The council was set up by Moscow months ago in an effort to overthrow the secessionist government of Dzhokhar M. Dudayev.

The secessionist government of the Suvadives (1959-1963) however, used the Male' Bas in its official correspondence.

In this, they were assisted by Biafra's secessionist government, which had a formidable propaganda department and a Swiss public-relations firm.

The alternative elections and referendum were held in the villages with mixed Georgian-Ossetian population not controlled by the secessionist government.

Questions remain unresolved to this day as to whether Jackson's secessionist government or Gamble's provisional government was the legitimate government of Missouri.

The secessionist government continued in exile, eventually setting up a legislature in Marshall, Texas until the end of the war.

Russian forces drove Georgian troops out of the region, which declared independence from Georgia in 1991 and has been run by a secessionist government ever since.

Along with the other former members of the secessionist government, Sanakoev formed an opposition movement to Kokoity and his separatist agenda.

The secessionist government of the United Suvadive Republic (Suvadives) however, used the Male' language in its official correspondence.

In recent days, young Lithuanians in the Soviet Army have continued to show their belief in the secessionist government by deserting at its behest.