Window on Eurasia: Two Long-Ago Treaties Remain ‘Instructive’ for Russia
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posted by zaina19 on March, 2008 as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/3/2008 8:58 AM Monday, March 3, 2008 Window on Eurasia: Two Long-Ago Treaties Remain ‘Instructive’ for Russia Paul Goble Baku, March 3 – The treaties of San Stefano and Brest-Litovsk, the 130th and 90th anniversaries of which occur today, not only continue to cast a shadow on Russia and the international community but also contain some important lessons for Moscow’s diplomatic activity now and in the future, according to two Russian analysts. Their arguments in this regard are important less because they point to what the current government of the Russian Federation will actually do than because they show that Moscow’s calculations even now remain far more embedded in and informed by history than foreign policy decision making is in some Western countries. In articles posted on the Strategic Culture Foundation website, Petr Iskenderov and Yury Rubtsov argue respectively that the 1878 Treaty of Stefano which concluded the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish ... >> full
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U.S. Ambassador Says Balkans 'Not Returning To The 1990s'
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/4/2008 11:27 AM Tuesday, March 4, 2008 U.S. Ambassador Says Balkans 'Not Returning To The 1990s' Kosovo -- Graffiti expresses gratitude to the countries who recognise the independence of Kosovo, Gnjilane, 19Feb2008 Graffiti in the town of Gnjilane, Kosovo, expresses gratitude to the West (epa) ZAGREB -- In the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence and Serbia's harsh reaction, U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Robert Bradtke spoke to RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service correspondent Enis Zebic about the wider impact the situation will have in the Balkans. RFE/RL: Since Kosovo's declaration of independence on February 17, we've seen violence in Serbia, the Republika Srpska in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and on the border between Serbia and Kosovo. Do you expect this violence to continue? Robert Bradtke: For me, the starting point is to say that we are not returning to the 1990s, we are not returning to the conflicts we saw in this region ... >> full
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Chechen recovery tied to black gold
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/5/2008 12:00 AM
Chechen recovery tied to black gold
Chechen recovery tied to black gold
Oil has been produced in
Chechnya for more than
150 years
March 5, 2008, 1:39
The southern Russian Republic of Chechnya is continuing to develop economically after years of conflict. And central to its growth is a resource that is the life blood of the Russian economy - oil.
Today RT looks at how crude oil is being drawn out of the Chechen ground and how it's helping to boost the region.
http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/21699
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Georgia rebel region seeks recognition after Kosovo
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/6/2008 1:46 AM Georgia rebel region seeks recognition after Kosovo Publication time: 5 March 2008, 17:22 A pro-Russian breakaway region in the Caucasus mountains said on Wednesday it had asked the world community to recognize its independence from Georgia following the West's support for Kosovo's secession. South Ossetia, which declared independence in the 1990s, called on the United Nations, European Union states and Russia to recognize it as a sovereign state. "The Kosovo precedent has driven us to more actively seek our rights," a spokeswoman for South Ossetia's separatist leader, Eduard Kokoity, said by telephone. The region's local assembly has passed a resolution which says Kosovo's independence had created a precedent which showed that regions desiring sovereignty should be recognized by the international community. Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia was announced on February 17. Western backers of Kosovo's independence say it does not create a precedent that can be applied ... >> full
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Georgia rages against Russia
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/7/2008 11:01 AM
Georgia rages against Russia
Tbilisi - Georgia flew into a rage after Russia announced Thursday that it would no longer comply with the embargo imposed on Abkhazia in 1996 by the the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS.
The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested against the decision as follows: "This [decision] is a very dangerous provocation because it encourages separatism and deepen the tension in the conflict zone. The Russian administration ignores the sovereignty as well as territorial integrity of Georgia."
"Russia no longer feels the need to comply with the 1996 CIS decision to impose embargo [on Abkhazia]," The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday in its written statement. (Agency Caucasus)
07/03/2008
http://www.ajanskafkas.com/haber,18485,detay.htm
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