Many say Putin has no right to allow Washington to use the Galaba station.
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posted by zaina19 on June, 2007 as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/20/2007 12:17 AM Azeris Angry at Putin Radar Offer Russian 14-Jun-07 Many say Putin has no right to allow Washington to use the Galaba station. By Jasur Mamedov in Baku (CRS No. 396 14-Jun-07) Russia’s unexpected offer to let the United States share its radar station in Azerbaijan has left many here stunned and angry. President Vladimir Putin stunned US counterpart George W. Bush with his offer, made at the G8 summit in Germany last week, which was intended to defuse a row over US plans to site missiles in Eastern Europe. But once the shock has died down, another row may start, since many Azeris instantly pointed out that Putin has no right to offer the use of someone else’s facilities. Azeri president Ilham Aliyev was quite positive about the idea. “This is a new element in [Azerbaijan’s] strategic cooperation with the two countries,” he told Russian television. But other officials were ... >> full
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Number Of HIV/AIDS Cases In Russia's North Caucasus Increasing, Agence France-Presse Reports
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/21/2007 2:16 AM Number Of HIV/AIDS Cases In Russia's North Caucasus Increasing, Agence France-Presse Reports 21 Jun 2007 The number of HIV/AIDS cases in Russia's North Caucasus is increasing with a "terrifying speed," Agence France-Presse reports. According to Agence France-Presse, the effects of war, injection drug use, drug shortages and cultural taboos have contributed to the increase in HIV cases in the region. According a government-administered HIV prevention center in the region's capital, Rostov-on-Don, the number of HIV cases has doubled in Chechnya, which is in the North Caucasus, from 6.6 cases per 100,000 people in 2003 to 13.2 cases per 100,000 people in 2006. In neighboring Dagestan, HIV cases have quadrupled during the same time period from 1.9 cases per 100,000 people to 8.7 cases per 100,000 people, according to the center. Conflict in Chechnya forced the only HIV treatment center in the capital of Grozny to ... >> full
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Russia demands release of its citizen in Vienna
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/21/2007 2:28 AM Russia demands release of its citizen in Vienna 20.06.2007, 23.30 TEHRAN, June 20 (Itar-Tass) -- Moscow demands an immediate release of the Russian citizen detained in Vienna, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “There are no grounds for his detention. We maintain contact with the Austrian side to secure his immediate release,” Lavrov said on Wednesday. The detainee was a member of the Russian official delegation that was taking part in the 50th session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in Vienna. According to local police, he was detained in the town of Gmunden, Upper Austria, last Monday, when trying to get secret information from an Austrian serviceman. He was taken to a preliminary detention cell. He has been moved to Vienna to wait for a court ruling that may extend his preliminary detention. Meanwhile, the Austrian Foreign Ministry plans to ask Moscow to strip ... >> full
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THE BALKARIANS: AN AGE-OLD LAND DISPUTE
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Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN Nicknamelove_caucasus (Original Message) Sent: 6/21/2007 9:43 PM THE BALKARIANS: AN AGE-OLD LAND DISPUTE Неполноценный народ» или «Навеки с Россией»MOSCOW, 6 June, Caucasus Times – There are not enough Balkarians in the Northern Caucasus for Moscow to grant them a separate republic, but they are not small enough in number to forget their autonomous ambitions. Recently Balkarians celebrated their National Revival day. Previously they commemorated another, mournful, date: March 8th, the anniversary of Stalin’s 1944 deportation of the entire people from the republic to Central Asia. However, this year, with the help of the republican government a public organization named “Alan” passed a decision to remove the event from the official state calendar and replace it with the Day of Revival. Yet many Balkarians oppose the decision. Leaders of the oppositional Council of ... >> full
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THE CHECHEN KALEIDOSCOPE OF COUSINS
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From: MSN Nicknamelove_caucasus (Original Message) Sent: 6/21/2007 9:47 PM THE CHECHEN KALEIDOSCOPE OF COUSINS THE CHECHEN KALEIDOSCOPE OF COUSINSCHECHYA, 17 April, Caucasus Times – Moscow has started a risky experiment in Chechnya: the leading figures in the Republic’s executive branch are almost all close relatives of President Ramzan Kadyrov. Instead of a hierarchy of power, there is now a hierarchy of cousins of a magnitude that puts Yeltsin’s one-time “family” to shame. Until now, there had not been a case on the federal subject level where a president’s cousins occupied the posts of both Prime Minister and Vice-Premier. For example, the former head of Dagestan’s state council, Magomedali Magomedov, built and fortified his clan for many years, but as an experienced Soviet executive, he was careful to stay within “sensible” limits and mind the federal center. Moscow has traditionally declared its objection to a clan-based organization of power. In conducting his cadre policy, ... >> full
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