Georgia insists on closing Russian check points in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
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posted by zaina19 on April, 2007 as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/5/2007 7:18 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 3/4/2007 Georgia insists on closing Russian check points in Abkhazia and South Ossetia "Georgia has its position of principle in relation to Russia's joining the WTO, and it assumes legitimization of frontier-customs points and closure of illegal check points in the separatists' sections of Georgian-Russian border," Giorgi Arveladze, Minister of Economy of Georgia, has stated at a briefing upon termination of the sitting of Georgian government. Mr. Arveladze has emphasized that Russia should become a WTO member sooner or later. "We also want it, but Russia should fulfil its earlier obligations, since it all the same will need our permit, otherwise its accession to the WTO can last for many years," he noted. One of these days, the Russian party has disseminated a statement that Georgia's position in no way can affect Russia's accession to the WTO. Minister Arveladze has stressed in his talk ... >> full
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Russian Experts Say U.S. Destroyed Russian Research Satellite
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/5/2007 8:25 AM Photo: AP Photo: AP Russian Experts Say U.S. Destroyed Russian Research Satellite 05.04.2007 MosNews Russian space experts believe that the Untied States may have used an anti-satellite weapon last month to destroy a small Russian research satellite, the Interfax news agency reports. The satellite was a small spacecraft built and launched for Moscow State University to monitor space radiation. The probe, nicknamed Universitetsky or Tatiana, was launched as a payload in January 2005 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. “According to some Russian experts, chances are high that the satellite fell victim to U.S. experiments in ray influence on spacecraft,” an unnamed Russian expert was quoted as saying. The speculation is based on the timing of the satellite’s failure. The satellite stopped functioning on March 7, and the United States was conducting a military experiment at about the same time. It is reported that Tatiana stopped sending signals suddenly. In addition, the satellite ... >> full
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Russian ship fires towards Ukraine
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/12/2007 5:01 AM
Russian ship fires towards Ukraine
Publication time: Today at 13:02 Djokhar time
Ukrainian military inspectors cannot explain why the crew of the Russian ship "Caesar Kunnikov" fired a 57- millimeter combat projectile in the direction of the Saxarnaya Golovka Settlement. The Black Sea Fleet Command of Russia did not allow inspectors aboard the ship.
The "Caesar Kunnikov" stands almost in the center of Sevastopol, near the Minnaya Stenka moorage. The projectile was fired several days ago. It reached a height of approximately 4 thousand meters and fell into the vineyards near the Sapyn Mountains.
According to the Captain of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia, Andrey Krylov, when the gun barrel was being cranked, the projectile accidentally left the vessel. Many inhabitants of Sevastopol are agitated by the fact that the gun was not a training weapon, but one containing a combat projectile.
Source: PrimaNews
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2007/04/12/8019.shtml
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Yeltsin Receives Latvia’s Award Outraging Russians
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/23/2007 1:33 AM Apr. 23, 2007 Yeltsin Receives Latvia’s Award Outraging Russians Friendship of Nations Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga awarded Russia’s former President Boris Yeltsin with the Tristar Order in Riga yesterday. The awarding was timed to the 15th anniversary of the Soviet coup attempt. The anniversary went largely unnoticed in Russia, whereas in Latvia, the first Russian president won his honors. President Vike-Freiberga said Yetsin had received the order for his resolute steps during the 1991 coup that made it possible for Latvia to regain independence. Boris and Naina Yeltsin went to the Riga Palace in the afternoon to meet Vaire Vike-Freiberga and her husband, Imants. Russia’s first president signed the Guest Book, had a tête-à-tête conversation with the Latvian leader and received the Tristar Order of the 1st degree for “recognizing the independence of Latvia in 1991, contributing to the withdrawal of Russian troops from Baltic ... >> full
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Russia Slams Kosovo Independence Plan
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/23/2007 1:38 AM Friday, April 20, 2007 Russia Slams Kosovo Independence Plan By Dusan Stojanovic The Associated Press Marko Djurica / Reuters Serbian President Boris Tadic ® and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov address the media after their meeting to discuss Kosova, in Belgrade on Thursday. BELGRADE, Serbia — Russia’s foreign minister reiterated his country’s opposition to a U.S.-backed plan granting independence to the breakaway province of Kosovo, and warned Thursday that imposing the solution is “absolutely unacceptable.” “We are very interested in the stability of the Balkans and Serbia,” Sergei Lavrov said after talks with Serbian President Boris Tadic. “Any solution for Kosovo must be acceptable to both Belgrade and (Kosovo’s capital) Pristina,” Lavrov said. “Any unilateral imposing of the solution is absolutely unacceptable.” The stability of the region “can be jeopardized by attempts of unilateral recognition of the independence of Kosovo,” Lavrov said, reacting to suggestions by U.S. officials that they may ... >> full
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