Cordon sanitaire

Estimates of and prospects


   In 1997, Anatoly Chubais, said in an interview about the existence of plans to create a sort of "cordon sanitaire", designed to isolate Russia from the civilized world, covering territory from Azerbaijan to the Baltic. A similar stand taken by many experts, speaking about the danger of creating a "cordon". This band is a new "cordon sanitaire" was expanded to include the former Soviet republics, and this expansion has become an important focus Euro-Atlantism: "cordon" becomes the front. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Vladimir MGIMO Diego states:

   Elegant courtship of the former Soviet republics are gradually moving in the hard pressure. It is not always disclosed, but always implied goal harassment - agreed to go in the wake of American policy aimed at creating a "cordon sanitaire" around Russia, which can serve as a line of defense against it, and the springboard for an offensive.

   According to Boris Bikkinin, head of the Commission on Defence and Security of the Union State, the "cordon sanitaire" and evolving artificial union between Russia and Belarus creates two latest geo-strategic corridor to the West. Analysts say that the plans a new "cordon sanitaire" ceases to be a proper "Baltic-Black Sea fence" and not limited to Europe, and extends to the Caucasus and even has a Central Asian component.