Russia
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Russian politics: Nostalgia or a new political direction? By Eric Walberg
As Russia gears up for its election season this winter, Putin’s Popular Front and Rogozin’s nationalist front are playing an old Soviet melody and even borrowing a tune from revolutionaries in Cairo. Eric Walberg recognises the refrain Continue reading
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The Sheikh who shook two Superpowers By Satya Sagar
Long after he is gone, in the mythology of the Western world, Osama Bin Laden will always remain the fanatical architect of 9/11, the evil man who brought down the World Trade Center, a long standing symbol of US power. On the Arab and other streets of the Third World he will pass into fable… Continue reading
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Andrei Volodin – Forces Regrouped in World Politics?
The BRICS summit will convene in China’s Sanya beach resort on April 14. For the first time in the alliance’s relatively short history, South Africa will participate in the forum as a member along with Brazil, Russia, India, and China, while the disquieting political settings of the early 2011 reinforce the world’s interest in the… Continue reading
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First Flight by Belisarius
8 April 2011 — MRZine A tribute to Yuri Gagarin and his first human spaceflight, 12 April 1961. . . . Music by Zemlyane ("The Grass at Home"). Cf. <www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=87>, <english.ruvr.ru/tag_45875342/>, <ciudad-futura.net/2011/04/05/soyuz-gagarin-2/>, <www.yuriesfera.net>. Continue reading
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Open Letter From Russian Doctors In Libya To The President Of The Russian Federation
Bombs and rockets struck residential houses and fell near the hospital. The glass of the Cardiac Center building was broken, and in the building of the maternity ward for pregnant women with heart disease a wall collapsed and part of the roof. This resulted in ten miscarriages whereby babies died, the women are in intensive… Continue reading
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Western countries advocating intervention as pretext for oil grab – Russian envoy
As the international community continues to debate the role it should take in the Libyan unrest, Russia’s Envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin expresses concern over NATO’s plans for military intervention in the country. Continue reading
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Emerging Powers: Allies or Rivals?
Part of the “Global Crisis and Hegemonic Dilemmas” conference. Continue reading
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Moscow demands explanations from NATO over WikiLeaks report — RT
Russia has urged NATO to make ‘political comments’ about recent reports on the alliance’s alleged defense plans against Moscow. According to secret documents handed to the British newspaper the Guardian by the whistleblower’s website WikiLeaks, NATO is planning to defend the Baltic States and Poland from a possible ‘Russian threat.’ Continue reading
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US embassy knew Georgians “moved forces” to South Ossetian border – WikiLeaks
US diplomats in Georgia knew Tbilisi concentrated military force prior to the war over South Ossetia in 2008, the classified documents exposed by WikiLeaks show. Continue reading
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The Cost Russia Will Pay for NATO Rapprochement Victor Kovalev
The NATO summit which will convene in Lisbon on November 19-20 will adopt the alliance’s new strategic concept switching NATO from regional defense to global-scale missions. In practice, the reform will institutionalize the West’s victory in the Cold World War III. The already visible results of the victory include the ongoing departure from the Yalta-Potsdam… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks has announced release of State Department Secret Correspondence
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks, which has published hundreds of U.S. war logs, has announced a pending release of the U.S. Department of State’s secret correspondence, a Russian business daily said on Friday. The documents contain the U.S. evaluation of the political situation in Russia and the unflattering characteristics of some Russian leaders, Kommersant cited a WikiLeaks… Continue reading
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Russia and NATO: ‘Not a piece of furniture’ By Eric Walberg
Medvedev’s presence in Lisbon was more a show of Russia’s importance than of subservience to the Euro-Atlantic alliance, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Turkey and Russia: Cleaning up the mess in the Middle East By Eric Walberg
The neocon plan to transform the Middle East and Central Asia into a pliant client of the US empire and its only-democracy-in-the-Middle-East is now facing a very different playing field. Not only are the wars against the Palestinians, Afghans and Iraqis floundering, but they have set in motion unforeseen moves by all the regional players. Continue reading
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“No threats can stop Bushehr nuclear plant launch”
‘Russia did not build the station in Bushehr so that somebody could bomb it,’ Rogozin stressed. ‘It is part of civilian infrastructure and has nothing to do with the military. It was built in accordance with all IAEA guidelines, all agreements and international laws. An attack against this civilian facility should be considered exactly as… Continue reading
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“Russia & China cooperate much better than ever before” – RT Top Stories
Vice Chancellor of research and international relations at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Diplomatic Academy, Evgeny Bazhanov, spoke with RT about China’s overwhelming growth and the challenges it faces. Continue reading
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Memories of war still fresh in South Ossetian minds – RT Top Stories
Doctor Georgiy Gogichaev works at a clinic in the center of the South Ossetian capital Tskhinval, which two years ago was the only medical facility in the city. Gogichaev still balks at the idea of coming down to the cellar, where he spent several sleepless nights operating on those injured during the Georgian aggression, though… Continue reading
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Vestiges of war still present in S. Ossetia two years after conflict – RT Top Stories
South Ossetia is remembering the victims of the 2008 war with Georgia. Hundreds were killed and thousands displaced when Tbilisi attacked the republic with artillery and tanks two years ago. Continue reading
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“We did everything to avoid the war” — South Ossetian president
On the second anniversary of the war in South Ossetia, the country’s president, Eduard Kokoity, spoke exclusively to RT, sharing his experience of the conflict. He said South Ossetia was doing everything possible to avoid the worst scenario of events, but Georgia showed no signs of wrapping up the military operation against South Ossetia. Continue reading
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Russia, Afghanistan and Starwars: Westward Hu By Eric Walberg
The Atlantists are on the ascendant these days in Moscow. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s hamburger lunch with United States President Barack Obama during his visit to Silicon Valley last month apparently left a pleasant taste in his mouth. Now relations with NATO are on the mend, as Russia plans to send 27 Mi-17 helicopters to… Continue reading
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US “sparked Russian spy sensation” in wake of WikiLeaks broadside – RT
In an effort to distract attention from the release of thousands of secret documents on the Afghanistan War, the US rounded up 11 Russian ‘spies’ according to internal sources. Continue reading
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