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Russia and Eurasia Documents Annual 1993
(Formerly USSR Documents Annual)
Volume 2 Central Eurasian States
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 General. Political Agreements
- Documents for Discussion at the CIS Summit, Minsk, 20-22 January 3
- Decision of the Council of the Heads of States of the Commonwealth
of Independent States on the CIS Charter (22 Jan) 4
- Statement by the Council of the Heads of States Belonging to the CIS
(22 Jan) 4
- Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States (22 Jan) 5
- Leonid Timofeev, Seven CIS States Sign Charter (22 Jan) 12
- Dmitrii Valovoi, et al., And The River Flows Both Ways. On the Results
of the Minsk Meeting of Heads of CIS Countries (26 Jan) 12
- Andrei Pershin, et al., CIS Summit at Minsk. Presidential Bulletin
(16 Apr) 15
- Azerbaidzhan Joins CIS (21 Sep) 16
- CIS Summit, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (23-24 Dec) 17
Chapter 2 Bilateral Arrangements
- Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan, Joint Communiqué
(9 Jan) 19
Chapter 3 Military Issues
- Yevgenii Shaposhnikov, I Hope that in the New Year We will Not Have
an Illusion (9 Jan) 21
- Lt. Gen. Leonid Ivashov, Coalition or Military Union? CIS Defense Ministers
Council Secretary, Lieutenant-General Leonid Ivashov Favors a Union (22
Sep) 23
Chapter 4 Common Economic Space
- Viktor Nefedov, More than a Million Peasants in the CIS Have Become
Farmers (2 Feb) 26
- CIS Agreement on Oil and Gas Council (2 Mar) 27
- Vasilii Kononenko, CIS Heads of Government Come Out in Favor of Closer
Economic Union (13 Mar) 28
- I. Kirillov, I. Koloskova, Crime in the CIS (June) 29
- CIS Signs Agreement on New Ruble Zone (7 Sep) 30
- The Government Gave the Money. Will the Central Bank Have To Pay It
Off? (21 Sep) 30
- Andrei Pershin, et al., CIS Economic Union Treaty (23 Sep) 31
Chapter 5 Commentary
- Liubov Khazan, CIS. Is a Civilized Divorce Better Than a Marriage of
Convenience? (6 Jan) 32
- Nikolai Kishkin, The Community is Not Dead, Nor is It Alive (13 Jan)
33
- Nursultan Nazarbaev, Aleksandr Rutskoi, Vyacheslau Kebich, Comments
on the CIS (16 Jan) 34
- Paradise For the Narco-Mafia (4 Feb) 38
- Stanislav Shushkevich on the CIS 2nd Anniversary (9 Dec) 39
Part 2
UKRAINE
Introduction 40
Chapter 1 Government
- L. Kuchma, For Now, There Is No Prospect of a Song (Feb) 43
Chapter 2 National Laws and Decrees
- Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree, On Privatization of Land Plots
(26 Dec 1992) 45
- Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree, On Increasing the Minimum Wage
and Pensions (29 Dec 1992) 46
- Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree, On the List of Property Complexes
of State Enterprises, Organizations, and Structural Units in Basic Industries
Whose Privatization or Leasing Is Not Permitted (31 Dec 1992) 46
- Supreme Council of Ukraine Decree, On the Socio-Economic Situation
in Ukraine and Measures to Stabilize It, to Effect Social Protection of
the Population, and to Improve the Work of the Supreme Council of Ukraine
Under Present Circumstances (27 Jan) 48
- Republic of Ukraine Law, On State Service (16 Dec) 50
Chapter 3 The Political Scene
- Stanislav Bondarenko, Rukh Changes Direction. The Sensational Report
by Vyacheslav Chornovil (29 Jan) 60
- Vyacheslav Chornovil, A False Rukh Has Been Palmed Off on the Ministry
of Justice... (9 Feb) 61
- Yurii Borutskyy, The Situation in Rukh. Can a Fly Eat an Elephant?
