From: ryyti@jyu.fi (Jarmo Ryyti)
Subject: Re: "democratic" Estonia
Organization: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 06:40:25 GMT


Yesterday 7.9.1992 Moscow correspondent Matti Valkonen of Helsingin
Sanomat, a leading newspaper in Finland writes:

(My translation)

"DIFFERENT TONE THAN IN THE BALTICS"

"Moscow poticians and media have repeatedly warned Baltic states and especially
Estonia about violating the human rights of the russians. On the other hand
they have not said a word against Caucasian and Central Asian states where
there are against the russians clearly more difficult threat.

The Baltic states are european calm that you can threaten them and collect
political support in Moscow. In stead of Uzbekistan with her 22 million
 inhabitants or very far away in the heart of Asia situated Tadzikistan
or Kirgisistan will not be threatened because the russian minorities over there
will feel the threats on their own skins.

Which politician would also threaten Azerbeidzhan where is totally different
culture even if the state participated on the Congress on the Security and
Co-Operation in Europe. The escape like leave of the russians starts
 immediately when the Russian troops will be sent away is said in Moscow.
In Baku the russians tell that the locals have repeatedly recognized
that when the russian military has left the throats of the russians
will be cut off.

In the beginning of August the azeris arrested two russian officers.
There has been negotiations to free them without results. The unsuccesful
negotiations have been done without public threat which  the russians
run in the Baltics.

In february two russian soldiers and an officer were cought as hostages
in Azerbeidzhan and again according ITAR-TASS Russia and Azerbeidzhan
negotiate about freeing the men. The russian politicians have not raisen their
voices about the violating the human rights of the men."

"LANGUAGE LAWS DO NOT HEATEN SENCES"

"The careful attitude of Russia concerning Central Asia can be seen
clearly of the fact that the russians do not blame the language laws
of Uzbekistan,Kazakstan or Tadzikistan.
Of the inhabitants of Karaganda 80 % are russians, germans and other
foreigners. Only one fifth are kazaks but according the laws of the
independent Kazakstan to all leading posts will nominated kazaks.
The opressed russians have to leave the country.

In an independent Uzbekistan new language law/directive made three
years ago  uzbek the official language of Uzbekistan. First then
for the first time the own language of the locals became an administrative
language  and russian language has no position aside uzbek.

It was for the new independent state very important and useful told
the first Uzbek ambassadeur in Moscow Jusuf Abdullajev for the correspondent
 of Helsingin
Sanomat.

Now the other nationalities have still time for five years to studey uzbek,
which they must know if they are in leading positions or in service
 work told the ambassadeur in Moscow.
Today all the official periodicals, documents,laws and street names even
the names of Metro stations in Tashkent are only in uzbek, no more in russian.

According to the ambassadeur the russians, germans and the others were
frightened of the language law but he assured that still many remain
in Uzbekistan."


Translaters note:
As I have told many times in this net Serega&Co. are somehow 
working for Moscow ultra nationals by constantly bashing for instance
estonians as a part of the propagande where the Balts are made
in the eyes of Russian and internation public as" the boves of the game."
After reading articles what is going on in Russia and comparing what
Serega and Co, are writing I am sure that Serega and Co. are
not honest people.


Sincerely yours,
Jarmo Ryyti
"Suomi - a country under the North Star"