OCTOBER 2006

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 10/26/2006 8:00 AM
Thursday, October 26, 2006

NATO Head Urges Russia To Lift Georgia Sanctions

Russia -- President Vladimir Putin welcomes NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) during their meeting in Moscow, 26Oct2006
Putin (right) welcomes de Hoop Scheffer in Moscow on October 26
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October 26, 2006 -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called on Russia today to lift punitive measures it imposed on Georgia in a recent spying row.


De Hoop Scheffer, speaking after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, also urged both sides to show restraint and ease tensions.

And he called on Russia not to link current tensions with Tbilisi with NATO's recent decision to launch an "Intensified Dialogue" with Georgia.

Putin, in a televised appearance on October 25, accused Georgia's government of seeking to use military force to resolve conflicts in its breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Earlier today, Putin praised Russia's ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 10/27/2006 6:44 PM
Russia Intends To Grab Former Portuguese Colony on Indian Ocean
Publication time: 27 October 2006, 19:01

Indian  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Goa state government of having failed to check the involvement of Russian mafia in land dealing in the state.

Quoting National Security Council report published in a section of press, leader of opposition Manohar Parrikar revealed the involvement of politicians and their kin in land dealings in the state.

"This is a serious issue concerning the state's security. If the situation is allowed to go out of hand, then Russian mafia will start ruling the state," Parrikar told reporters here.

He alleged that police had become a tool in the hands of ruling party which stopped them from taking action against such land dealings, the Indian Zee News agency reported.

"Issues related to sale of land to foreigners have been in focus for the last ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 10/29/2006 11:29 AM
 CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS

28/10/2006
European Parliament signed resolution on South Ossetia

On October 27, the European Parliament deputies adopted a joint resolution on South Ossetia calling both parties to reach a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

The European Parliament supported the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and called out Russia to respect its sovereignty within the borders recognized at the international level. Also the European MPs called the parties to refrain from provocative and aggressive actions and declarations, which may contribute to aggravation of the situation.

The resolution signed by the European Parliament runs as follows: "The deputies of the European Parliament are harshly condemning the unilateral attempts to gain independence by the regions of Georgia - Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The Parliament appeals to the government of the Russian Federation to abstain from supporting such attempts, and to support instead the multilateral efforts to ...
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    Georgia’s UN Envoy Slams Russia over Arming Breakaway Regions     News
    / Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 2005-10-07 23:16:35     
      

Georgia’s representative to United Nations Revaz Adamia criticized Russia for, as he put it, arming secessionist authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and described Moscow’s support to the “aggressive separatism” as “annexation” of Georgia’s territory.

Ambassador Adamia was speaking at the General Debate of the First Committee of 60th Session of the UN General Assembly on October 7.

“Both these regions are undergoing increasingly aggressive process of militarization. What is the most cynical, the separatist enclaves are receiving military shipments from our neighboring country, the Russian Federation… As a result, quite a substantial amount of arms and ammunition, which are not controlled by the state and consequently are not reflected in the records of the UN Register of Conventional Arms, have accumulated on these territories,” Revaz Adamia said.

The ...
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