20th December, 2008
Press TV ~ Moscow offers to retreat from renovating its nuclear arsenal, but wants President-elect Obama to shelve the missile shield plans in return.
Posts Tagged ‘Russian diplomacy’
‘Russia makes an offer Obama can’t reject’
Posted by seumasach on December 21, 2008
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Russia starts S-300 missile supplies to Iran – Iranian MP
Posted by seumasach on December 21, 2008
TEHRAN, December 21 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has started the supplies of components for S-300 air defense systems to Iran, a senior Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday.
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Bush Excluded by Latin Summit as China, Russia Loom
Posted by seumasach on December 17, 2008
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — Latin American and Caribbean leaders gathering in Brazil tomorrow will mark a historic occasion: a region-wide summit that excludes the United States.
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India, Russia regain elan of friendship
Posted by seumasach on December 8, 2008
M K Bhadrakumar
Asia Times
8th December, 2008
The visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to New Delhi last week turned out to be an occasion for the Indian government to fundamentally reassess the strategic significance of the traditional India-Russia partnership. No doubt, the visit took place at a turning point in contemporary history and politics against the backdrop of massive shifts in the international system.
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Russia pledges to build gas pipeline through Serbia by 2015 for 400 million euros
Posted by seumasach on December 7, 2008
7th December, 2008
| Russia on Friday pledged to complete a strategic gas pipeline through Serbia by 2015 — despite the global financial crisis — paving the way for its immediate purchase of Serbia’s state energy monopoly.The head of Russia’s oil arm of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, said in Belgrade that the Russian energy giant is to buy a 51 percent stake in Serbia’s Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) for an estimated 400 million euros, with the deal expected to be signed by the end of this month. Serbia had said it would only sell the company if Russia committed to building the pipeline. “An agreement was reached today to sign” the package deal to purchase NIS and to build the natural gas pipeline through Serbia, Miller said after his talks with Serbian President Boris Tadic.
The $13 billion pipeline to be laid under the Black Sea would carry Russian natural gas to Bulgaria and Serbia before branching out to points in Western Europe. |
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Ukraine is moving to soothe relations with Russia
Posted by seumasach on December 3, 2008
2nd December, 2008
Ukraine is moving to soothe relations with Russia as Nato loses interest in offering rapid membership of the alliance.
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Brussels and Moscow Rediscover Friendship
Posted by seumasach on November 16, 2008
By Hans-Jürgen Schlamp in Brussels
The extent of the harmony seen on Friday was rare: EU leaders and Russian President Medvedev agreed to new talks in Nice about political and economic partnership between Moscow and Europe. There was even talk of a “pan-European security pact.”
REUTERS
Together again. All is forgiven as France and Russia renew their historic ties.[our caption-Ed. ITNT]]
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A strike against Iranophobia-Arabs support Iran nuclear program, Putin supports Iran into SCO
Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2008
The multipolar world is no longer a theory or an aspiration: it is a reality unfolding before our eyes.
Kaveh Afrasiabi
On the eve of the United States presidential elections, a landmark visit to Tehran by the head of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been widely regarded in the Persian Gulf region as a major diplomatic overture toward Tehran by the US-backed oil sheikdoms.
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EU says ‘Yes’ to dialogue with Russia
Posted by seumasach on November 10, 2008
10th November, 2008
The EU will restart talks on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia. Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels agreed that it’s in the objective interests of the bloc to continue dialogue with Moscow, though no date has been set.
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After Bush, Obama must catch up with Russia
Posted by smeddum on November 10, 2008
After Bush, Obama must catch up with Russia
10/ 11/ 2008
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) – George Bush Jr. has managed to cultivate such a strong feeling against his White House in the world and has dented US reputation so badly that any change on Pennsylvania Avenue is like a breath of fresh air. Read the rest of this entry »
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Russia is back and Latin America is its new play ground
Posted by seumasach on November 9, 2008
3rd November, 2008
For almost two decades, even long after its turn around in 1999, the Russian elites continued to believe in the West, much longer than they ever should have. To that end, Russia refrained from encroaching on the American play ground, Latin America. With the Monroe Doctrine, the US has seen to Latin America, especially to Central America, as it’s personal play ground, where national governments are over thrown as would be and policies are shoved down everyone’s throats as desired. The area was kept hands off by Russia, even while the West continued, driven primarily by the Anglo-Americans, to surround and encapsulate Russia from all sides. Outside of some weapons sales to Venezuela or some nice words to Cuba, Russia was gone from Latin America and with no plans on returning.
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