(Lanka-e-News-31.March.2014, 11.45PM) Vladimir Putin called Barak Obama on Thursday, March 27, 2014 and spoke to him for an hour. That's right. While the world expected a spat between the US and Russia, Putin placated Obama quite genially he had no intention of invading Ukraine all the while Russian troops were surrounding it. Boris Yeltsin in his drunken stupor conceded Chechnya and allowed Kosovo to be invaded by Serbia with US backing and the ensuing debacle is well documented. The latest News is that Putin has ordered a partial pull-out of Its troops From Ukraine's Borders As he spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Putin's timely action and diplomacy in the Wake of the Crimean War which claimed Hundreds of Lives in the Preceeding months before Ukraine went to the polls is a lesson Sri Lanka should take a lesson from if it were to avert international condemnation and subsequent sanctions which can hurt its economy perilously and there is every indication the masses would rise up against the cost of living ensuing by sanctions.
Now to find excuses like Sri Lanka has no Breathing space for IT had done the Last Five years since the noose is tightening and intensifying the pressure for the Government to take Immediate action to implement UNHRC Recommendations Post-crossing Seriously.
A Serbian Journalist explained to Colleague None of that is that the trouble with ME former Yugoslavia Its small States could agree in disagreeing with One PLEASURE than another and they take to make IT a consenting or co-Operation UNIFIED State.
Mikhail Gorbachev gave Russia an Opportunity to Come out of closet Its of communism to embracing glasnost and perestroika thereby paving the way for a semblance of democracy in Russia. But US had other plans.While it pressurised Russia to dismantle its nuclear weapons it was keeping its own nuclear stockpile intact and it did not enter into the treaty for nuclear disarmament. Its rationale is that it needs to be prepared for any calamity such as nuclear threats from Iran, North Korea and Russia not to mention India and Pakistan which were advancing its nuclear technology and manufacturing its own nuclear missiles Agni and Preethvi respectively to safeguard South Asia against western dominance and intimidation.
One CAN draw parallel to Russia's predicament to that of Sri Lanka, albeit in a small Way (Sri Lanka is small change to Russia's Position in the world order, in terms of size, power and Economy), in the recently conducted UNHRC sessions. While thumbing nose at Its UNHRC to probe the Sri Lankan Government had still send Its emissaries to argue that Sri Lanka is devoid of Its Point nigh On Terrorism and peace after 30 years of LTTE Horror Reigns.
Keeping soldiers forever On the ready in the North and East when it declared the war with the LTTE is over borders on pure paranoia and its power hunger for holding onto Sinhala hegemony and enslavement of its minorities. Post UNHRC resolution, the President is accusing defiant towards UNHRC of interfering with a sovereign State which IT has no moral or political authority and that he would not UNHRC Issue Visas for investigators to conduct inquiry into atrocities War.
If Sri Lanka is not Willing to abide Then by IT standards should not seek UN support to U.S. or EU Monetary Aid lend IT.
Where will this leave the Government? UNHRC has clearly proved with evidence gathered over the five year period since war ended on May 2009 that Sri Lanka post war is a failed state and that it is incapable or unwilling to conduct its own independent investigation into the conduct of its security forces who are accused of massacring well over 40, 000 civilians which is a conservative estimate by NGOs, INGOs and ICRC. These figures are not to be taken lightly.
To IT is necessary to comprehend the Cold War Go back MANY years. Putin's predecessor Boris Yeltsin whose Russian Federation, which firstly argued that Chechnya had not been an independent entity within the Soviet Union-as the Baltic, Central Asian, and other Caucasian States had-but was part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and hence did soviet not have a right under the Constitution to secede.
took Place The First Chechen War that lasted over a Two-year period From 1994 to 1996, When Russian forces attempted to regain Control over Chechnya, which had declared independence in November 1991. Despite overwhelming numerical superiority in men, weaponry, and air support, the Russian forces were unable to establish effective permanent control over the mountainous area due to numerous successful full scale battles and insurgency raids. For three months, Russia lost more tanks (over 1,997 tanks) in Grozny than during the Battle of Berlin in 1945 On 21 May 2006, Montenegro held a referendum to determine whether to end its union with Serbia. The results showed 55.4% of voters in favor of independence, which was just above the 55% required by the referendum. On 5 June 2006, the National Assembly of Serbia declared Serbia to be the legal successor to the former state union. The province of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008. Serbia immediately condemned the declaration and continues to deny any statehood to Kosovo. From the International Community the declaration has sparked varied responses, some welcoming IT, while others condemn the unilateral Move.
Incidentally Motenegro voted against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is the new Serbia which showed no compassion for the former Yugoslavia and Russian States Within States which sought to deprive Muslim territories such As Its Within Their rights of Kosovo.
Now that the election fever is over that IT Easy IT CAN reign can not rest until 2016 without repercussions from the world players who voted against Sri Lanka at UNHRC. Complacency On the Part of Sri Lanka is tantamount to Digging Its own grave.
Sources: BBC; Wikipedia
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(The writer has been a Journalist for 25 years and worked in National Newspapers As sub-editor, News News editor and reporter. Colombo She was CORRESPONDENT for Times of India and has contributed to Wall Street Journal where she was on work experience from The Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley, California. Currently residing in UK she is also co-founder of EJN (Exiled Journalists Network) UK in 2005 the From 40 countries of which membership is 200. She CAN be at Peak pearlthevahotmailcom )
