Deutsche-Welle
28th August, 2008
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German Detente Supporter Bahr Says Cooperate With Russia
Posted by seumasach on August 28, 2008
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SCO supports Russia’s role in S. Ossetia
Posted by smeddum on August 28, 2008
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NATO divided over Georgian conflict
Posted by seumasach on August 28, 2008
Yusuf Fernandez
Press TV, Madrid
27th August, 2008
Georgian tanks near Tskinvali on August 8
On August 19, NATO foreign ministers convened in Brussels to discuss the Georgia crisis, following intense pressure from the US. The final declaration accused Russia of using “disproportionate” military force and “deliberately destructing civilian infrastructure”, but said nothing about the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia that began on August 8 and initiated the conflict.
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Georgia is the graveyard of America’s unipolar world
Posted by smeddum on August 28, 2008
Russia’s defiance in the Caucasus has brought down the curtain on Bush senior’s new world order – not before time
Seumas Milne
The Guardian, Thursday August 28 2008
If there were any doubt that the rules of the international game have changed for good, the events of the past few days should have dispelled it. On Monday, President Bush demanded that Russia’s leaders reject their parliament’s appeal to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Within 24 hours, Bush had his response: President Medvedev announced Russia’s recognition of the two contested Georgian enclaves. Read the rest of this entry »
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Medvedev backs independence for Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Posted by alfied on August 26, 2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has declared that Russia will recognise the independence of Georgia’s breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. He made the announcement in Sochi following a unanimous vote for the republics’ independence by both houses of the Russian Parliament in Moscow on Monday. The leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Sergey Bagapsh and Eduard Kokoity, have reiterated that “they will never agree to remain within Georgia” at an emergency session of the Federation Council. Read the rest of this entry »
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Russian threat to NATO supply route in Afghanistan
Posted by seumasach on August 26, 2008
Jeremy Page
26th, 2008
Russia played a trump card in its strategic poker game with the West yesterday by threatening to suspend an agreement allowing Nato to take supplies and equipment to Afghanistan through Russia and Central Asia.
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Iraq invites Russian oil major back
Posted by seumasach on August 23, 2008
20th August, 2008
MOSCOW: An Iraqi Cabinet minister invited Russia’s Lukoil on Wednesday to renew its bid on the lucrative West Qurna-2 oil field and urged Russian companies to seek roles rebuilding dilapidated power plants as Iraq searches for foreign investment to revive its oil industry and infrastructure.
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Has the new world order come to an end?
Posted by smeddum on August 22, 2008
by Ali Bulac Today’s Zaman
The US is installing a missile defense system in Poland, the agreement for which was signed on Aug. 20. A radar system had already been installed in the Czech Republic.
At the signing ceremony in Poland, the US secretary of state made an interesting statement of justification. “This is a system that is defensive and is not aimed at anyone,” she said, adding, “This is an agreement … that will establish a missile defense site that will help us to deal with the new threats of the 21st century … from countries like Iran or from North Korea.”
This explanation is neither smart nor convincing. Who is “us”? The US or NATO countries? The new defense system is targeted at the east and the north. For the present time, there is no threat in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Obviously, the targets are Iran and Russia. The one which takes precedence as a target is a matter of ambiguity at the present time. It could be Russia or Iran, as well. Iran is one of the countries included in the axis of evil declared by George W. Bush. The others were Syria and North Korea. North Korea has been taken off the list of countries that require immediate attention for now. Syria was about to conclude a deal with Israel after the involvement of Turkey in the process as a mediator but a crisis broke out in the Caucasus. This means that Syria may have to pick a new place and position in the new composition. That Russia hosted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Moscow at a time when the crisis erupted is, of course, no coincidence. Russia also has extended a hand of support to the Arab countries which it had neglected for a long time. Read the rest of this entry »
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Russia says NATO needs its help on Afghanistan
Posted by seumasach on August 22, 2008
Oleg Shchedrov
21st August, 2008
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign minister told NATO on Thursday that both sides benefited from joint cooperation and he pointedly raised the issue of Russian transit support for Alliance forces in Afghanistan.
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Arab Regimes Cautious, Public Eager for Rising Russia
Posted by seumasach on August 21, 2008
“In an interview with London’s Guardian on Saturday, Gul[Turkish President] said: “I don’t think you can control all the world from one center. There are big nations. There are huge populations. There is unbelievable economic development in some parts of the world. So what we have to do is, instead of unilateral actions, act all together, make common decisions and have consultations with the world. A new world order … should emerge.””
Sana Abdallah
19th August, 2008
AMMAN — Arab leaders are closely and quietly watching the unfolding military conflict between Russia and Georgia, while considering its political repercussions on the global scene and potential impact on the volatile Middle East. The Arab street, meanwhile, is openly backing a resurgent Russia and hopes to see the end of a Washington-centered unipolar world.
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Diplomatic rubble
Posted by seumasach on August 20, 2008
Eric Walberg
20th August, 2008
Russia’s firm response to the Georgian gamble in Ossetia is being interpreted in various ways, but the reality is clear, says Eric Walberg
Analogies of the Ossetia fiasco and its fallout with past events are coming thick and fast. Condoleezza Rice — bless her heart — says, “This is no longer 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia.” James Townsend, a former Pentagon official now with the Atlantic Council, compared the situation to Hungary in 1956.
In both cases, the Russians being, well, the Russians. Neocon Charles Krauthammer says Georgia needs “the equivalent of the Berlin air lift.” The Baltic statelets and Poland go back further yet, arguing it is a replay of Hitler and Stalin’s invasions of their territory, prompting Poland to quickly sign on the dotted line for US missiles (against the Iranians, of course).
But the most telling analogy is with Iraq and its ill-fated invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Kuwait indeed had been a province administered from Baghdad for millennia, so Saddam Hussein understandably coveted it, as Saakashvili does Ossetia. Hussein was convinced that the US had given him the green light after he had spent 10 years fighting the US’s latest bete noire, Iran , just as Saakashvili was given a similar ambivalent go-ahead to invade Ossetia . Even Townsend admits, “I think they misunderstand our eagerness and enthusiasm and think we are going to be behind them for anything.” Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin said it best: “It is hard to imagine that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili embarked on this risky venture without some sort of approval from the side of the United States.”
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