--- Wendy Lyon <wendy.lyon at gmail.com> wrote:
> (Chris, Peter, has anyone in Russia noticed? - W.)
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> http://en.rian.ru/world/20060918/53996091.html
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> RUSSIAN INFORMATION AGENCY NOVOSTI
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Where would you rather be a part of, economically growing Russia inhabited by your co-nationals, or Moldova, with its Sub-Saharan Africa-level economy and dreams of uniting with mighty Romania? ;)
TD, South Ossetia and Abkhazia are all important for Russia. Maybe more important in the national consciousness than in reality.
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