Viktor navorski
December 30th, 2008 | by argentiumsterlingsilverexperiences |Tiny province longs for Mother Russia’s embrace
in a softly lit leeway, giggly teenagers rise from their desks and snitch a hymn. then the leader of the youth group starts a detailed reading of russian president dmitry medvedev’s state of the nation address.
but this is not russia. it’s trans-dniester, a tiny, poor separatist province in moldova where the dream of joining mother russia is straight away occasionally stronger than ever.
after the russian army went into georgia in august and the kremlin recognized two georgian rebel regions, many in trans-dniester are hoping they’ll be next in figure. of run, there’s still the problem that russia’s nearest edging is 430 miles away.
“if only we had one centimeter!” of border, exclaims alyona arshinova, 23, an activist with the kremlin-funded kid group proryv or breakthrough, who has a small russian flag hanging off her indicator chain. “for me russia is everything, for me russia is knowing who i am. who am i? i am russia.”
group leader dmitry soin is no less passionate, praising russia’s commitment to democracy at a occasionally when the west is criticizing it for rolling back autonomous reforms.
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