A look at how our former Soviet neighbors are developing and how they feel about Russia
Andrey Ryabtsev, Photo ITAR-TASS — 12.06.2008
Few Russians know what holiday they're celebrating on June 12 as the date is noteworthy for two reasons. On June 12, 1990, Soviet leader Boris Yeltsin signed the declaration "On the State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic." And exactly one year later Yeltsin became the Russian Federation's first president. Undoubtedly Russians know both dates. But each year on June 12 they are actually celebrating Russia's independence. Ex-President Vladimir Putin issued a decree in 2001 marking the date as the state holiday "Russia Day."
Who is Russia independent of? How are the sovereign, once brotherly Soviet republics faring today? We analyzed the present situation in the post-Soviet world and studied synopses provided by the Center for Post-Industrial Researches Director Vladislav Inozemtsev and Globalization and Social Movement Institute Director Boris Bagarlitskiy.
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