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Selected News around the web: February 5, 2010
 
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1. Circassian Congress finds Creeping Crosses in Adygea to be a provocation
Caucasian Knot, January 30, 2010

The erection of Orthodox Creeping Crosses in Adygea causes dissatisfaction among the Circassian community of the republic. Murat Berzegov, head of the Circassian Congress, treats the erection of crosses as provocation; while the "Adyge Khasse" asks the President of the republic to interfere with the situation. In the turn, representatives of the Orthodox Church are indignant with the facts of damaging the crosses and believe it to be desecration of relics.

"In the mountains, they have the task to erect these many-meters-long iron crosses on every peak. I don't know how they climb there and bring crosses, but even on the sacred mountain, where Adygs prayed to their god, even there - a cross was installed. Then, we stated that it was a pure provocation and that everything that has to do with religious attributes should be installed in the territory allocated for the particular religion," Mr Berzegov has emphasized in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/12358/
 
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2. Interview with Emil Souliemanov‏ - “The current trend of the Kremlin is to rather formally distance itself from the North Caucasus” - CRIA, From Vol. 4 (1) - Winter 2010
 
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3. Lavrov: Pace of S.Ossetia, Abkhazia Recognition Normal
Civil.ge, February 2, 2010

Pace of international recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia is “normal”, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said and added that this process “is faster than the pace of recognition of Soviet Russia was.”

“I am sure, as the process of stabilization in Trans-Caucasus becomes free of ideology and momentum of the past and as the reality, which won’t disappear anywhere, are recognized by everyone and as the statehood of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are steadily strengthened, this process [of international recognition] will proceed faster,” Lavrov said on February 1.
http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=21939
 
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4. Semyon Grigoriev Hopes for Georgia to Realize Some Day That Normal Friendly Relations Should Be Maintained With An Independent, Neighboring State
Abkhazia Gov., January 29, 2010

“I think that, eventually, Georgia will realize that normal friendly relations should be maintained with an independent neighboring state”, Russia’s ambassador to Abkhazia Semyon Grigoriev told journalists today.

At the same time, according to him, “it’s hard to come to that conclusion in the emotional atmosphere which exists in Georgia around the problems of Abkhazia and South Ossetian now”. According to the diplomat, “it’s not a matter of the next few years, but, as they often say about complicated international problems, a matter of future generations”.

“But the fact that Georgia and Abkhazia should live in peace, understand each other and exist as countries of the region equal in rights is realized by all normal people”, Russia’s Ambassador to Abkhazia stressed.
http://www.abkhaziagov.org/en/news/detail.php?ID=27952
 
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5. Statement from the Press-Service for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia
Abkhazia Gov., February 1, 2010
 
On February 1 in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs the Foreign Minister of Abkhazia Sergey Shamba had a meeting with the “Norwegian Refugees Council” (NRC) international humanitarian organization representatives Mr. Peter Kostogryz who was appointed as new organization’s regional director for the Caucasus, as well as the regional NRC manager madam Ana Povrjenic. The meeting was held within the framework of Peter Kostogryz’s familiarization visit to Abkhazia.

During the meeting madam Povrjenic told the Minister about the organization’s projects planned for 2010. So, with financial assistance from the UNHCR the NCR continues with the project of building houses for beneficiants from the Tkuarchal, Ochamchira and Gal districts. This project provides for building of new houses as well as repair of the houses where beneficiants already live. 85 houses are to be repaired in 2010.
 
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6. Georgia in Clinton’s Speech on European Security
Civil.ge, January 30, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, reiterated Washington’s opposition to recognition of Georgia’s two breakaway regions in her speech at a conference in Paris, when she was speaking about “core principles” of security in Europe.

She said on January 29 that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states was among those core principles that “guide the U.S. as we consider the future of European security and our role in shaping, strengthening, and sustaining it.”

“The United States has demonstrated our adherence to this principle in recent years with our support for new European democracies seeking to chart their own political futures, free from external intimidation or aggression,” she said.

“We have repeatedly called on Russia to honor the terms of its ceasefire agreement with Georgia, and we refuse to recognize Russia’s claims of independence for Abkhazia and South Ossetia. More broadly, we object to any spheres of influence claimed in Europe in which one country seeks to control another’s future.”

 
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7. US does not think Abkhazia and South Ossetia should be recognised, Gordon says
by Mzia Kupunia, The Messenger Online, February 3, 2010
 
The United States and Russia have a different view on the issue of recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon said at a briefing at the Foreign Press Center in Washington on Monday.

