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Azerbaijan – next target for Russia
14:58 / 09/25/2009

`Russia has already ruptured Georgia and intends to replace the
incumbent president of the country. If Russia achieves its goal in
Georgia, it will target Azerbaijan next’, said US expert on
post-soviet countries, member of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations
Jiri Valenta during his visit to Baku, APA news agency reports.

According to the expert, Russia’s decision on Abkhazia and South
Ossetia would boomerang it. Valenta said Russia was interfering with
the internal affairs of its neighbors and therefore the world should
take up firm position towards Russia.

The U.S. expert touched upon the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and stated
that years ago ex-Russian President Boris Yeltsin told of intention to
stop this conflict, but power structures prevented him from doing so,
APA news agency informs.