Question

‘Most former Soviet republics had tensions and conflicts.’ Support the statement with examples.

Answer 1

1. Chechnya and Dagestan: had violent secessionist movements. Moscow’s method of dealing with Chechen rebels and indiscriminate military bombings led to many human rights violations but failed to deter the aspirations for independence.
2. In Central Asia: 
   1. Tajikistan witnessed a civil war that went on for ten years till 2001.
   2. In Azerbaijan’s provinces of Nagorno-Karabakh, some local Armenians want to secede and join Armenia.
   3. In Georgia, the demand for independence came from two provinces, resulting in a civil war.
   4. There are still movements against the existing regimes in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia.
   5. Even countries and provinces are fighting over river water.