The “verdict” of the international community on the declared independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is pretty clear, Gordon said. “The overwhelmingly vast majority of countries around the world do not recognise their independence and have no intention of recognising their independence. I think you have Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Nauru, which have stepped forward. That’s not exactly a resounding endorsement. We have a different view from Russia on this issue,” he added.
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2036_february_3_2010/2036_mzia.html
 
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CW's note: Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations. “The overwhelmingly vast majority of countries around the world do not recognise their independence and have no intention of recognising their independence.'' Only 23 countries recognize (including Nauru but not the USA) Taiwan as an independent country.
 
See:  U.S. plans to sell weapons to Taiwan (USA Today, January 26, 2010)
The Obama administration has decided to approve an arms package for Taiwan, senior U.S. congressional aides say.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-01-26-taiwan-weapons_N.htm
 
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8. Georgia plans for ties with Abkhazia and S Ossetia
by Daniel McLaughlin, Iris Times, January 30, 2010

“We cannot let the situation wherein the fate of residents of these regions will depend solely on the occupying power, so we plan to take active steps to provide the local population with an opportunity to have normal education, healthcare, to engage in economic projects.”

Nadir Bitiev, an adviser to Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh, said Tbilisi’s plan was “directed at other international structures they have to report to, to look good”.

“We saw their idea of reintegration in August 2008,” he added.

 
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9. Can Georgia Learn From The Melian Dialogue?
by Tedo Japaridze, RFE/RL, January 28, 2010

Georgia's interest in good neighborly relations with Russia is obvious, but so is Russia's. And the international community has a compelling need to ensure that Russia and Georgia get along. Georgia is a small country and can never forget that it lives next to a large one. To ignore that fact or to assume that others can provide the kind of support that will allow Georgia to do so is to ignore the realities of international politics. Obviously others can help Georgia only if Georgia helps itself.

At the same time, Russia has an interest in being surrounded by cooperative friends, and not by forever restive adversaries. At the moment, however, some of Russia's neighbors are looking to the West -- to NATO or the European Union -- for two reasons: we want to survive as independent, capable, and democratic countries; and being a bit naive or simplistically romantic in this regard, we do not see any attractive alternative.
http://www.rferl.org/content/Can_Georgia_Learn_From_The_Melian_Dialogue/1942245.html
 
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10. Smear And Loathing In Tbilisi: Mudslinging Targets Rising Georgian Political Star
By Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL, January 28, 2010

Perched on a sidewalk along Tbilisi's central Rustaveli Avenue, a large makeshift billboard features a photograph of a beaming Irakli Alasania standing with his wife, Natia. The city pictured in the background? Not Tbilisi, but the glittering skyline of Manhattan.

As passersby look on curiously, they are approached by a television journalist and asked a single question: "Should the family of a candidate for mayor of Tbilisi live in New York?"

A woman comments that he shouldn't because "his attentions will be diverted" and "his heart and mind should be focused here." A man chimes in that "it would be better if his spouse stood by his side and took part in things together with him."
http://www.rferl.org/content/Smear_Offensive_Targets_Rising_Georgian_Political_Star/1941519.html
 
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11. The wilting petals of Georgia's rose revolution
By Salome Zourabishvili, openDemocracy, January 29, 2010
 
Salome Zourabishvili is Georgian politician and diplomat. She was foreign minister of Georgia from 2004 to 2005.
The result is a country where history can appear to run backwards. We are not a dictatorship, but the drift is clear. Today, just as in communist times, the most powerful man in the state other than the chief is the interior minister. The Constitutional Security Department, the direct descendant of the KGB, roams free from legal constraint. They prefer menace to direct shows of force, but they are not afraid to shoot if required and know they can do so with impunity. When they used illegal guns to shoot peaceful demonstrators last June, the government's response was not to sack the offenders but to legalise the weapons.
An external distraction is also required to ensure that the population cannot focus on what is happening at home. So the president keeps poking the Russian bear with the stick of propaganda. Each week Misha makes a speech about "the enemy" and tells us all to be ready for war: most recently he promised to teach all our schoolchildren how to use a gun. At the same time he spends money on a Russian language satellite channel to ensure the message is heard loud and clear in Moscow. The bear obligingly growls and Misha pokes it some more.
 
