[ripe-167] Impressions brought from Moscow meeting

On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Sergey A. Mukhin wrote:

> There can be just "pro" or "contra" for given statement at given
> moment. Think speaking about "CIS" instead of "Russia" is a good
> idea.

	If say in year 2000 CIS will be denounced and go to Attic,
	what will you do?  (HINT: continents and other geographical
	entities are much more neutral in all respects :)

> There is another point -- think if we need to create something it
> would be much better if it will not be just Russian.

	Better for whom? and how you define what is "better" and
	what is "worse"?  (Write a solid document, guys,
	we'll discuss *it* than; no sense of continuing
	any discussion on the topic until the new
	document will be out at least as a draft).

> I cannot invent the name for it right now ( and hope there are
> people able doing that much better than me ) but IMHO it should
> _not_ have "Russian" as a part of its name.

	If it is done following the initiative from Russia,
	for Russians and Russian-speakers, without a
	positive contribution of anyone else -- it *is* Russian,
	no matter how you call it.

> And for that matter
> it makes no "political" difference if it will be established 
> not in Russia at all. That is again the technical matters and
> if I got Ukrainian representatives at that meeting right, Ukraine
> either has no wish to arrange it right now or no possibility.

	We don't feel the need of doing this.  Russia(ns) do.

> No need for it. And no possibility for that matter. We can just try
> to convince somebody if they do not refuse flatly ( as you did ).

	Ok, we are waiting for a new better and solid document.
	Show it to us, and we'll (probably) start thinking
	on it...

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Best regards,
Andrew Stesin

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