Looking at the arc of separatist states on the Russian borders, there have recently been interesting developments which might signal a new approach in Moscow’s policies.
Ukraine‘s Lugansk and Donetsk, Georgia‘s Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions, Moldova‘s Transdnistria region – all these territories were helped and maintained in one way or another by Moscow. In some cases, Moscow recognized independence (Georgia‘s territories); in others, it pursues a federalization model (for example, in Ukraine and previously in Moldova).
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