Russia to protect firmly its interests-Ivanov
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posted by zaina19 on February, 2008 as Imperialism
Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/10/2008 3:48 AM Russia to protect firmly its interests-Ivanov 10.02.2008, 12.48 MUNICH, February 10 (Itar-Tass) - Russia will firmly protect its national interests, but not by establishing military blocs or open confrontation with its opponents, said First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov at the Munich Conference on security policy. “It’s self-evidence for all the audience that the process of Russia’s revival could not objectively influence both its wish to occupy a worthy place in the world arena and our desire to protect firmly our national interests,” he said. “Incidentally, we do not try to settle this task by setting up military blocs or starting open confrontation with our opponents,” Ivanov emphasised. He explained that “Russia has chosen another road: we consistently develop multi-vector cooperation with various countries. Incidentally, ... >> full
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Russia: Putinism's Impact On The Neighbors
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/13/2008 2:09 PM Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Russia: Putinism's Impact On The Neighbors By Christopher Walker and Robert Orttung Austria -- Russian President Vladimir Putin answers journalists' questions in Vienna, 23May2007 (AFP) President Putin has said Russia could redirect its missiles to target Ukraine if Kyiv joined NATO. According to RFE/RL's guest authors, that kind of talk is representative of an increasingly truculent foreign policy, which goes largely unchallenged by Russia's political elite. Over the past eight years, Russia's repression of its key domestic institutions has been a defining feature of its governance. The Kremlin's manipulation of Russia's recent parliamentary elections and presidential succession are the most recent examples of an ever-tightening grip on the country's political life. What few have fully appreciated, however, is that the growing authoritarianism of Russia's domestic politics is shaping the parameters of its foreign policy. As President Vladimir Putin has consolidated control over the country's political ... >> full
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Window on Eurasia: CIS Now an Optional Alliance for Its Members, New Russian Study Says
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/13/2008 2:44 PM Monday, February 11, 2008 Window on Eurasia: CIS Now an Optional Alliance for Its Members, New Russian Study Says Paul Goble Baku, February 11 – The Commonwealth of Independent States has the same number of members it had at its start, something its backers always note, but each of them now decides which of its activities to participate in and to what degree, according to a detailed new study prepared by a historian in the Russian Academy of Sciences. And because its members exercise those options regularly, Lev Moskvin argues, the CIS has not been able to solve “the overwhelming majority of the problems standing before it” or make progress toward becoming an effective alternative to the European Union (http://exlibris.ng.ru/koncep/2008-02-07/9_sng.html). But the fact that it has survived for more than 15 years, he writes in The CIS: Disintegration or Rebirth? The Review 15 Years Later (in Russian, ... >> full
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Window on Eurasia: CIS Now an Optional Alliance for Its Members, New Russian Study Says
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/13/2008 2:44 PM Monday, February 11, 2008 Window on Eurasia: CIS Now an Optional Alliance for Its Members, New Russian Study Says Paul Goble Baku, February 11 – The Commonwealth of Independent States has the same number of members it had at its start, something its backers always note, but each of them now decides which of its activities to participate in and to what degree, according to a detailed new study prepared by a historian in the Russian Academy of Sciences. And because its members exercise those options regularly, Lev Moskvin argues, the CIS has not been able to solve “the overwhelming majority of the problems standing before it” or make progress toward becoming an effective alternative to the European Union (http://exlibris.ng.ru/koncep/2008-02-07/9_sng.html). But the fact that it has survived for more than 15 years, he writes in The CIS: Disintegration or Rebirth? The Review 15 Years Later (in Russian, ... >> full
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PUTIN THREATENS TO TARGET UKRAINE WITH MISSILES...
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/13/2008 3:27 PM Wednesday, February 13, 2008 PUTIN THREATENS TO TARGET UKRAINE WITH MISSILES... President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko reached an agreement in Moscow on February 12 to avert a threatened Russian cutoff of gas supplies to Ukraine, Russian and international media reported (see Part II, and "RFE/RL Newsline," February 8, 2008). At a joint news conference, Putin warned Ukraine against pursuing membership in NATO, which the Kremlin considers a hostile alliance that seeks to encircle Russia. He said that possible membership "is of course Ukraine's internal [affair]...and we do not have the right to interfere and will not interfere in this process. [But] that raises the question for Russia of the need for retaliatory actions." Putin also cautioned Ukraine against joining the proposed U.S. missile-defense program, which Russia believes is directed against it. Putin said that "it is horrible to say and ... >> full
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