parliament. She also
    said that proceeding from the recommendations of the president, the
    law needs revision, something she says is "quite fair." Sliska also
    stated that the president has remarks regarding the territory on which
    the sale of beer will or will not be allowed. Moreover, she said that
    there are many disputable issues regarding beverages prepared from
    ethyl alcohol, a process that should also be prohibited. The law would
    prohibit the sale of alcohol in educational and medical facilities,
    forbid consumption of alcohol in public areas such as stadiums, public
    transport, and parks, and forbid the sale of alcohol to minors.

    Kyrgyz president condemns revolutions The Russian newspaper Vremia
    Novostei reports that Kyrgyz President Askar Akaev is actively
    preparing for the parliamentary elections in the republic that are
    scheduled for February 27. He is very concerned about the fate of the
    "Kyrgyz model of liberal democracy" which "we have been building for
    13 years." However, Akaev thinks that "none of the revolutions [in
    the CIS] have led to positive results" and that revolutionary ideology
    threatens the stability of a country. Speaking about the issue at a
    central university, Akaev cited Yugoslavia as an example of the
    destabilizing nature of revolutions. He also claimed that the Rose
    Revolution in Georgia was financed by outside sources. As for
    Ukraine's Orange Revolution, he said that the country was split in two
    and that "a civil war almost took place." He also claimed that
    opposition leader Yulia Timoshenko is wanted by international
    organizations. Akaev thinks that it is impossible to call Georgia an
    "independent state, because President Saakashvili and his ministers
    receive salaries from the other side of the ocean, from the
    multi-millionaire George Soros." The paper notes that Akaev's speech
    was similar to one given by Russian President Vladmir Putin last year,
    "although Putin did not question Georgia's independence."


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