Demonstrations in the country and abroad. However, the current head of state Zurabislavili is stalling. Without Saakashvili's release, the possibility of EU entry is out of the question. The ruling Georgian Dream wants precisely this: to feed a 'nationalist consensus that wants Georgia out of everything'.
It is the only transport artery linking Armenia and the pro-Armenian enclave on Azerbaijani territory. Baku claims that the blockade is carried out by ecological groups. Yerevan calls for the intervention of Russian peacekeeping troops. Armenians appeal to the UN international court.
However, internal conflicts in the region are "children of the Soviet period." In the former republics of the USSR, young people no longer want to learn Russian. Central Asians know they must find alternatives to Russia after exploiting it to the hilt.
He incites the population to accept the situation and submit. Critics: he makes a living smuggling a false religion. For social users, bureaucrats and rulers are to blame for the crisis. Local clergy obey state directives.
Putin's propaganda reports Europe freezing to death without Russian gas. More than 7% of the population lives in houses without heating. Peripheral regions are in trouble. War expenses nullify any attempt to warm the country's body and soul.
Students and civil servants forced to participate and rehearse moves for TV filming. Many scandalised by the constraints and humiliation. The fear of losing jobs prevailed over the will to avoid participation. The regime wants to give the world the impression of a happy and boisterous people.
The "Putinian" man is the current unhappy version of "homo sovieticus." Russians with no more hope for the future, except in the apocalyptic version of Orthodoxy. Putinian violence is the "Russian national characteristic," its true ideology.
Like Ukraine, Kazakhstan is home to a large ethnic Russian community. Kremlin exponents consider the former Soviet republic an "artificial" country. Astana does not want to appear a puppet of Russia, like Lukasenko's Belarus.
The 'Russia system' seems to have held up in the face of Western restrictions for its invasion of Ukraine. However, problems are expected in the long run. It will be difficult for the Russians to compensate for lost imports. A drop in the population's standard of living is expected. The Russian Bear behind even the emerging Asian countries.
It is Russia's most glorious association for the defence of human rights. Registered only in the capital, the Ministry of Justice challenges its work on a national scale. Human rights dead and buried in Putin's Russia.
After unjustified delays, governments in the region are beginning to worry about environmental problems. In the past year in Bishkek as many as 112 people have died from pollution alone. People are often forced to use all kinds of fuels for heating. Protests are multiplying.
Wooed by Moscow and Ankara, the Turkmen want to maintain their traditional neutrality. The passage of Turkmen gas to Europe and South Asia at stake. The Turks aim to become a primary energy hub. The Russians seek alternatives to the European market.
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