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Russia Resurgent - A TL
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Pontifex Minimus
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Chapter 35: Intervention in Somalia and the Start of Many a Things, mainly political though.
Chapter 35: Intervention in Somalia and the Start of Many a Things, mainly political though.
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Le Petit Journal: Russia Announces Intervention in Somalia!
January 2nd, 2007
The Russian Czardom was officially announced in tandem with their Somalian counterparts in the internationally recognized Transitional Federal Government of Somalia that the Russian Military has intervened against Islamic Jihadists in Somalia. According to the information given by Russian Ministry of Defense, the 101st Armored Brigade and the 45th Motorized Division has already seen a small amount of combat and that Russia would continue to use its powerful military to restore order.
Frontlines and factions in the Somalian Civil War.
This is very worrying for NATO. The Russian influence in East Africa and North Africa has grown exponentially in the past half a decade. Libya is officially a part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and is within an economic union with Russia, and both Sudan and Chad are allies and proxies of Russia within the region. Ethiopia has shown willingness to cooperate with Russian military personnel in the region and the Ethiopians have intervened in Somalia in tandem with the Russians.
However what is even more worrying is in fact the willingness of some of our allies to secure our interests abroad. Till now, we can only see the nations of Poland, Romania, and Hungary willing to commit themselves into securing our assets and our securities abroad. The nations of Germany, Italy, Greece, Denmark, Norway and the Benelux openly complain about their economies being deficient to fight Russia, and that with their newfound good relations with Russia, they didn’t wish to antagonize the Russians. The Iberians grumble beneath their breaths as well and the Spanish government has been negotiating a royal visit to and fro from Russia between the Spanish Royal Family and the Russian Royal Family to increase ties. The Portuguese have also quietly signed a new trade deal with the Russians over chromium extraction technology.
Our true allies, for us French, in this struggle against Russian economic imperialism can perhaps only be Poland, Romania and Hungary. Even the British, our allies from 1914 show an extreme lack of enthusiasm for any event designed to make the Russians pushed out, whilst they are distracted with the Commonwealth of Nations, becoming more than just an empty lobby with their recent economic and military interventions.
The French government has officially stated that they shall monitor the situation in Somalia with our military bases in Djibouti with increased surveillance to make sure that every side adhered to the internationally recognized boundaries and laws of war. This Journal and Journalist outlet shall support our government in their action for our interests in the Horn of Africa.
French Troops in Djibouti.
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Daily Express – United Kingdom Announces Intervention
January 8th, 2007
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced that the House of Commons has backed him after receiving invitation from the Commonwealth of Nations and the provisional government in Somalia for intervention in Somaliland. Somaliland was once a British colony in the Horn of Africa, and were involved heavily in the East African Front of World War 2, along with its inhabitants who fought loyally for the British crown. After Italian Somalia gained its independence, the colony was given independence and merged with Somalia. The British government has announced that an Armed Force of 1000 troops will be intervening in Somaliland to bring order back to the area. President Egal of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland has asked for the intervention after Somali Islamists and Jihadists crossed the Somalian-Somaliland border with impunity to attack the hastily ill-equipped Somaliland Militia in the area.
President Egal of Somaliland.
According to the statement from the British government the intervention force will not extend beyond the borders of Somaliland, however the British government has also stated that they will not withdraw from the region until a permanent solution to the Somaliland question was found. The Somalian and Somaliland Governments have acquiesced to the order from the British government and the intervention will take place by the end of the week.
According to our reporters from all over Europe and throughout the world, it seems this intervention in the Horn of Africa has rattled some feathers whilst softening some more. The Tories in opposition to the government has decried Blair for ‘neo-colonialism’ and a good amount of African nations have also stated that another intervention on part of Britain wasn’t a prudent idea. In France, the people are protesting against the British intervention, ironic considering their own interventions in Africa. The British government has contacted the Russian government about the intervention and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense has stated that Russian and British soldiers will cooperate with one another wherever possible in Somalia.
The Russian government has also pledged itself that it would support the United Kingdom for a permanent Compromise which would bring the Somali Crisis to an end once and for all.
Currently the politics in the United Kingdom seem to be varying to a lot of degrees. Much of the Labour Party have supported the decision of Blair, whilst the Tories are raising voices to hell high heaven, and the Greens, and the Liberal Democrats are also pointing a lot of waggling fingers at Westminster for this decision, however nonetheless with a clear majority the intervention will go ahead. The Canadian government has also stated that 100 Canadian soldiers will take part in the intervention as part of the Commonwealth force. The Australians have pledged 250 soldiers, with the New Zealanders pledging 150 soldiers. In total 500 Commonwealth soldiers will also be intervening with 1000 British troops in the region. The Canadian, Australian and New Zealander governments have all supported the intervention as well, obviously.
The rest of the Commonwealth have either expressed support for the intervention or have remained neutral on the whole issue till now. In particular the Indian government has raised objections especially since the British intervention will mean that Britain will have to cooperate with the Russian government and the Russian military in place in the area.
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www.worldgovernments.com
Pakistani General Elections Over!
