YUNUSOV: AFTER CONFLICT SETTLEMENT RUSSIA WILL BE FORCED OUT OF SOUTH CAUCASUS

PanARMENIAN.Net
31.05.2006 13:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Russian leadership and experts say Russia
is not interested in frozen conflicts, head of the Department of
Conflictology at the Baku Institute of Peace and Democracy, political
scientist Arif Yunusov stated. “In some cases I believe in sincerity
of such statements but unfortunately the line pursued by the Russian
leadership proves the opposite,” he remarked.

In Yunusov’s words, geopolitical confrontation has developed in the
post-soviet space between the western states, first of all the United
States, and Russia.

“Russia understand perfectly that after the settlement of conflicts,
for example the Nagorno Karabakh one, Russia will be forced out of
the region. It’s not a secret. Russia doesn’t possess sufficient
fund to counteract these plans. Even if it possessed such, it lacks
understanding of the necessity of spending funds for strengthening
its influence in the post-soviet republics, the Azeri political
scientist emphasized.

Yunusov is convinced that the soviet standpoint on the post-soviet
republics reigns in Russia while the frozen conflicts, including
the Nagorno Karabakh one, are an excellent factor for Russia for
maintaining influence until it becomes strong enough to re-boost its
influence in the post-soviet space, reported Day.az.