RUSSIA WANTS NEW SECURITY SYSTEM
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posted by zaina19 on January, 2008 as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/24/2008 2:15 PM RUSSIA WANTS NEW SECURITY SYSTEM 24-January-2008 Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at his annual start-of-the-year news conference on January 23 that Russia and NATO need a new approach to security that offers collective security "without detriment to the security of others," mid.ru and Russian news agencies reported (see "RFE/RL Newsline," April 11 and October 2, 2007, and "RFE/RL Newsline," End Note, September 6, 2007). He noted that collective security depends on European countries as well as the United States and Russia. Lavrov slammed NATO expansion as "a policy inherited from the Cold War" and "not seriously motivated by security concerns." He added that "we hear that NATO enlargement is not directed against Russia... But [imperial German Chancellor Otto von] Bismarck said that in politics, especially in military affairs, you have to judge not intentions but potential. And the potential, the military spending, is increasing." ... >> full
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Russia: Gazprom's Advance Into Europe Continues
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/25/2008 2:29 PM Friday, January 25, 2008 Russia: Gazprom's Advance Into Europe Continues By Brian Whitmore Russia -- Gazprom welders work at the pipe during the construction works on the pipeline Middle Asia - Center in Aleksandrov Gai village at the border between Kazakhstan and Russia, 13Sep2007 Work on a Gazprom pipeline in September (epa) Advantage, Russia. Moscow has taken a giant leap toward solidifying its role as Europe's dominant energy supplier by securing two key pipeline deals over the past two weeks. On January 18, Bulgaria signed a deal with Russia's state-controlled natural gas monopoly Gazprom to join its South Stream pipeline project. which would transport gas from Russia deep into the heart of Europe. And now, in an ornate Kremlin signing ceremony a week later, Serbia joined the project as well. "With the signing of these agreements Serbia becomes a key transit junction in the emerging system providing energy supplies from Russia...to ... >> full
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Serbia signs Russia energy deal
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/25/2008 2:43 PM Serbia signs Russia energy deal FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 Tadic thanked Putin for his support over Kosovo [EPA] Serbia has effectively passed control of its energy supplies to Russia in a deal signed by the presidents of the two countries in Moscow. The accord gives Gazprom, the Russian state energy giant, a 51 per cent stake in Serbia's NIS oil monopoly and includes plans to route a strategic gas pipeline through Serbia to southern Europe. The deal come as arguments over the future of the Serbian province of Kosovo continue to dominate diplomatic discussions. The European Union is supporting moves for Kosovo to declare independence, while Russia is backing Serbia in opposing the move. In an article entitled "Gas in Exchange for Kosovo", Kommersant, the Russian newspaper, said that Belgrade had effectively secured Russia's support on Kosovo by agreeing to the energy deals on easy terms. However, ... >> full
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Saakaşvili: Georgia would not send Russian forces away
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/28/2008 3:21 PM Saakaşvili: Georgia would not send Russian forces away Tbilisi/Agency Caucasus - 's President Mikheil Saakashvili takes a more tolerant approach after his re-election to presidency to the Russian peace forces located both in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Although Saakashvili said that his administration did not intend to send the Russian peace forces away from the two above-mentioned countries, he re-asserted his proposal to modify the current format of the Russian peace forces. The Parliament of Georgia proposed formerly to remove the Russian peace forces from the two countries. It is also a matter of question whether the administration of can make the Russian peace forces move away from both Abkhazia and South Ossetia , where they have been located. "The Georgian administration does not seek to force the Russian peace forces away from the two countries; rather, it seeks to increase its ... >> full
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