Monday, March 05, 2007

Russians Moving on Fiji?

I have contended for some time that last December's Fijian coup was mounted to benefit the left, particularly Mahendra Chaudhry and his crypto-communist Fiji Labour Party.

Fiji has been a target of the Soviets/Russians for decades, as a potential base for spreading influence throughout the South Pacific.

Mahendra Chaudhry was close to the Soviets in the '80s, as were many of his trade union/Fiji Labour Party colleagues.

It was fear of Soviet influence and their links to the radical Fiji Labour Party, that partially motivated Sitiveni Rabuka's 1987 coup.

Recently, Chaudhry and his party have been close to China, but it appears that the Russians are also keen to exploit the new regime.

While NZ, Australia and the US are out of favour with Fiji's new government, apparently the Russians are welcome.

From Radio NZ International

Posted at 17:02 on 04 March, 2007 UTC

Russia was represented for the first time at the presentation of a Fiji government budget when the interim finance minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, revealed his financial plans last Friday.

Russia’s Canberra-based ambassador to the Pacific, Alexander Blokhin, attended the budget presentation in Suva.

The Russian presence coincided with the absence from the budget of the high commissioners of Australia and New Zealand and the ambassador for the United States, although the three diplomats have traditionally been present.

Representatives from all Asian and Pacific countries which have diplomatic offices in Fiji were present.

Mr Blokhin said through an interpreter that Russia was interested in investing in the agricultural sector and he wanted to introduce Russian businesses to Fiji.


I don't know why Mr Blokhin needed an interpreter, as he is an English speaker.

He is also no lightweight;


From 1995/2000 he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Azerbaijani Republic.

From 2000/2002 he was Minister of the Russian Federation for Federal Affairs, Nationalities and Migration.

From 2002/2005 he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus.

78 comments:

  1. Your last domino fell.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hasn't quite fallen yet laminar-a bit shaky though.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous8:14 PM

    VmoJgy The best blog you have!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Anonymous6:02 AM

    iZXJP9 Hello all!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Anonymous7:00 AM

    Nice Article.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Anonymous7:48 AM

    Thanks to author.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Anonymous8:33 AM

    Magnific!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Anonymous9:42 AM

    Magnific!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Anonymous11:16 PM

    Good job!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Anonymous3:51 AM

    Thanks to author.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Anonymous4:54 AM

    Hello all!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Anonymous5:59 AM

    Wonderful blog.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Anonymous6:51 AM

    Magnific!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Anonymous2:42 AM

    YhYSxP write more, thanks.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Anonymous4:51 PM

    actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Anonymous5:27 PM

    Wonderful blog.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Anonymous7:16 PM

    Hello all!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Anonymous7:50 PM

    Hello all!

    ReplyDelete
  19. Anonymous8:26 PM

    Thanks to author.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Anonymous8:53 PM

    Nice Article.

    ReplyDelete
  21. Anonymous9:25 PM

    Hello all!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Anonymous9:54 PM

    Good job!

    ReplyDelete
  23. Anonymous10:33 PM

    Magnific!

    ReplyDelete
  24. Anonymous11:15 PM

    Good job!

    ReplyDelete
  25. Anonymous11:54 PM

    Wonderful blog.

    ReplyDelete
  26. Anonymous12:55 AM

    actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.

    ReplyDelete
  27. Anonymous1:30 AM

    640K ought to be enough for anybody. - Bill Gates 81

    ReplyDelete
  28. Anonymous2:08 AM

    What is a free gift ? Aren't all gifts free?

    ReplyDelete
  29. Anonymous2:39 AM

    Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

    ReplyDelete
  30. Anonymous3:06 AM

    When there's a will, I want to be in it.

    ReplyDelete
  31. Anonymous3:38 AM

    All generalizations are false, including this one.

    ReplyDelete
  32. Anonymous4:11 AM

    Oops. My brain just hit a bad sector.

