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Winter
1999 (7.4)  East - West Tensions Growing
Paul Goble,
Communications
Director of RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty). |
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Winter
1999 (7.4) East - West Tensions Growing
Paul Goble,
Communications
Director of RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty). |
"A
new union treaty between Belarus and the Russian Federation on
December 8, 1999 threatens the prospects for democracy in both
countries and destabilization of the former Soviet region. As
well, it is likely to exacerbate tensions between Moscow and
the West - tensions that, as a result of Moscow's campaign in
Chechnya, already are higher than at any point since the collapse
of the USSR [1991]."