Crisis intervened, however, in the form of conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and conflicts afflicting parts of the Caucasus -- Transdniestr, South Osethia, Abkhazia and Nagorno Karabakh.
Ipak, kriza je nastala u obliku sukoba u bivšoj Jugoslaviji i u delovima Kavkaza – Transdnjestriji, Južnoj Osetiji, Abhaziji i Nagorno Karabaku.