Cordon sanitaire

Alleged motives


   Russian and foreign analysts believe that instead of defending the "free world" against Russian Communism, declared at the beginning of the century as the main objective of cordon sanitaire, in 1990 at the "cordon sanitaire" in Eastern Europe can be an economic dimension. Chief editor of Kommersant, Azer Mursaliyev remarks in this connection that, no matter how firm to the West and East that Europe should no longer be a separation barrier, a line of the economic section, "Baltic-Black Sea sanitary corridor" clearly discern and becomes reality. Doctor of Economic Sciences Alexei Haytun wrote about the economic background:

   History disposed so that the Russian gas is separated from the centers of European consumer ring of Eastern European countries, a sort of "cordon sanitaire" in the interpretation of Lord Curzon's 20-ies ... Now a similar cordon, if he really is designed as an ideology and state practice, is intended to protect the new EU member states from Russian domination ...

   Military commentator RIA Novosti, Ilya Kramnik said that "it is only in Russian policy were traced hints at independence, the West immediately reminded of the policy of the cordon sanitaire, which was hastily re-established."