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Russia united — for the time being By Eric Walberg
The Duma elections held no surprises, but the election turmoil can’t obscure the kind of politics that will continue to characterise Russia over the coming decade thanks to United Russia and its eminence grise, predicts Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 13, 2011: Putin Slams US
July 13, 2011 — Information Clearing House It’s Raining Trillions Why The US Won’t Leave Afghanistan By Pepe Escobar The notion that the US government would spend $10 billion a month just to chase a few “al-Qaeda types” in the Hindu Kush is nonsense. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28565.htm Continue reading
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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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America and Russia: Has the Cold War Really Ended? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is approaching, but has the Cold War really ended and is it really a historic relic of the not too distant past? The Soviet Union may no longer exist and the Warsaw Pact may have long been dissolved, but many of the remnants of the… Continue reading
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‘Ex-Georgian Defense Minister Blames Saakashvili for War With Russia in Russified South Ossetia'
It now appears very certain that Georgian President Saakashvili had long planned a military strike against the Russian Autonomous Regions to seize back the breakaway territory starting with South Ossetia, but executed it very poorly. Continue reading
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Georgia: The West's Phantom Pains By Elena Ponomareva
The EU politicians with their unsophisticated vision seem unable even to identify – least to condemn – the actual aggressor. They cannot admit that the mad Tbilisi ruler who has sent Georgia’s NATO-sponsored army to South Ossetia and thus inflicted unprecedented disgrace on his country is in fact their creature. Continue reading
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Let's talk about World War III by Nikolai Sokov
If we can safely live through the transition period as economic and eventually political power shifts from traditional capitals toward Asia, we might avoid a direct clash between major powers and nuclear weapons use. The way economic trends run these days, we only need to be lucky for a few years. Continue reading
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Blame Capitalism, Not Medvedev By Boris Kagarlitsky
In order to understand what is happening, we must take a step back from the situation in the Caucasus and even from current U.S.-Russian relations. We are now witnessing the crisis in the global economic system. Continue reading
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US Gambles with Russia: Stoking a Global War? By Stephen Lendman
One nation above others is an obstacle – Russia. It’s powerful and can’t be intimidated like most others. It’s also dominant where Washington wants control – the Eurasian vastness with its huge oil, gas and other resources. For years, American sought dominance over it. Saw an opening when the Soviet Union dissolved. And one way… Continue reading
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