Posted by seumasach on October 10, 2012
M.K.Bhadrakumar
11th October, 2012
A multi-billion dollar arms deal with Iraq, a summit meeting with Turkey, a fence-mending exercise with Saudi Arabia, a debut with Egypt’s Sphinx-like Muslim Brothers – all this is slated to happen within the period of a turbulent month in the Middle East. And all this is to happen when the United States’ “return” to the region after the hurly-burly of the November election still seems a distant dream. Simply put, Russia is suddenly all over the Middle East.
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Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2012
This epitomises the total failure of the USA to take control of the Middle East as ,once again, a government imposed under US occupation escapes their control
9th October, 2012
AFP: Russia: Russia eyes a record arms deal and rare agreement over Syria on Tuesday when it hosts Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for the first time in almost four years.
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Posted by seumasach on September 14, 2012
M.K.Bhadrakumar
15th September, 2012
At a time when the United States-Russia “reset” lies in limbo, it should come as no surprise that President Vladimir Putin has made one of the most important statements of his four-month-old presidency, drawing attention to the commonality of interests between the two major world powers and indeed between Russia and the West on one of the hottest issues of current world politics – the Middle Eastern question.
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Posted by seumasach on September 1, 2012
1st September, 2012
The UN Security Council has no right to support a revolution or foreign intervention in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned. Any plan to withdraw government troops while fighting continues is untenable, and naïve at best, he added.
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Posted by seumasach on August 26, 2012
M.K.Bhadrakumar
25th August, 2012
The great game in Central Asia has a history of occasionally turning rough. Turkey may have become its latest victim.
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Posted by seumasach on July 26, 2012
26th July, 2012
Moscow says it is ready to host negotiations between the government of President Bashar Assad and the Syrian opposition in an effort to resolve the deteriorating situation in the country.
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Posted by seumasach on July 25, 2012
25th July, 2012
Washington’s reaction to blasts in Damascus is a downright justification of terrorism, slams Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. US State Department announced that terror acts in Syria are not surprising in light of the Assad regime’s actions.
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Posted by seumasach on July 23, 2012
Olivia Kroth
16th July, 2012
While the Western system, under the influence of the war lobbies, is based on financial parasitism and unbridled predation, Venezuela and Russia are building an alternative model. The multipolar world is one of balanced partnerships and win-win agreements. But as pointed out by Olivia Kroth, the Libyan tragedy should serve as a lesson: the emergence of an alternative to imperial capitalism must go hand in hand with a strong defense capability.
Under President Chávez, Venezuela is enjoying good relations with Russia as one of its most important trade and military partners in Latin America. By strengthening the Venezuelan-Russian ties, Hugo Chávez wants to help creating a multi-polar world, “a world that permits the rights of peoples to liberty, self-determination and sovereignty”.
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Posted by seumasach on July 19, 2012
This is exactly the kind of talk needed to stand up to Western sponsors of international terrorism
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Posted by seumasach on July 13, 2012
13th July, 2012
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Gennady Gatilov, warned of the western insistence on ending the work of the international observers mission to Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on July 13, 2012
12th July, 2012
The UN special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has urged the Security Council to warn Assad and the opposition of “consequences” if they do not comply with the ceasefire plan. Meanwhile, the Western members and Russia came up with two rival resolutions.
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