January 15th, 2007
The Pakistani General elections, the first perhaps from 2002, began on the 1st of January this year. The elections were contested between Pakistani People’s Party led by Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani Muslim League (Nawaz) led by Nisar Ali Khan and finally the Pakistani Muslim League led by Shujaat Hussein. The Pakistani General Elections are pretty interesting to watch unfold. The recent pro-Russian feelings that have been rising in Pakistan have also seen the Pakistani military slowly erode on its power.
With the Russian government supplying weapons to the Pakistani army they have also applied massive amounts of pressure on the military step away from politics and to remain a neutral force in politics. This election was also held with Russian supervisors present in the area to maintain legal force, and there are rumors abound that the Russian government has quietly threatened the Pakistani military with actions if they tried to do anything misleading in the country during the elections. Meanwhile small amounts of Russian troops have also been engaged in the Baluchistan Insurgency to put it down, and the Pakistani populace in general seem to favor the Russians.
The PPP ran on the course of being a neutral playing field and was more of a social democratic platform that was being run. Nisar Ali Khan and the PML(N) however has run on a pro-Russian campaign. Despite having his wife as an American and children as half-America, Nisar Ali Khan has shown his displeasure for the rampant amount of American actions in the Muslim world, and has expressed his support for Russian influence in Pakistan to counteract the Indians. The PML(Q) itself has run the campaign of the election on a neutral basis that is largely void of taking any side, like the PPP, however what is interesting to note is that there is no pro-Western rhetoric in any of the political parties in Pakistan, which can only be attributed to foreign policy failure of the West in Pakistan. Quite interestingly, a Pro-Commonwealth party named the Pakistani Commonwealth Party had also emerged right before the general elections, however they failed to gain enough votes for the final ballot, nonetheless, the emergence of a pro-Commonwealth party is interesting to note in Pakistan, a former Colony of Britain.
The results of the Elections were:-
PPP (Ali Zardari): 26.7% of the votes, gaining 91 seats in the Parliament of Pakistan.
PML(N) (Ali Khan): 39.6% of the votes, gaining 135 seats in the Parliament of Pakistan.
PML (Q) (Hussein): 25% of the votes, gaining 85 seats in the Parliament of Pakistan.
Commonwealth Party: 8.7% of the votes, gaining 29 seats in the Parliament of Pakistan.
Independents have won 2 seats in the Parliament of Pakistan.
As such, Nisar Ali Khan has been elected to the position of Prime Minister of Pakistan. He embodies a new future for Pakistan which may lead to a new age of prosperity and better economics for the Pakistanis.
PPP In Dark Green, PML (N) in light green, PML(Q) in yellow, Commonwealth in Pink and independents in grey.
Nisar Ali Khan, the new Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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Euro News
January 27th, 2007
Russia Announces Pledge to Fight Global Warming.
Chancellor Grigory Yavlinsky has recently been praised for his own personal actions in reintroducing the Caspian Tiger back into the Russian regions of the Caspian sea. Around 20 Caspian Tigers roam the Volga Delta currently with recent studies showing the numbers will grow to 100 by 2012 and 350 by 2020.
The Chancellor has also announces the New Green Deal that has been taken in by the Russian government will be expanded upon by the Russian government, and the Green deal will be expanded upon. Green Party leader Alexey Lushnikov has shown his support for the idea, and that the Chancellor has stated that Russia will lead the fight against Global Warming. Whilst a major Oil exporter and exporter of the fossil fuels, ever since 1996 Russia’s share of the Oil Industry has been declining, ever since the Electronic Industry of Russia has opened, and the Banking sector of Russia has boomed. The Russian government has also announced that they shall be looking into further ways in which the Russian government can continue their fight against climate change.
The Russian government has recently solidified the Ministry of Environment, with Alexey Lushnikov becoming appointed as the Minister of Environment in Russia. The new legislature that has been passed through the Russian State Duma named the Pollution Act is a severe law that isn’t particularly popular in Russia, however it has been deemed a massive step forward by environmentalists worldwide. The Russian Green Tax Legislature Act consists of the following:-
- A massive 8% Carbon tax levied on industries that go above the carbon levels advised by the government.
- Any industry going above 15% than the levels advised by the government would have its stocks frozen by the Russian government.
- Any industry that is going above 20% of the levels advised by the government will find itself closed.
- The establishment of the ‘Environmental Machine Procurement Industries’ funded jointly by the government and the public which would procure and distribute eco-friendly machinery to Russian industries for cheaper prices with the same value.
Russian workers constructing solar panels for renewable energy
It is a simply legislature, however it speaks volumes. It creates a modicum of environmental control. According to WHO and the UN and its sister agencies, this tax will lead to a decrease in the carbon emission levels of Russia by 1.5% every year. It doesn’t seem like a massive prospect, however in the quantitative sense, even 1.5% is massive decrease in numbers. By 2020, the Russian carbon emission levels will have fallen by 20%, which means that around 4% of the total carbon thrown into the atmosphere will be decreased by the end of the next decade. This is truly a momentous change in policy and because of Russia’s own policies, they seem to be gaining traction within the Eurasian Union, where Green Politics and their popularity is rising. Russia is also influencing Europe, as Green parties all across Europe are starting poll higher than average due to Russia’s lead in the global fight against Global Warming and Climate Change.
