The lies and the spies: I must have justice
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posted by zaina19 on June, 2007 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/3/2007 1:36 AM Times Online Logo 222 x 25 From The Sunday Times June 3, 2007 The lies and the spies: I must have justice Ann McFerran meets Marina Litvinenko What does Marina Litvinenko think of Andrei Lugovoi’s Moscow press conference last Thursday at which he claimed that her murdered husband worked for MI6 and that the British government was behind his agonising death? “Ridiculous!” she seethes, her nostrils flaring. “We were expecting Lugovoi to come up with something. But . . . it’s so completely stupid.” British prosecutors have spent three months preparing a case against Lugovoi as prime suspect in the polonium poisoning of his fellow former KGB agent, Alexander “Sasha” Litvinenko, but Russia is refusing his extradition. The press conference was staged so that Lugovoi could rebutt the accusation. British Moscow-watchers promptly dismissed it as a classic KGB-style misinformation exercise. Strictly speaking, the Russian secret police have been known as the FSB since soon after the fall of the Soviet Union; but to Marina and ... >> full
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Looking for Peace? Stay Out of Russia, Study Says
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/3/2007 4:02 AM Friday, June 1, 2007 Looking for Peace? Stay Out of Russia, Study Says The Moscow Times Russia is one of the least peaceful countries in the world, according to a new study that uses levels of violence, organized crime and military expenditure to measure unrest. The Global Peace Index listed Russia at 118th place out of 121 countries surveyed by researchers of the Intelligence Unit of British magazine The Economist. Russia fared particularly poorly on conventional weapons exports and deployments to United Nations peacekeeping missions, securing the worst possible score of five. Some analysts find those results arbitrary. "The method of the analysis is not clear," said Alexander Khramchikhin from the Institute of Political and Military Analysis. "If they had chosen other indicators, the result would have been quite different." On levels of distrust in other people, internal conflict and respect for human rights, Russia scored a four. The same low mark was given for the ratio of security officers and police per 100,000 people ... >> full
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Bush criticises Russia on reform
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/5/2007 3:37 PM Tuesday, 5 June 2007 Bush criticises Russia on reform US President George W Bush in Prague 05-06 Mr Bush said certain democratic values were universal Bush speech extract US President George W Bush has criticised Russia for "derailing" its promised democratic reforms. Speaking in the Czech Republic, Mr Bush said the US had strong working relations with Russia and China but there were also "strong disagreements". Moscow rejected Mr Bush's criticisms, saying Russia was a democratic nation. Mr Bush later flew on to Germany for a G8 summit which is in danger of being overshadowed by US-Russia tensions over a US missile defence system. The summit brings together world leaders from the leading industrial countries for a three-day meeting. Climate change is expected to be high in the agenda, along with other issues such as globalisation and trade, and poverty in Africa. Germany and other European governments are pressing for a new treaty to replace the Kyoto agreement - which expires in 2012 - with stricter limits ... >> full
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Russia: Oppositionist Kasparov Says Country Heading For Crisis
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/5/2007 3:45 PM Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Russia: Oppositionist Kasparov Says Country Heading For Crisis Russia - Garry Kasparov, leader of the Other Russia speking to journalists at 'Democracy and Security' conference in Prague, 05Jun2007 Garry Kasparov speaking to journalists in Prague today (RFE/RL) PRAGUE, June 5, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Former world chess champion and Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov spoke today to a group of journalists, including RFE/RL's Brian Whitmore, at the Democracy and Security Conference in Prague. Kasparov is the leader of the opposition umbrella group Other Russia. On Putin: "He acts as a CEO of a corporation. Putin does business. For him, every element even of foreign policy is a bargaining chip. He is negotiating and his main interest is to make sure that Europe and the United States are not interfering in Russian domestic affairs at this very sensitive period of power transition. So that's why for him every big issue, like the missile shield, is a bargaining chip. I think that they ... >> full
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NATO Chief Cautious On Putin's Missile Proposal
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/8/2007 10:18 AM Friday, June 8, 2007 NATO Chief Cautious On Putin's Missile Proposal Afghanistan – Security / insurgency – NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (portrait) listens to a translation of comments by Afghan President Hamid Karzai at a press conference in Kabul, 06Aug2006 NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (file photo) (epa) June 8, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has expressed caution about a Russian offer to place a joint Russian-U.S. missile-defense installation in Azerbaijan. The United States has proposed deploying a missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic to counter threats from "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea. Moscow opposes that plan, saying it threatens Russia's security. At the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 7 proposed to U.S. President George W. Bush that instead of the current U.S. plan, Russia and the United States jointly use a radar facility in Azerbaijan. Speaking in Brussels today, de Hoop Scheffer suggested the ... >> full
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