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Why Putin is driving Washington nuts

Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2012

Pepe escobar

Asia Times

9th March, 2012

Forget the past (Saddam, Osama, Gaddafi) and the present (Assad, Ahmadinejad). A bet can be made over a bottle of Petrus 1989 (the problem is waiting the next six years to collect); for the foreseeable future, Washington’s top bogeyman – and also for its rogue North Atlantic Treaty Organization partners and assorted media shills – will be none other than back-to-the-future Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Is the European project really the negation of sovereignty?

Posted by seumasach on December 23, 2011

Cailean Bochanan

23rd December, 2011

Here is another stick with which to beat Europe: the European project is a denial of sovereignty. Is it true?

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One small step for Russia, one giant leap for Eurasian Union

Posted by seumasach on November 20, 2011

RT

18th November, 2011

 

As the ink dries on new economic integration documents signed between the Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh leaders on Friday, observers analyze what role the Eurasian Union will play on the global stage.

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Putin vows to create another huge organization

Posted by seumasach on October 5, 2011

Pravda

4th October, 2011

Having exposed his presidential ambitions, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke about the prospects for creating the Eurasian union on post-Soviet space. The Western media have already dubbed Putin’s new initiative as an attempt to recreate the USSR.

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