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12. Portrait of Displaced Georgians: Current Situation and Prospects
By Sophie Tournon, Caucaz.com - February 4, 2010
 
The exact count of displaced Georgians is uncertain. Before the August war of 2008 it was estimated to be more than 200,000 (low Abkhzia estimation: 160,000, high Georgia est. 247,000), and up to 279,000 after August 2008. Before the August war, about 45,000 of the IDPs from Abkhazia were able to return, on their own, to the Gali region, the last ethnically Georgian zone in de facto independent Abkhazia. However, in 1998 nearly 40,000 were again forced to leave. The tiny Georgian community in Gali, whose situation is rather precarious, is doubly stigmatized; they are perceived as "the enemy" by Abkhazians, and often as "traitors" by Georgians. After the lightning August War in 2008, about 2000 Georgians were displaced from the Kodori gorge by Abkhaz troops, which won upon the Georgian army.
http://www.caucaz.com/home_eng/breve_contenu.php?id=364
 
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13. Istanbul-Abkhazia
by Jade Cemre, Abkhazia Diary, January 31, 2010

And now looking at my life, I live somewhere which I did not dreamed of. And I have many new dreams, I am not sure if I will see the days they become real. I dream of the days the Abkhazia hotel will be repaired. Now it is only covered with a painted set of cloth!

And I dream of the warm days to come to play tennis in the courts that many tennis players won't count as courts. In those courts, there is no line on the ground- territory is specified by white tread which you stumble upon when you are running, and the ground is so bumpy that after every rain you find yourself all over in mud.
http://abkhaziadiary.blogspot.com/2010/01/istanbul-abkhazia.html
 
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14. Documentary Apsny Atynchra (Peace in Abkhazia) (2008)
http://vimeo.com/2646720
 
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News in Turkish

15. 'Kanokov'un çıkarı için topraktan vazgeçmeyeceğiz' (İbrahim Yağan ile Röportaj)
Fehim Taştekin, Ajans Kafkas, 2 Şubat 2010

Kabardey-Balkar’da meraların paylaşımını öngören yasal düzenlemelerle ilgili kördüğüm sürerken Kabardeyler tarihi toprakların ellerinden alınıp Balkarlara verilmesini sineye çekmek niyetinde değil.
Bu konudaki mücadelenin bayraktarlığını yapan Adıge sivil örgütü Khase’nin başkanı İbrahim Yağan, Ajans Kafkas’a verdiği röportajında Devlet Başkanı Arsen Kanokov’un Elbrus’un kuzey yamacında planlanmış büyük turistik yatırımlarla ilgili çıkarlarını garanti altına almak için Balkarlara sus payı olarak meraları verdiğini savundu.
Balkar halkıyla etnik bir çatışma beklemediklerinin belirten Yağan, asıl sorunun Kanokov yönetimi olduğunun altını çiziyor.
http://ajanskafkas.com/haber,23456,kanokovun_cikari_icin_topraktan_vazgecmeyecegiz.htm

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16. İkinci 'Çerkesiyat' Amman'da olacak
Ajans Kafkas, 2 Şubat 2010

Soykırım topraklarında icra edilecek 2014 Soçi Olimpiyat Oyunları’na paralel olarak Çerkeslerin düşündüğü Çerkesiyat 2012’ye (Dünya Çerkes Olimpiyatı) Ürdün’den bu kez posta değil davet var.

Ürdün’de Kraliyet Gençlik Derneği binasında düzenlenen tanıtım toplantısında Kafkasya Adıge Dostları Başkanı Ruhi Şhaltukh’un Soçi olimpiyatlarını meşrulaştıracağını öngörerek Çerkesiyat 2012’ye hayır dediklerini açıkladıktan sonra girişimin Ürdün diasporasından ciddi destek gördüğüne dair bir haber geldi. Girişimin temsilcilerinden tarihçi Sufyan Jemukhov, Ürdün Çerkeslerinin Nalçik’te yapılması öngörülen Dünya Çerkes Olimpiyatları’na destek vermekle kalmayıp ikinci Çerkesiyat’ın 2016’da Ürdün’de yapılmasını istediklerini söyledi.

Jemukhov, 13 Ocak’ta başkent Amman’daki ‘Ehl-i Kulüp’ adlı Çerkes spor kulübünde düzenledikleri tanıtım toplantısında ‘Çerkesiyat 2016’nın Ürdün’de yapılması önerisine oy birliği ile destek verildiğini belirtti.
http://ajanskafkas.com/haber,23460,ikinci_cerkesiyat_ammanda_olacak.htm
 
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17. Teknokratik Politika ve "Ayrışan" Adigeler
Sergey Markedonov, Kafkas Evi (Politkom.ru), 27 Ocak 2010

Yeni konfigürasyonda oluşturulan Kuzey Kafkasya Federal Bölgesi ile devlet başkanının yetkili temsilcisi olarak Aleksandr Hloponin’in tayin edilmesi, Rusya’nın söz konusu bölgede süregelen hiçbir sorununa bir çözüm getirmemiştir. Fakat, bu tayin ile birlikte yeni konular gündeme gelmiş gibi görünüyor. Bu sorunların çözümlenmesi yeni idari yapının öncelikleri arasında yer alacaktır.

