Posted by seumasach on May 1, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
30th April, 2013
The United States President Barack Obama’s second telephone conversation in successive weeks with President Vladimir Putin on Monday underscores the criticality of Russia’s cooperation at the present juncture for Washington on the foreign policy front.
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Posted by seumasach on April 6, 2013
Putin Calls for Stopping Violence in Syria, Sitting at Dialogue Table
5th April, 2013
MOSCOW, (SANA) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin stressed the need to stop supporting the “Syrian opposition” with weapons.
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Posted by seumasach on March 23, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
22nd March, 2013
The interview released today by Russian state news agency Itar-Tass with President Vladimir Putin regarding the forthcoming BRICS summit meeting at Durban (March 26-27) reaffirms the high priority Moscow attaches to the regional grouping. There are no surprises here. BRICS is a Russian initiative.
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Posted by seumasach on March 21, 2013
John Helmer
21st March, 2013
MOSCOW – The United States, Germany, Turkey and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies think they have almost all the ordnance required to produce regime change in Syria, as they had in Libya. But they don’t appear to have the 5 billion euros (US$6.5 billion) required to do the trick in Cyprus, after the regime change the Cypriots themselves had voted into power a month ago.
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Posted by seumasach on March 14, 2013
Russia warns UK against sending weapons to militants in Syria
14th March, 2013
Russia says arming foreign-backed militants fighting against the Syrian government is in violation of international law.
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Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2013
Head of Syrian Opposition Coalition Mouaz Al Khatib lying to the public
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Posted by seumasach on March 2, 2013
The two leaders made the pledge to work closely on a “mutually beneficial relationship,” agreeing that the partnership between the two countries “has principal significance for ensuring stability in the world.”
1st March, 2013
Russia and the US agreed to avoid “negative steps” that could threaten bilateral relations as the two countries’ presidents held their first phone conversation since Barack Obama’s re-election.
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Posted by seumasach on March 1, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
28th february, 2013
There was a bygone era that ended a little over four years ago when it used to be said that the Kremlin used energy as a “geopolitical tool”. The threat perception propagated by cold warriors in the United States principally aimed at cautioning Europe against its rising energy dependency on Russian supplies.
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Posted by seumasach on February 28, 2013
President Vladimir Putin said Russia backed the French operation “to restore constitutional and democratic order in the country.”
Translated from diplomatic language this means: we understand your effort to create a diversion from your failed attempts to overthrow Assad – now is the time to abandon such attempts.
28th February, 2013
Presidents Putin and Hollande share the same goal of settling the conflict in Syria. But at a meeting in Moscow, talk of operating in ‘parallel’ shows there’s still a clear divide in how Russia and France want to resolve the crisis.
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Posted by seumasach on February 27, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchlinek
If Tuesday possibly began with an overcast sky over Syria, it certainly would have ended with a ray of sunshine piercing the clouds.
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Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
25th February, 2013
An unusual visitor arrived in Moscow last Tuesday – President of the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq Massoud Barzani. The Kurds played it up as Barzani’s “first official visit” to Russia. Moscow called it a “working visit” but nonetheless embellished the official trappings – President Vladimir Putin received him at the Kremlin on Wednesday.
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