Miss Starovoitova was elected to the congress from Armenia, grateful for her support for its independence (which it gained in 1991 following the break-up of the Soviet Union).
RAND, which says it was chosen for its independence, says the sponsors had no say in the report's findings.
A close and dear friend of Brodsky's was Tomas Venclova, considered the greatest of Lithuanian poets, and no doubt Brodsky thrilled to see Lithuania stand up to the Soviet behemoth in 1990 and 1991 and fight for its independence (and achieve it).
The city is the capital of Libya's eastern region, known as Cyrenaica, and it has paid dearly for its independence.
He and another leader, Yasin Malik, organised resistance to Indian rule with help from the Pakistani military regime of General Zia-ul Haq, who, according to Mr Khan, believed that since Islamabad had failed to wrest control of Kashmir from India, it might as well back a movement for its independence.
Whatever you think of Ms Bebić's views, Split is not the same place it was 20 years ago when Croatia fought for its independence from Yugoslavia.
The country will ask itself how far it has satisfied the hopes of those who fought for its independence.
In the South, President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy called the proclamation an effort to incite servile insurrection, saying it supplied additional reasons for the Confederacy to fight for its independence.
In foreign affairs, the West withdrew the financial credits and commercial advantages that it had earlier granted to Romania as a reward for its independence, and, in order to keep the economy afloat, Ceaușescu was obliged to turn once again to the Soviet Union.
The country is agitating for its independence.
F.A.Z. is well respected for its independence and eclecticism.
