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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 5/22/2007 11:12 AM
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Bush Sees Tensions Between Russia And West

Russia – Geopolitics / 2006review – U.S. President George Bush (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) at a press conference at the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, 15Jul2006
Bush (left) was skeptical about Russian democracy under Putin (file photo)
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May 22, 2007 -- U.S. President George W. Bush says much tension exists between the West and Russia.





In an interview with the Reuters news agency, Bush said his message for President Vladimir Putin was that Russia's "interests lie in the West."

"My message to Vladimir Putin is there's a better way forward, and your interests lie in the West, and we ought to be working together in a collaborative way," Bush said.

Bush also voiced skepticism about Russia's path to democracy under Putin, renewing U.S. concerns about an erosion of ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 5/22/2007 11:39 AM
Who's who in the Litvinenko case

Associated Press

May 22, 2007 at 12:48 PM EDT

Key figures in the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko:

* ALEXANDER LITVINENKO: A former KGB agent and Kremlin critic who died of poisoning on Nov. 23, 2006, in a London hospital at age 43. It was determined he had ingested the radioactive isotope polonium-210. On his deathbed, Mr. Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind his killing.

* ANDREI LUGOVOY : Moscow-based former KGB agent wanted by Britain for Mr. Litvinenko's murder — a charge he denies. Met Mr. Litvinenko at the Pine Bar of London's Millennium Hotel on Nov. 1, 2006; Mr. Litvinenko fell ill later that day. Mr. Lugovoy told British police in Moscow that he had known Mr. Litvinenko for a decade. They had lost touch, but Mr. Litvinenko contacted Lugovoy in 2005 to offer him business contacts in London. Also worked as head of security for Russian broadcaster ORT when it was ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 5/24/2007 6:06 AM
We are ruled by fear

Barbara Gunnell

Published 28 May 2007

Observations on Amnesty International

Fear has become a major weapon of oppression that is leading to a dangerously divided world, warns Amnesty International in its latest annual report. The global human rights watchdog also accuses Britain of serious human rights abuses including complicity in torture.

"The politics of fear" is being used, not only by terror groups, militias and dictatorships but, increasingly, by democratic governments, says Amnesty.

In a profoundly depressing catalogue of human rights abuses around the world, a new and disturbing element is the erosion of freedoms in democratic countries, following widespread introduction of anti-terrorism legislation. Governments throughout western Europe have also exploited public concerns about uncontrolled migration to justify tough measures against asylum-seekers and refugees, claims the report.

On the eve of the report's launch, Amnesty's UK director, Kate Allen, ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 5/24/2007 6:26 AM
Thursday, May 24, 2007

Kremlin foe says man accused of killing former Russian spy is now in danger himself

 
LONDON (AP) — Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky said Wednesday that the life of the man accused of killing former spy Alexander Litvinenko could now be in danger because of what the suspect knows about the plot.

British prosecutors said they have sufficient evidence to charge Andrei Lugovoi with the killing of Litvinenko, a former KGB agent who died in November after being poisoned by the radioactive substance polonium-210.

Berezovsky told The Associated Press that the poisoning had been carried out on behalf of the Russian government and that Lugovoi could be ‘‘killed within the next two or three years’’ because of the information he knows.

The tycoon, now living in London after falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has long accused the ...
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