Sentence examples for secessionist republics from inspiring English sources
Serbian refugees from the secessionist republics account for about one-eighth of the province's total population.
The United States, which for months held out for a unified Yugoslavia, announced today that it was recognizing the independence of three of that country's secessionist republics.
These "contraband roads" are economic and political lifelines for Georgia's secessionist republics, bridging the mountain divide and carrying Russian products to residents.
Serbia was the first republic to challenge the 1974 constitution, even though later they always blamed Slovenia and Croatia for being secessionist republics.
Yugoslavia fell apart, according to this more common account, because of a tug-of-war between secessionist republics (Slovenia, Croatia) and the Machiavellian politics of Milosevic.
Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin said Russian troops had already reached the Terek River, which divides the secessionist republic.
These are the three independent countries, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina; the remnants of the Yugoslav state, made up of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro; and the secessionist republic of Macedonia.
(AP) RUSSIA: REBEL ASSAULT Chechen rebels mounted an unusual daytime attack, underlining their growing boldess by ambushing a Russian military convoy in the secessionist republic's capital, Grozny, killing 3 Russians and wounding 17, officials said.
The Serbian-dominated federal army began an all-out offensive today on several parts of Croatia, prompting thousands of Croatian fighters and civilians to flee strongholds in the secessionist republic.
Mr. Brownlow said that because of John Joe Gray's past associations with right-wing groups, including the secessionist Republic of Texas, which engaged in a standoff with law-enforcement officers three years ago, the authorities here had informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the case.
Another 64 died in Slovenia last month after the army attempted to retake border crossings and airports from the secessionist republic after its declaration of independence.