    ReplyDelete
  33. Anonymous4:45 AM

    Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

    ReplyDelete
  34. Anonymous5:18 AM

    Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies

    ReplyDelete
  35. Anonymous5:48 AM

    C++ should have been called B

    ReplyDelete
  36. Anonymous6:21 AM

    All generalizations are false, including this one.

    ReplyDelete
  37. Anonymous6:54 AM

    Nice Article.

    ReplyDelete
  38. Anonymous7:36 AM

    When there's a will, I want to be in it.

    ReplyDelete
  39. Anonymous8:53 AM

    Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.

    ReplyDelete
  40. Anonymous9:27 AM

    Thanks to author.

    ReplyDelete
  41. Anonymous9:59 AM

    When there's a will, I want to be in it.

    ReplyDelete
  42. Anonymous10:27 AM

    Beam me aboard, Scotty..... Sure. Will a 2x10 do?

    ReplyDelete
  43. Anonymous10:53 AM

    When there's a will, I want to be in it.

    ReplyDelete
  44. Anonymous11:23 AM

    Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.

    ReplyDelete
  45. Anonymous11:52 AM

    What is a free gift ? Aren't all gifts free?

    ReplyDelete
  46. Anonymous12:25 PM

    What is a free gift ? Aren't all gifts free?

    ReplyDelete
  47. Anonymous1:00 PM

    Beam me aboard, Scotty..... Sure. Will a 2x10 do?

    ReplyDelete
  48. Anonymous1:34 PM

    Magnific!

    ReplyDelete
  49. Anonymous2:09 PM

    Build a watch in 179 easy steps - by C. Forsberg.

    ReplyDelete
  50. Anonymous2:41 PM

    When there's a will, I want to be in it.

    ReplyDelete
  51. Anonymous3:13 PM

    Clap on! , Clap off! clap@#&$NO CARRIER

    ReplyDelete
  52. Anonymous3:46 PM

    Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

    ReplyDelete
  53. Anonymous4:27 PM

    The gene pool could use a little chlorine.

    ReplyDelete
  54. Anonymous5:10 PM

    What is a free gift ? Aren't all gifts free?

    ReplyDelete
  55. Anonymous5:43 PM

    Ever notice how fast Windows runs? Neither did I.

    ReplyDelete
  56. Anonymous6:23 PM

    A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

    ReplyDelete
  57. Anonymous6:58 PM

    Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

    ReplyDelete
  58. Anonymous7:31 PM

    Please write anything else!

    ReplyDelete
  59. Anonymous8:09 PM

    All generalizations are false, including this one.

    ReplyDelete
  60. Anonymous8:52 PM

    Good job!

    ReplyDelete
  61. Anonymous9:38 PM

    Wonderful blog.

    ReplyDelete
  62. Anonymous10:25 PM

    Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

    ReplyDelete
  63. Anonymous11:08 PM

    Ever notice how fast Windows runs? Neither did I.

    ReplyDelete
  64. Anonymous11:48 PM

    actually, that's brilliant. Thank you. I'm going to pass that on to a couple of people.

    ReplyDelete
  65. Anonymous12:36 AM

    Please write anything else!

    ReplyDelete
  66. Anonymous1:30 AM

    Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

    ReplyDelete
  67. Anonymous2:19 AM

    Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

    ReplyDelete
  68. Anonymous3:02 AM

    Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

    ReplyDelete
  69. Anonymous3:41 AM

    Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

    ReplyDelete
  70. Anonymous4:23 AM

    I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!

    ReplyDelete
  71. Anonymous4:54 AM

    Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.

    ReplyDelete
  72. Anonymous5:32 AM

    Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

    ReplyDelete
  73. Anonymous6:15 AM

    640K ought to be enough for anybody. - Bill Gates 81

    ReplyDelete
  74. Anonymous6:57 AM

    A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

    ReplyDelete
  75. Anonymous7:41 AM

    When there's a will, I want to be in it.

    ReplyDelete
  76. Anonymous8:31 AM

    Oops. My brain just hit a bad sector.

    ReplyDelete
  77. Anonymous9:17 AM

    When there's a will, I want to be in it.

    ReplyDelete
  78. Anonymous9:54 AM

    Nice Article.

    ReplyDelete