WOE: Russians’ Views On Ethnic Relations Said To Reflect Their Feelings About...
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posted by FerrasB on June, 2008 as Imperialism
Wednesday,June 18, 2008 Window on Eurasia: Russians’ Views on Ethnic Relations Said to Reflect Their Feelings about Themselves Paul Goble Vienna, June 18 – A poll released this week shows that Russians believe inter-ethnic relations are improving in their country, a view that one regional politician suggests says less about objective reality in the Russian Federation than it does about how much better Russians feel about themselves as a nation. Yesterday, the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), a polling agency known for its close ties to the government, released figures showing that the share of Russians who believe that inter-ethnic tensions are intensifying has fallen from 41 percent in 2005 to 24 percent now (wciom.ru/novosti/press-vypuski/press-vypusk/single/10274.html). Over the same period, VTsIOM reported, the share of those who felt that relations among the country’s ethnic groups had become better rose from 17 percent to 27 percent, while the fraction saying these interactions had ... >> full
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IWPR: Georgia, Russia In New Abkhazia Standoff
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
19-Jun-08 Georgia, Russia in New Abkhazia Standoff Tbilisi ups the ante on Russian peacekeeping presence. By Irakli Lagvilava in Zugdidi (CRS No. 449, 19-Jun-08) Georgian security forces have again had a confrontation with Russian peacekeepers on the border with Abkhazia, leading to a tense telephone conversation between the two presidents. The detention of a Russian army truck by Georgian police appears to be part of a war of nerves over the disputed territory of Abkhazia. Tbilisi claims the Russians are engaged in annexing Abkhazia and insists their peacekeeping forces must be disbanded, while Moscow says the troops are operating under an international mandate and are providing vital security for the Abkhaz. Georgian television channels showed pictures of local police stopping a truck carrying Russian peacekeepers near the village of Rukhi on June 17. They reported that it was carrying weapons illegally through the conflict zone, close to the administrative border with Abkhazia. The four soldiers on board the ... >> full
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NatPress: Bashkirian President: Moscow Sees Not Everything From Above
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Bashkirian president: Moscow sees not everything from above
18.6.2008
The president of Bashkiria Murtaza Rahimov supports the statement of his Tatar colleague Mintimer Shaimiev about necessity of returning to the elections of the heads of the Russian regions. As IА REGNUM correspondent reported, in the conversation with the journalists on June 18 Rahimov declared that he agreed with Shaimiev as a whole.
"It is necessary to return to the elections of the heads of the subjects. Russia is a federal democratic state, but we have already lost everything. To the management of this or that area new people come. I consider that the people should be from among the locals, who know conditions of life and what happens at places. In this connection there should be elections. All persons are nominated from above, as though Moscow sees everything and knows what occurs. So I agree with Shaimiev", - Rahimov declared.
http://www.natpress.net/stat_e.php?id=3517
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NatPress: Conference Of Southern-Russian Parliamentary Association In Adygeya
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Conference of Southern-Russian parliamentary association in Adygeya 20.6.2008 On June 20 in Adygeya the conference of the Southern -Russian parliamentary association formed with the purpose of development of the SFD regions, adjustment of interaction and strengthening of inter-parliamentary connections among the subjects was held. "With the initiative of creation of the association deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Rostov area had acted 10 years ago. Now the structure of the SRPA unites representatives of the parliaments of all the subjects of the Southern federal district. Three years ago in connection with the reference of the National Assembly of Abkhazia that republic also joined the structure of the association", - they informed in the press-service of the State Soviet-Khase of Adygeya Republic. According to YUGA.ru interlocutor, during the conference more than 40 questions, including reference of the Adygeya parliament to various federal bodies of authority on measures of social support to separate categories of ... >> full
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KC: Russian War Criminal Threatens The US With War In The Artic
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Russian war criminal threatens the US with war in the Artic Publication time: 24 June 2008, 12:06 On photo: Scandalous photo of US President Bush with Russian war criminal Shamanov. After the publication of this photo the White House came up with an excuse of not being aware of accusations against that criminal. Gang leader of the Russian Defense Ministry's combat training directorate, Vladimir Shamanov, told the Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) newspaper, "Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has decided to start making specific plans for the military training exercises in the Arctic in response to the statements by several foreign leaders who disputed Russia's claims on the Arctic continental shelf." "Modern wars are won or lost long before they start," stated the war criminal, who is wanted by the authorities of the Caucasus Emirate for sadism and mass murders of peaceful civilians. The gang leader mentioned, "The Americans, for example, recently conducted the ... >> full
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