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World News
February 9th, 2007
Purple Revolution Not Over? First Yugoslavia, then Russia, and then Romania, now Georgia?
The so dubbed Purple Revolution that has engulfed Western Europe with a general rise of monarchism is said to have mostly died out after the restoration of Michael I to the throne of Romania. However despite this monarchism is in quite the resurgence in Georgia. Egged on by the fact that David Bagration and Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky have recently announced that Princess Ana is pregnant with a child that will unite two of the royal houses of Georgia.
Prince David Bagration and Princess Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky.
Not only that the current President of Georgia, Davit Tarkhan Mouravi is a member of the Georgian Nobility. As President, under him the South Ossetians have gone independent, however under him, the Abkhazians have remained in the Georgian nation, and with his support for the Eurasian Union and CSTO has managed to make Georgia’s economic growth massive in the Black Sea. The economic development of Georgia has become the envy of many, and as a nobleman, the President of Georgia himself has elicited a massive growth in royalism in the country.
Last week, the government responded to massive protests in Tbilisi and Sukhumi about the restoration of the monarchy and has stated that they shall conduct a meeting with Prince David Bagration about the issue. Today morning the news has been released by the Georgian government’s official speaker for the public that Prince Bagration and Princess Gruzinksy have agreed to become restored as monarchs of Georgia through popular referendum as constitutional monarchs, should the monarchy be restored.
As such the Georgian government has announced that on March 1st, 2007, the referendum on the monarchy and its restoration will take place. Should Prince Bagration be restored, he has said that he will take the regnal name of Constantine II, after King Constantine I of Imereti, the common ancestor of all the Bagration Dynasty.
The current polls according to youGov about the restoration of the monarchy state:-
Yes to Restore: 59%
No to Restore: 31%
Undecided: 9%
The Pro-Monarchists and the Anti-Monarchists have already started to campaign heavily for and against the monarchy in their own manner, however it seems that Georgia shall be the last bastion of the Purple Revolution by this point. Russia has announced that they shall support a restoration through a referendum, and so have all the other constitutional monarchs of Europe.
A Pro Monarchist Rally in Sukhumi.
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African News
February 19th, 2007
Hosni Mubarak Consolidates Power in Egypt even amidst protests
Strongman Mubarak of Egypt has managed to consolidate his power in the highest echelons of the Egyptian governments. After being at the blunt end of massive cyber attacks, the Egyptian people rose up in revolt against their oppressive government for naught it seems, as around 18,000 people have been arrested by the Egyptian government and have been thrown into prison. The protests against the government are petering out in the country of the Nile river, as news arrives that suspicious looking ‘Black Masked Men’ are kidnapping known dissidents against the Mubarak regime.
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, a dictator and strongman.
There have been allegations that the United States of America is aiding the Mubarak regime as it is the last bastion of the American influence in Eastern North Africa. American policy experts have been rumored to state that if Egypt were to fall to ‘outside’ influences the fall of the Suez Canal would be a massive blow to the United States of America. These rumors of American aid are unsubstantiated however with no direct proof.
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Russia Insight!
February 25th, 2007
BURAN TAKES FLIGHT! BURAN SPACE SHUTTLE ENTERS SPACE AMIDST HISTORIC MOMENT! RUSSIA RE-ASSERTS CLAIM THAT THEY SHALL LAND IN THE MOON BY 2015.
The Buran Launch.
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Good to see it back! Wonder if Buran has replaced Soyuz as the main way for Russia to get into Space and if the other Buran shuttles have been completed to fly too to give the Russians a well run reusable space shuttle compared to the American shuttle.
Going to be interesting to see what happens on Africa's east coast, would be nice to see Ethiopia do well in this TL one way or the other.
Going to be interesting to see what happens on Africa's east coast, would be nice to see Ethiopia do well in this TL one way or the other.
Soyuz is coming don't worry!
Ethiopia will be getting limelight in the future!
Gabriel126
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as i person from Sakartvelo i am glad the monarchy is being restored and that my country is prospering
Actually on the subject of monarchy and the likely change of some flag designs to incorporate this, what are the flags of Russia, Yugoslavia, Georgia etc as of 2007 ITTL?
I know we've asked about maps but would be an interesting thing to look at. Has Zimbabwe's flag change too while on the subject since the invasion? Either way will be interesting to see.
I know we've asked about maps but would be an interesting thing to look at. Has Zimbabwe's flag change too while on the subject since the invasion? Either way will be interesting to see.
Nice ch and glad to hear that you are able to recover some of the ch, btw is the fifth generation fighter program that the french and britain build going to continue especially since it seems that the france didn’t like that the british getting friendly with russia, and one more question is france going to rejoined nato operation system in this Tl
Georgia hasn't restored the monarchy yet so the flag is the same.....
About Russia:-
For Yugoslavia:-
For Romania:-