By Scott Gehlbach and Konstantin Sonin
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posted by zaina19 on September, 2007 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/14/2007 5:25 PM Friday, September 14, 2007 Knowing Who but Not Why By Scott Gehlbach and Konstantin Sonin For The St. Petersburg Times The surprise came a bit late. Usually the Russian political system is upended in August, but this year we had to wait until the second week of September to discover who would replace the inevitably outgoing prime minister, Mikhail Fradkov. But a surprise it was, nonetheless. Although nobody expected Fradkov to survive the fall, the nature of the replacement had political analysts scrambling late Wednesday to answer a question that has been asked before, only this time with a different name attached: “Who is Zubkov?” The real question, however, is not who, but why? The Moscow spin doctors will certainly claim that President Vladimir Putin, who is prohibited by the Constitution from serving past March, has no desire to be a lame duck and so has chosen a political unknown to maintain the balance of power among rival camps at the top until ... >> full
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Georgia/Russia: OSCE Representative Defends Missile Findings
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/15/2007 7:15 PM Saturday, September 15, 2007 Georgia/Russia: OSCE Representative Defends Missile Findings Austria - OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos has appointed Miomir Zuzul, former Croatian Foreign Minister, to be his personal representative in a mission to Georgia on the missile incident that took place on 6 August, 17Aug2007 Zuzul's September 6 report stated "there was an incident" that "created a very dangerous situation," but blamed neither Russia nor Georgia (OSCE) September 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe disappointed some observers when it refused last week to take sides in a dispute between Georgia and Russia over a missile incident in August. Georgia claims a Russian military jet illegally entered its airspace on August 6 and dropped or jettisoned a missile before flying back to Russia. Moscow has rejected the allegations as a provocation. The OSCE says it believes the incident took place, but refused to lay blame, in an inconclusive report criticized this week by "The Economist" as ... >> full
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Georgia/Russia: OSCE Representative Defends Missile Findings
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/15/2007 7:15 PM Saturday, September 15, 2007 Georgia/Russia: OSCE Representative Defends Missile Findings Austria - OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos has appointed Miomir Zuzul, former Croatian Foreign Minister, to be his personal representative in a mission to Georgia on the missile incident that took place on 6 August, 17Aug2007 Zuzul's September 6 report stated "there was an incident" that "created a very dangerous situation," but blamed neither Russia nor Georgia (OSCE) September 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe disappointed some observers when it refused last week to take sides in a dispute between Georgia and Russia over a missile incident in August. Georgia claims a Russian military jet illegally entered its airspace on August 6 and dropped or jettisoned a missile before flying back to Russia. Moscow has rejected the allegations as a provocation. The OSCE says it believes the incident took place, but refused to lay blame, in an inconclusive report criticized this week by "The Economist" as ... >> full
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Vladimir Putin's global warning
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/16/2007 5:51 AM Times Online Logo 222 x 25 From The Sunday Times September 16, 2007 Vladimir Putin's global warning Less than a decade after its humiliating debt default, Russia’s economy is booming as never before. But President Putin is using his country’s newfound wealth to boost the military, stoke nationalism and, increasingly, to confront the West. Is this the beginning of a new cold war? Report by Brian Moynahan Moscow has been washed all summer by the northern sun, lingering over the gilded onion domes of St Basil’s and glowing softly off the cobblestones of Red Square. The shoppers are out until late in the elegant galleries and boutiques around the Kremlin wall. Green parasols shade open-air diners, and laughter drifts from the beer gardens. Moscow has never had it so good. It is just little things, seen and heard, that jar. Posters, Soviet-style, with heroic figures and slogans in retro typefaces, advertise a Kremlin-backed youth group, Nashi. A sense of control is growing, on television, ... >> full
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Energy: EU Throws Down Gauntlet To Russia's Gazprom
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/20/2007 7:56 AM Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Energy: EU Throws Down Gauntlet To Russia's Gazprom By Jeffrey Donovan Belgium -- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) and Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs at a news conference on the futur energy market in Europe, Brussels, 19Sep2007 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (right) and Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs in Brussels today (epa) The European Commission today took its first steps to forge a unified energy policy across the 27-nation bloc and lessen its dependence on foreign firms such as Russia's Gazprom. The EU's executive branch said Europe's energy markets must be liberalized, yet remain closed to ownership by foreign companies whose countries of origin do not respect EU competition rules. Some are calling the proposals among the most controversial decisions to come out of Brussels in years. September 19, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Under the hard-fought proposals, the EU's executive body says it seeks to boost competition by breaking up utilities that control both the production as well as ... >> full
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