(9 Feb) 62
- Ivan Zayets, This Parliament Cannot Go On One Day Longer. Leader of
Parliamentary Opposition Supports Power Reform (19 Feb) 63
- Declaration of the Organizational Committee of the Socio-Political
Association the Labor Congress of Ukraine. The Need for a Strong Center
(30 Mar) 65
Chapter 4 Nationality Issues
- Oleksandr Pilat, The Crimean Tatars Have Created Their Own Party (3
Feb) 68
- Statement By the Union of Officers of Ukraine on Crimea Agreements
(11 Sep) 69
Chapter 5 Military and Foreign Policy
- Anatoliy Zlenko, Foreign Affairs Minister, Interview (1 Jan) 70
- Anatoliy Zlenko, It is Only Its Own Interests That Will be Eternal
for Ukraine (28 Jan) 72
- Dmytro Tuzov, We Are Europeans (Jan) 74
Chapter 6 Ukraine and Russia
- Ukrainian National Assembly Statement in Connection With the Intention
of Signing the CIS Charter and the Ukrainian-Russian Agreement on Good-Neighborly
Relations, Cooperation, and Partnership (1 Jan) 77
- Leonid Kravchuk, About Ukraine, Russia and CIS (5 Jan) 77
- Joint Communiqué of Meeting Between Boris Yeltsin and Leonid
Kravchuk (15 Jan) 81
- I. Plyushch Letter to R.I. Khasbulatov [On Sevastopol] (19 Jan) 82
- Sergei Prokopenko, Anatolii Poliakov, Russia-Ukraine. The Potential
for Rapprochement Has Disappeared (21 Jan) 83
- Yevgenii Shaposhnikov, CIS Joint Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Gathers
the "Nuclear Club" Together. Differences Between Russia and Ukraine
Remain (21 Jan) 86
- Report of the Press Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
[on nuclear talk with Russia] (5 Mar) 88
- Dmytro Pavlychko, Ukraine and Russia. The Present and the Future. This
is Difficult But Possible (10 Mar) 89
- Be Prepared for Defense. A Statement by the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists
in Connection With the Growing Danger for the Ukrainian State from Russia
(20 Mar) 91
Chapter 7 The Economy
- Statement by the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs,
Program Concept of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
on Urgent Measures and Socio-Economic Reform in Ukraine (14 Jan) 92
- Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers Decree, On State Contracts and State
Orders for 1993 (22 Jan) 98
- Ukraine Business Report (17 Feb) 100
- Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers Decree, On Wages of Workers of Budget-
Carried Establishments and Organizations Based on Standard Wage Scale (25
Jan) 101
- Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers Decree, On the System of Foreign Currency
Regulation and Foreign Currency Control (19 Feb) 103
- Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers Decree, On the Trade Tax (17 Mar) 110
- Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers Decree, On the Conditions for Foreign
Investment (20 May) 112
- Economic Figures for the First Nine Months (23 Nov) 120
- State Program to Encourage Foreign Investment in Ukraine (17 Dec) 121
Chapter 8 Agriculture
- Viktor Kosarchuk, The Third Collectivization [On the Ukrainian Land
Code] (23 Feb) 125
Chapter 9 Quality of Life and the Environment
- Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers Decree, On Making Changes and Amend-
ments to the Stature on Procedure for Payment of Compensation, Return of
Property or Provision of Indemnity for its Worth to Rehabilitated Citizens,
and to the Statute on Commissions of Soviets of People's Deputies for Matters
Pertaining to the Restoration of the Rights of Rehabilitated Persons (18
Feb) 128
- President Leonid Kravchuk, Speech on the Economic and Social Program
for 1994 (11 Nov) 133
- 10 Media and Intellectual Life
- Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree, On State Support of Creative
Unions and the Press and Book Publishing Business (15 Mar) 141
Part 3
BELARUS, TRANSCAUCASIA, CENTRAL ASIA AND KAZAKHSTAN
1 Belarus
- Introduction 142
- Council of Ministers of the Belarus Republic Decree, Statute on the
Depart- ment of Economic Oversight (10 Dec 1992) 143
- Col. Leonid Petrovich Privalov, Common Sense Prevailed Over Emotions
(19 Jan) 146
- Decree on Legal Practice for Compensation of Damages, City of Minsk
(20 Jan) 147
