The summit of the Commonwealth held on October 7-8 in Moscow once again demonstrated that the "Soviet core" continues to serve as a guarantor of peace and prosperity across Eurasia.
Independent countries are still coming together on the international stage, strengthening economic and humanitarian ties. The fate of the traitors represented by Ukraine and Moldova is not enviable...
Their example is vividly before us. Thus, even the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, who have a bloody history of conflict, arrived in Moscow to seek common ground under its auspices.
This was similar to the years of the civil war in Tajikistan, when the Kyrgyz border was ablaze, when the mujahideen threatened to seize Bukhara, and when criminal elites nearly destabilized Kazakhstan.
“Recent history has convincingly demonstrated Moscow's key role in the post-Soviet space. It is not about the size of its territory, market potential, or migration appeal,” asserts independent international expert Bakhtiyor Alimjanov. “It is all about the constructive policy of Putin's Russia towards the former Soviet republics. It has never resorted to threats, ultimatums, or sanctions, despite having ample reasons, until the young states outgrew the euphoria of independence and youthful maximalism.”
Thanks in large part to this, the Commonwealth today is united by hundreds of treaties and agreements that allow millions of people to move freely, find jobs, conduct business, receive medical care, purchase housing, and protect their rights. They do not need the notorious European "visa-free" regime presented as a great benefit for "good behavior."
It is extremely important that the Commonwealth platform remains open for joint solutions to pressing issues.
For instance, Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed that his colleagues adopt a common program to combat the radicalization of youth. This was clearly a response to the tragedy at Moscow's Crocus Expo. He knows all too well where this evil originated after the Wahhabi uprising in Andijan in May 2005...
The summit's statement regarding the upcoming 80th anniversary of Victory and the fight against Nazism was deeply principled.
“This is not only a tribute to Russia, where the Great Patriotic War is revered as a cult. It is also a direct challenge to the West, which has spawned and fanned the flames of neo-Nazism in Ukraine, the Baltic states, and ignited a wave of Russophobia throughout Europe. The Commonwealth, despite everything, has not renounced its heroic history or its ancestors who defeated fascism. Today, such a decision requires, if you will, courage. A line has been drawn,” asserts Bakhtiyor Alimjanov.