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The increasing closer relations between the West and the Ukraine is a cause for Russian anxiety. The more parts of what was, for all intents and purposes, the Soviet Empire grow closer to the West the more Russian options are diminished. Such developments weaken Russia's hand in its relationship to the West. Russia is concerned over the growing eastward drive of Western control and influence. Clearly the ultimate goal of the West is the subjugation of both Russia and China to western imperialist interests. If Russia and China are reduced to mere minor powers in the East then Western imperialism will have clear and distinct hegemony. Consequently this will reflect itself in a radical change of foreign policy regionally and even globally. In short if Russia and China are reduced to the status of minor regional powers the character of international relations will take a new turn. The role of Turkey is of decisive importance in the regional politics in this part of Asia. Turkey has been apparently attempting to expand its power on the hinterland of what once formed part of the Russian Empire. The distinct possibility of growing tension emerging between Russia and Turkey exists. Both are competing over the same region. Turkey has been lending its support to Georgia which has not been on the best of terms with Russia. Washington hopes to exploit Turkish ambitions to expand its power into this part of the East. The point is that with the collapse of the Soviet Union the hinterlands of what once formed part of the SU is now the source of tension and rivalry among various regional powers --Russia, Turkey and the US. To a large the hotspots have changed their location. In the past it was the Middle East now the frontlines have shifted further to the East to the Caucasus. Warm regards George Pennefather Be free to check out our Communist Think-Tank web site at http://homepage.eircom.net/~beprepared/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%