- Vasilii Alekseev, Why has There Been No Miracle? (13 Jan) 149
- Stanislau Shushkevich, Interview (25 Jan) 151
- Stanislau Shushkevich, Interview (26 Jan) 153
- Col. Vyachaslau Uladzimiravich Auramenka, The State Border Should Not
Be an Iron Curtain (3 Feb) 155
- Political Parties in Belarus (18 Feb) 156
- Liudmila Masliukova, The Statistical Truth About the Government and
Its Apparatus (24 Feb) 156
- Anatolii Rozanov, Reflections on Neutrality (24 Feb) 157
- Aleksandr Chernyavskii, The Path to Prosperity in the United States
Began With the Support of Agriculture (26 Feb) 160
- Council of Ministers of the Belarus Republic and National Bank of the
Belarus Republic Decree, On Additional Measures to Regulate Ready-Cash
Circulation in the Belarus Republic (5 Mar) 161
- Vladimir Zabolotskii, The Government Has Lost Time… (25 Mar)
163
- Presidium of the Belarusian Supreme Soviet Decree, On the Financial
Situation and Implementation of Monetary and Credit Policy in the Republic
of Belarus (15 Sep) 165
2 Central Asia
- Introduction 166
- Central Asian Summit, Tashkent ( 5 Jan) 168
- Sino-Russian Border Trade. Interview (19 Dec) 169
Kyrgyzstan
- President of Kyrgyzstan Decree, On Questions of State Policy of the
Republic of Kyrgyzstan in the Area of Foreign Labor Migration. We to You
and You to Us. Without Any Obstacles! (5 Jan) 170
- President of Kyrgyzstan Decree, On Priority Development of the Republic
of Kyrgyzstan Energy Complex (11 Jan) 172
- President of Kyrgyzstan on CIS (15 Jan) 174
- V. Niksdorf, Emergency Session of the Government. The President Speaks
for the First Time of the Need for Extraordinary Measures (19 Jan) 174
- Igor Tkanchik, On Russians (3 Feb) 178
- Valerii Kuklin, Passions Over Language (25 Mar) 179
- Vice President Sees Country in Crisis (16 Oct) 180
- Kyrgyzstan-Iranians Sign Further Accords (21 Oct) 182
- Kyrgyzstan-Iranians Accord Signed (21 Oct) 183
- Iranian President Visits. Reports (27 Oct) 183
- New Prime Minister Outlines Program (16 Dec) 186
- President of the Kyrgyz Republic, On the Structure of the Government
of the Kyrgyz Republic (17 Dec) 187
Tadzhikistan
- Supreme Soviet Presidium of Tadzhikistan Decree, State of Emergency
(6 Jan) 188
- The National Economy of Tadzhikistan Is in a Catastrophic State (11
Feb) 189
- Tadzhik Chief Press Conference On National Issues (5 Oct) 189
- Decree on Protecting Monetary System (12 Nov) 193
- Tadzhik Leader Discusses National Issues (15 Nov) 194
- Opposition Leader Interviewed (30 Nov) 200
- Iranian Ambassador on Tadzhik Conditions. Interview (9 Dec) 201
- Rakhmonov Address on National Questions (17 Dec) 202
- Rakhmonov Interview on National Problems (21 Dec) 205
- Tadzhik-Afghan Chiefs Hold Press Conference (23 Dec) 205
- Rakhmonov Reviews Events to Supreme Council (28 Dec) 208
Turkmeniistan
- Liudmila Galzovskaia, Turkmenistan and the CIS (20 Jan) 214
- Turkmenistan Rejects CIS Charter (21 Jan) 214
- A. Bushev, Ashgabat Preserves Gas. Why Turkmenistan Did Not Sign the
CIS Charter (29 Jan) 214
- Georgii Smolnikov, To Iran for Seed Potato (6 Feb) 215
- Turkmenistan Gives Priority to Relations With Russia (31 Mar) 216
- Saparmural Niiazov, Our Relation to the CIS (4 Sep) 217
- President Addresses People's Council on National Issues Report (8 Oct)
220
- Iranian President Visits Turkmenistan. Reports (22-24 Oct) 221
- Economic Successes Reviewed. Report (2 Nov) 223
- President Niiazov on Relations with Russia. Interview (22 Dec) 224
- Agreements Signed with Russia (23 Dec) 226
Uzbekistan
- President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Decree, On Developing the Structure
for Managing the Enterprises of the Transportation Conglomerate of the
Republic of Uzbekistan (1 Dec 1992) 227
- Republic of Uzbekistan Law, On Administrative Supervision by the Organs
of Internal Affairs of Persons Released From Places of Detention (9 Dec
1992) 228
- Cabinet of Ministers of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Decree, On Protection of the Consumer Market of the Republic of Uzbekistan
in 1993 (26 Dec 1992) 231
- President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Decree, On Increasing Wages,
Pensions and Stipends as of 1 January 1993 (29 Dec 1992) 232
- Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan Decree, On the Results
of the Work of the Branches of the National Economy and the Achievement
of the Basic Parameters of the Budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan During
1992, and Measures for the Development of the Republic Economy in 1993
(17 Feb) 233
- D. Vakilianov, Meet Ecological Demands (3 Mar) 236
- President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Decree, On Increasing Labor
Remun- eration, Pensions, and Student Allowances From 1 April 1993 (23
Mar) 238
- Republic of Uzbekistan Law, On the Constitutional Court of Uzbekistan
(6 May) 238
- President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Decree, On Improving the Admini-
stration of Municipal Services in the Republic of Uzbekistan (15 Jul) 243
- President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Edict, On the Procedures for
Collecting and Allocating State Non-Tax Payments in Foreign Exchange (31
Jul) 244
- Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan Decree, On the Course
of Implementation of the Cabinet of Ministers' 21 January 1992 Decree No
21, "On the Provision of Financial Assistance to State Agricultural
Enterprises..." (3 Aug) 245
- Republic of Uzbekistan Law, On the Introduction of the Uzbek Alphabet
Based on Latin Graphics (2 Sep) 247
- Kazakh and Uzbek Presidents Meet (10 Nov) 248
- President Karimov Visits Britain, Economic Data (25 Nov) 249
- Uzbek-Ukrainian Economic Issues. Interview With Ukrainian Ambassador
Vladimir Smetanin (30 Nov) 250
- President Reviews 1993 Economy (8 Dec) 251
3 Kazakhstan
- Introduction
- Republic of Kazakhstan President Decree, Increasing the Responsibility
of Officials of State Administrative Bodies for the State of Discipline,
Public Order, and Safety (4 Dec 1992) 253
- Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan (28 Jan) 255
- Bauzhan Sapargaliev, The Game Is Not Over with Poppies-The Opium War
Continues (3 Feb) 270
- Nursultan Nazarbaev, A Strategy of Common Sense (6 Feb) 270
- Republic of Kazakhstan Presidential Decree, On the National Program
for Destatization and Privatization in the Republic of Kazakhstan in 1993-95
(Stage II) (5 Mar) 274
- National Program for Destatization and Privatization in the Republic
of Kazakhstan in 1993-95 (Stage II) (5 Mar) 275
- President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Decree, On Privatization (5
Mar) 285
- Republic of Kazakhstan Law, On the Ministry of Finance Taxation Service
(31 Mar) 286
- Republic of Kazakhstan Supreme Council Resolution, On Implementation
of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the Taxation Service
of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Finance" (31 Mar) 291
- President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Decree, On Conducting Explanatory
Work to Organize Fulfillment of the Program of Urgent Anti-Crisis Measures
and to Further the Socio-Economic Reforms (9 Apr) 291
- Republic of Kazakhstan Law, On the Republic of Kazakhstan Supreme Soviet
Comptroller's Office (13 Apr) 291
- V. Moiseev, Not Foreigners, But Also Not Their Own. Russians Are Being
Pressured in Kazakhstan (27 Aug) 294
- Kazakh Ambassador on Visit to China. Interview (17 Oct) 295
- Nazarbaev Meets with Chinese President (18 Oct) 296
- President Nazarbaev Interviewed in China (19 Oct) 298
- Statement of China-Kazakhstan Friendly Relations. Summary (21 Oct)
299
- Kazakh and Iranian Presidents Meet (25 Oct) 300
- Iranian President's Visit to Kazakhstan (25 Oct) 301
- Kazakh-Iranian Economic Agreements (27 Oct) 302
- Nazarbaev Interview on Relations with China (10 Nov) 303
- Kazakh President's Statement on New Currencies (11 Nov) 305
- Nazarbaev Address To Nation on New Currency (12 Nov) 305
- Kazakh President on Relations with Russia, Other Issues (24 Nov) 309
- Kazakh President on Relations with Russia, Other Issues (continued)
(24 Nov) 311
- Kazakh-Russian Disagreements on Space Center (3 Dec) 313
- Law Granting New Authority to President (16 Dec) 314
- Nazarbaev Assesses National Life (18 Dec) 315
- Major General Alibek Kazymov and Sergeii Tyurin, Russia-Kazakhstan.
