Posted by seumasach on April 9, 2010
The dominoes are falling as the orange revolutions go into reverse, and the US are being eased out of the former soviet republics.
8th April, 2010
Georgian opposition leaders warned the authorities on Thursday that the country could see a Kyrgyz scenario if opposition activists continue to be arrested.
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Posted by seumasach on April 9, 2010
9th April, 2010
Kyrgyzstan’s self-proclaimed new leadership said on Thursday that Russia had helped to oust President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, and that they aimed to close a U.S. airbase on their homeland, The Reuters reported.
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Posted by seumasach on April 9, 2010
Dmitry Babich
7th April, 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s speech was broadcast live by Polish television, radio and the Internet news sites. A translation into Polish appeared on the Internet soon after.
For the first time since Russian was dropped from the curriculum of Polish schools and universities in 1992, Russian speakers were worth their weight in gold in Poland. People listened intently to Putin’s every word and scrutinized his every move: “Putin bowed his head to the Poles murdered at Katyn”; “Putin said that the crimes of totalitarianism cannot be justified.”
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Posted by seumasach on April 2, 2010
Mark Hackard
31st March, 2010
It is highly likely that the March 29th terrorist strikes in Moscow were carried out by Chechen female suicide bombers, also known as “black widows.” After six years, Chechen jihadist cells have pulled off another successful attack against innocent Russians only minutes from the Kremlin.
The official U.S. response to the bombings has been to condemn the violence and “stand with” Russia, though support in these matters rarely extends beyond statements for the press. Beyond public diplomacy, what policy line does Washington actually pursue in relation to the Caucasus?
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Posted by seumasach on April 2, 2010
Justin Raimondo
31st March, 2010
Those behind the bombing in Moscow’s Metro system, which took 39 lives – and shook the building that houses Russia’s Federal Security Bureau (FSB) – must be “scraped from the bottom of the sewers” and exposed, said Vladimir Putin. But what if that particular sewer leads all the way back to Washington and London?
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Posted by smeddum on March 12, 2010
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China has hit back at the US over human rights, telling Washington to get its own house in order before criticising others and blaming US policy for the global financial crisis. Read the rest of this entry » |
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Posted by seumasach on February 16, 2010
Rick Rozoff
15th February, 2010
In less than a week, NATO has unveiled its ambitions. The Alliance has been enlisting one by one, and more or less coercibly, all countries in Europe, in the Middle East and Oceania in the open-ended war in Afghanistan. Concurrently, on the pretext of responding to an ostensible threat from Iran, NATO is deploying an interceptor nuclear missile system on Russia’s borders which overturns the strategic balance with Moscow and calls into question the principle of progressive nuclear disarmament. Russia, on its part, feels directly targeted and is taking urgent measures to revamp its alliances and put its armament programmes back on track.
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Posted by seumasach on October 1, 2009
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Posted by smeddum on August 16, 2009
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Posted by smeddum on August 15, 2009
US: Chavez warning ‘anti-Yankee rhetoric’
Fri, 14 Aug 2009
A top US military official defends a deal to use seven Colombia bases.
Amid regional concern about US bases in Colombia, a top US military official rejects Venezuelan president’s warnings over the mission as ‘typical anti-Yankee rhetoric.’ Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on August 2, 2009
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