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ECONOMIC QUESTIONS SURROUND RUSSIAN BASE WITHDRAWAL IN GEORGIA Theresa Freese 8/22/05 As Russia completes the first stage of its base withdrawal from Georgia, residents of Ajara are concerned about the economic implications of the departure of Russian troops. The parameters for Russia’s withdrawal from its last two remaining military bases in Georgia were set by a joint declaration singed in late May. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive]. While eager to see the Russian military leave, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has acknowledged that the withdrawal could exacerbate "social issues." Government officials recognize that Russia’s withdrawal will have a broad...

LECH WALESA stepped down from the barricades yesterday and issued a warning to the West: beware of Russia! One of the world’s best-known revolutionaries was giving his swansong — he will resign this week from Solidarity, the union he led to help shatter communism — to journalists eager to know whether his revolution was ready to roll eastwards. Warsaw is abuzz with rumours about how the West and in particular Poland, should force the hand of President Lukashenko of Belarus. Mr Walesa sounded an unusually nervous note. The Russian bear, he said, should not be provoked by an over-ambitious West...