From: verbit@coolidge.harvard.edu (Mikhail S. Verbitsky)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.soviet
Subject: Re: Dniester Communists
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:52:33 GMT
Organization: Sozialistische Patienten Kollektiv

In article <Sep.13.21.38.02.1992.6169@pilot.njin.net> macko@pilot.njin.net (Peter C. Macko) writes:

Peter is trying to substantiate his strong claim that the Dniester
Republic president is "staunchy communist", and shows that he
hasn't got a clue (sorry, Peter). I will try to explain why
(not that I claim that Smirnov is not one, but Peter's
reposts are quite irrelevant).

>>>  At least Snegur is an X-communist.  Smirnov is still a staunch
>>>communist and communists control the "Dniester Soviet Socialistic
>>>Republic".

>  These things have been in a number of papers including the New York
>Times and numerous UPI/Clari articles.  I do however have a complete
>collection of the past month's RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty)
>daily reports on line.  In fact I've written a cute little program to do 
>topic searches to save me the effort of digging out sources by hand.  So 
>here is a list of interesting articles on the "Dniester Soviet Socialist
>Republic":

>	RFE/RL Report: August 18, 1992
>"DNIESTER REPUBLIC" TO HOST ALL-USSR CONGRESS.  As previously
>announced at the "all-USSR" conference in May in Tiraspol, the
>communist Joint Council of Work Collectives (OSTK), the dominant
>political force in the "Dniester republic," intends to host a
>"Congress of Workers' Councils" from the entire former Soviet
>Union. The congress agenda includes the preservation of the USSR,
>the dismissal of the Gaidar government, and protests against
>privatization, DR Press reported on 14 August. The congress is
>scheduled for 10-13 September in Bendery.  (Vladimir Socor)

	Only a moron could write that restoration of Russian
	Empire (which is in fact their aim) is a communistic
	idea. I am sure Peter is not one, though.

>	RFE/RL Report: August 24, 1992
>MOLDOVAN CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS BLAMED ON "DNIESTER" GUARD.  The
>Joint Control Commision, made up of Moldovan, Russian, and
>"Dniester" representatives and empowered to monitor the ceasefire
>in eastern Moldova, issued on 22 August its first report since
>its establishment on 8 August.  Twenty-five people were killed
>and almost 400 injured during this period.  Most incidents were
>caused by "Dniester" guards looking for alcohol, according to the
>Commision's report as cited by AFP and Moldovapres on 22 August.
>(Vladimir Socor)

	A serious case :) Peter claims that only Communists 
	like alcohol.

>	RFE/RL Report: August 31, 1992
>"DNIESTER REPUBLIC" TO REIMPOSE RUSSIAN SCRIPT ON "MOLDOVAN
>LANGUAGE." A draft "law on languages," currently before the
>"Dniester Republic Supreme Soviet," would reimpose the Russian
>alphabet for the "Moldovan language" (i.e.  Romanian) in schools
>there, Radio Rossii reported on 24 August.  Moldovan schools in
>that area switched to the Latin script following its
>reinstatement in Moldova in 1989, and have since resisted the
>"Dniester" authorities' orders to return the "Moldovan language"
>to the Russian alphabet.  The proposed measure would give the
>"Dniester" Russian authorities a pseudo-legal basis for enforcing
>compliance.  (Vladimir Socor, RFE/RL Inc.)

	A preference of Cyrillic instead of Latin is Communist?
	Peter, please got a clue.

>	RFE/RL Report: September 3, 1992
>"DNIESTER REPUBLIC" CELEBRATES.  A mass rally and military parade--
>attended by Maj. Gen. Aleksandr Lebed, commander of Russia's 14th
>Army-- were held in Tiraspol on 2 September, the second anniversary
>of the proclamation of the "Dniester Soviet Socialist Republic."
>Its president, Igor Smirnov, said in his address that "the republic
>has survived only thanks to Russia and the 14th Army," RFE/RL
>correspondents reported. While taking issue with Yeltsin's stance
>on Moldova's integrity, Smirnov was also quoted as announcing that
>Russia would provide 2 billion rubles in credits to the "Dniester
>republic" for the purchase of grain and other agricultural
>commodities.  Both Smirnov and the "Dniester Guard" commander, Maj.
>Gen.  Stefan Kitsak, claimed victory over Moldova and reiterated
>that the would-be republic would build its own, professional army.
>"The Dniester republic's strategic course toward forming the
>Dniester state is not subject to change," Smirnov said as cited by
>DR Press. (Vladimir Socor, RFE/RL Inc.)

	A clinical issue. The only reference to Communism there
	is a name "Dniester Socialist Republic". If Peter thinks
	that all Socialists are Communists, he should consult
	with a psychoanalist.

>	RFE/RL Report: September 8, 1992
>COSSACKS ON THE DNIESTER DESCRIBED AS ANTI-SEMITIC AND
>"RED-BROWN." A correspondent for Nezavisimaya gazeta who recently
>visited the theater of hostilities in eastern Moldova reported in
>the daily's issue of 1 September that anti-Semitism and
>"red-brown" views are widespread among the Russian Cossack
>volunteers fighting for the "Dniester republic," and that they can
>often be heard commenting that Jews have seized power in Russia.
>Confirming the correspondent's assessment, Valerii Shukov, a
>member of the Main Staff of the Union of Cossack Hosts of Russia
>and chief editor of its press organ Stanitsa, who opposes
>anti-Semitism, told the correspondent that many Don and Kuban
>Cossacks--who provide most of the volunteers to the "Dniester"
>cause--are "infected by anti-Semitism" and that their leadership
>is "bolshevized" and "red-brown." Another Cossack dissident cited
>by Shukov described the present Cossack leaders as a combination
>of "reds" and "black hundreds." (Vladimir Socor, RFE/RL Inc.).

	Cossacs are red-brown indeed. What it has to do with
	Smirnov? Peter, pl. g. a c.

>	RFE Report: September 9, 1992
>MOSCOW HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REFUTES ATROCITY CHARGES AGAINST MOLDOVA.
> In a report issued after a recent fact-finding trip to Moldova,
>and made available to RFE/RL, a team of the Moscow-based human
>rights society Memorial refuted allegations that the Moldovan side
>had murdered and raped teenagers, and that they had dismantled or
>damaged industrial plants there during the fighting for that city
>in June.  Those allegations have since been spread further by the
>mass media in Moscow. The team from Memorial found that the
>"Dniester republic" authorities, including the Bendery militia, had
>no evidence of such atrocities. (Vladimir Socor, RFE/RL Inc.)

	It's time to call a doctor

>	RFE/RL Report: September 11, 1992
>"DNIESTER REPUBLIC" ESTABLISHES MINISTRIES.  The current session of
>the "Dniester Republic Supreme Soviet" is discussing the
>establishment of a full-fledged government with ministries,
>DR-Press reported in recent days from Tiraspol.  Ministries of
>defense and national security have already been established,
>Aleksandr Nevzorov's TV program "600 Seconds" reported on 9
>September. Echoing a theme often heard from Russian
>ultranationalist supporters of the "Dniester republic," Nevzorov
>hailed the progress of "this first republic free of democrats."
>(Vladimir Socor, RFE/RL Inc.)

	Nevzorov hates democrats, but what's he speaking is
	usually completely irrelevant to the issues. I like
	him very much, but his words are in most cases the evidence of
	contrary. Not that he is a compulsive liar, but
	being a very sensitive person he never gets a clue,
	too. Peter could refer us to Zhirinovsky as well.
	
	Misha.