ТЕХНОКРАТИЧЕСКАЯ ПОЛИТИКА И «РАЗДЕЛЕННЫЕ» АДЫГИ
 
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18. Ezberle “aydınlık”
Yalçın Karadaş, Radikal, 31 Ocak 2010
 
Radikal gazetesinin 23 Ocak 2010 Cumartesi günkü “Trabzon 1996-2007” başlıklı yazısında Hrant Dink cinayetine uzanan yolda Trabzon’un konumunu ele almış. Ancak çok ilginç bir şekilde 1996 yılında Çeçenistan’daki savaşı bitirmek amacıyla Avrasya Feribotu’nun kaçırılması ile 2007 yılında Hrant Dink’in katledilişini derin devlet ve onlarla işbirliği halindeki bizim Çerkesler diye bildiğimiz birtakım Kafkasyalılar, Çeçen ve Abazalar üstünden değerlendirmiş. Aynı Ergenekon terör örgütünün Çerkes ağırlıklı olduğu tezini -kendi kimliğini reddeden bir düzeni savunan nasıl Çerkes olabilir düşünmeden- öne süren değerli gazeteci Şamil Tayyar gibi...
Özetle derin devletin oyunlarında Çerkes kökenlilerin bilerek ya da bilmeyerek önemli rol aldığını ima ediyor yazarımız. Yani genelgeçer Türkçü Kemalist ve kendini solcu sanan bazı statükocularla, sosyal faşistlerin sinsice yerleştirmeye çalıştıkları “Çerkesofobik” yaklaşım...
http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalEklerDetay&ArticleID=977735&Date=02.02.2010&CategoryID=42
 
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19. Kafkas Dernekleri Federasyonu Yönetim Kurulun'ndan Kamuoyuna Duyuru
KAFFED, January 28, 2010

KAFFED misyonu ve ilkeleri doğrultusunda, Kafkasya’daki cumhuriyetlerimizin tanınması, Abhazya’ya uygulanan ambargonun kaldırılması ve doğrudan ulaşımın sağlanması, Türkiye ile cumhuriyetlerimiz arasında güçlü ekonomik ve ticari ilişkiler kurulması ve diasporanın sosyal ve kültürel haklarının savunulması amacıyla, siyasi parti liderleriyle, sivil toplum örgütleriyle, bürokratlar, büyükelçiler ve ilgili tüm kişi ve kurumlar ile görüşmektedir. Federasyonumuz bu görüşmeleri, demokratik yollarla seçilmiş yöneticileri, profesyonel kadroları ve konusuna hakim uzmanları aracılığıyla, sadece kendi adına diasporayı temsilen yapmaktadır. Kaldı ki; KAFFED bu görüşmeleri Abhazya ve G. Osetya’nın değişmez politikalarının bilincinde olarak yürütmekte ve cumhuriyetlerimizin ilgili yöneticilerini eş zamanlı olarak bilgilendirmekte ve hatta imkan var ise onların da katılımlarını sağlamaktadır.

Avrupa Birliği’nin G. Kafkasya Özel Temsilcisi Peter Semneby ile 8 Ekim 2009 ve 16 Aralık 2009 tarihinde gerçekleştirilen görüşmeler de bu kapsamda yapılmıştır.
http://www.kafkasfederasyonu.org/haber/federasyon/2010/280110_kaffed.htm
 
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20. (Kuşba) Erol Karayel ile gündem üzerine röportaj
Cherkessia.net (Nart Ajans), 4 Şubat 2010
 
Son günlerde diaspora gündemi oldukça hareketli. Yeni örgütlenme girişimleri ile mevcut yapılardan kopmalar, bunun üzerine süren tartışmalar ve kamplaşmalar bu sıralar gündemimizi dolduruyor.

26-01-2010'da camiayı yakından takip eden Kafkasevi’nden (Kuşba) Erol Karayel ile Nartajans adına Nehuşe Bahtiyar tarafından son gelişmelerle ilgili yapılan röportaj.
http://www.cherkessia.net/news,1,271.htm

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