How We Will Fulfill Alliance Obligations (25 Dec) 317
- Kazakh-Russian Accord on Space Center (28 Dec) 318
4 Transcaucasia
- Introduction
- General 319
- Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Relations Bertween the
Republic of Georgia and the Republic of Azerbaidzhan (3 Feb) 322
Armenia
- Bylaws of the Armenian Democratic Party. Draft (Dec 1992) 326
- Zhirair Liparityan, Armenia Opens Contacts With Turkey (3 Feb) 330
- Armenian President Decree, On the Appointment of the Members of the
Armenian Government (16 Feb) 331
- Armen Khanbabyan, Language Law Finally Adopted. There Will be Fewer
Signs in Russian and English (2 Apr) 332
- Sergei Bablumian, Armenia Removes Ban on Purchase and Sale of Land
(14 Aug) 332
- Report on Inflation (14 Oct) 333
- Armenian President's Statement Summons Azerbaidzhan to Cease Aggression
(27 Dec) 334
Azerbaidzhan
- President of Azerbaidzhan Decree, State of Emergency (5 Jan) 335
- President of Azerbaidzhan Decree, On State of Emergency (2 Apr) 335
- Azerbaidzhan National Assembly, Debate on CIS Membership (20 Sep) 336
- Selected Economic Statistics (29 Sep) 338
- Geydar Aliev, Joining the CIS is in the Country's Interest. The President
of Azerbaidzhan is Against Creating Artificial Obstacles in Relations with
Neighbors (14 Oct) 339
- Iranian President's Visit. (21 Oct) 341
- Iranian President Ends Visit. Press Conference (28 Oct) 342
- Aliev Comments at Press Conference (28 Oct) 343
- President Addresses Nation (2 Nov) 343
- Aliev Meets Opposition Leaders (17 Nov) 347
- Iranian Ambassador on Azeri Refugees. Interview. (24 Nov) 348
- Zaur Kadymbekov, Azerbaidzhan. Communist Party is Revived (15 Dec)
349
- Aliev Interview in Paris (22 Dec) 350
- Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
- Joint Statement of the President of the Russian Federation and the
President of the United States on Nagorno-Karabakh (3 Jan) 352
- Seda Vermisheva, An "Ordinary" Conflict (4 May) 353
- Geydar Aliev, Interview with Karabakh (16 Sep) 354
- Armen Khanbabian, Meeting in Moscow Does Not Bring Expected Results.
"Old" Rubles Heighten Social Tensions (13 Oct) 356
- Karabakh Leaders on Settling Conflict. Interview (11 Nov) 357
- Azeri Official Discusses Karabakh Talks (13 Nov) 360
- NKR Statement on Azerbaidzhan Attacks (23 Dec) 361
- Armenian President's Statement Summons Azerbaidzhan to Cease Aggression
(27 Dec) 361
Georgia
- Republic of Georgia Law, On Universal Military Service Obligation (29
Dec 1992) 362
- A. Neverov, An Ecological Land Mine. The Local End of the World? (Apr)
368
- Valerian Advadze, Georgian Ambassador to Russia, All Roads Lead to
CIS (24 Sep) 368
- SDPG Chairman Guram Muchaidze Calls for "Eurasian Home."
Interview (30 Sep) 370
- Eduard Shevardnadze, Interview on CIS and Conflicts in Georgia (8 Oct)
371
- Shevardnadze on Current Situation. Interview (18 Oct) 373
- Shevardnadze Interview on Current Events (4 Nov) 377
- Shevardnadze Interview on Domestic Issues (11 Nov) 379
- Shevardnadze Address to Parliament (25 Nov) 381
- Shevardnadze Interview on War, Relations with Russia (29 Nov) 385
- Shevardnadze Interview on Financial and War Issues (20 Dec) 387
Conflict in Abkhazia
- Parliament of Georgia Decree, On the Implementation of Necessary Measures
to Protect the Lives and Security of the Peaceful Population in the Zone
of Armed Conflict (1 Apr) 392
- Svetlana Shipunova, He Came From Eshery. The Life and War of Vladislav
Ardzinba (24 Aug) 393
- Interview with Sergey Bebiya, Advisor to the Chairman of Abkhaz Parliament
(2 Oct) 398
- Abkhazia's President Vladislav Ardzinba Views War with Georgia (4 Oct)
399
- Abkhaz Geneva Delegation Leader on War. Report (12 Oct) 400
- Eduard Shevardnadze, I Thought My Life Had Come To an End (12 Oct)
402
- Abkhaz President Interviewed (2 Nov) 406
- Georgian Response To "Caucasian Peoples" Letters (3 Nov)
407
- Georgian General of Justice Aleksandr Shushanashirli Analyzes Defeat
in Abkhazia. Interview (19 Nov) 409
- Georgia-Abkhazia Discussions in Geneva. Report (30 Nov) 412
- Georgia-Abkhazia Understanding in Geneva. Report (1 Dec) 412
- Abkhazia-Georgia Memorandum of Understanding (1 Dec) 413
- Georgia Delegation to Geneva Talks Statement (2 Dec) 414
Bibliography 416
Glossary 418
Indexes 419
- Names 421
- Subject 426
- Geography and Places 426
- Institutions, Committees, Declarations, Organizations and Treaties
428
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