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Business as usual in former Soviet Union

Eurasianet has published an article regarding the Human Rights Watch: 2005 World Report, and they sum up the situation in one well-written sentence:

According to the rights advocacy group, all of Russia is effectively controlled from Moscow, elections in Belarus are laughable, abuse of prisoners is the norm in Uzbekistan, while Armenia and Azerbaijan are run by authoritarian regimes as the two countries continue their standoff over Nagorno-Karabakh.

True. And this article focuses a lot on Russia especially, given that it is the main political body attempting to maintain control in the region.

I’m going to go ahead and read the rest of this report so I can post about some other places in the world.

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