Itar-Tass: Russian Minister Dismisses Japan's Tough Territorial Claims
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posted by FerrasB on July, 2005 as Imperialism
Russian minister dismisses Japan's tough territorial claims 29.07.2005, 18.39 ITURUP, Kurile Islands, July 29 (Itar-Tass) - Russia has no plans of making territorial concessions to Japan or abandoning the Southern Kurile Islands, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Friday as he visited the Island of Iturup. The latter is part of the Southern Kurile Range that also includes the islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, and Habomai. The Southern Kuriles went over to Soviet jurisdiction in 1945. Japan has been making claims for them over decades, referring to them as to its “northern territories.” “We’re not considering any territorial concessions and withdrawals from here,” Ivanov said. “Yet we’re ready to hold diplomatic talks – we’ve been holding them for the past 50 or 60 years and are ready to continue them in the spirit of correctness and mutual respect,” he said. “Japan is an important partner for us in trade, science and technology, and we’d like to develop relations ... >> full
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Agency Caucasus: RUSSIA SET TO BEGIN MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM BASE IN GEORGIA
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
RUSSIA SET TO BEGIN MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM BASE IN GEORGIA 30.07.2005 - 00:48:38 The withdrawal includes the shipment of some 20 tanks and another 40 heavy weapons and equipment from the port of Batum by Russian warships and the transport of an undetermined number of Russian troops by military convoy to North Ossetia... The deputy commander of Russian forces in the Transcaucasus, Colonel General Vladimir Kuparadze, said on 28 July that the withdrawal of equipment from the Russian base in Batum, Adjara will begin on 29 July 2005. Kuparadze added that the withdrawal was initially scheduled for 28 July but was delayed by one day for ´´technical reasons.´´ The withdrawal includes the shipment of some 20 tanks and another 40 heavy weapons and equipment from the port of Batum by Russian warships and the transport of an undetermined number of Russian troops by military convoy to North Ossetia. Russian military officials have also asked their Georgian ... >> full
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Vugar Aslanov, "Frankfurter Rundschau": Fight For Central Asia
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Jule, 18, 2005 Fight for Central Asia The future character of development of the situation is impossible to predict Vugar Aslanov is a writer. He was born in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan . He lives in Germany for more than one year. The present President Kurmanbek Bakiev has gained a convincing victory in the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan , taken place last Sunday, due to cooperation with Felix Kulov. In case of victory of Bakiev Kulov , who was supported in the north of the country, was promised the post of the prime minister. Bakiev comes from traditionally agricultural south of the country and represents it in the government of the state. Prescheduled election after the overthrow of President Askar Akaev is similar to a new revolution. During the struggle against Akaev, Bakiev and his colleagues characterized themselves as democrats guided to the West. However, it is really difficult to bring the values ... >> full
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Sergey Kryukov/Chechenpress: What Keeps The Russian Empire?
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Jule, 21, 2005 What keeps the Russian empire? “Russia must be taken under external control” (the Head of External the subcommittee of the information committee of the SDC – Madjlisul Shura of the ChRI Movladi Udugov). The majority of Russians consider their empire to be a decent, secular state, “a place, in which it is time to live”, - there was such an advertising line, from the program application of the party the “Union of Right Forces”. To tell the truth, during the present inhibited time hardly the same Union of Right Forces will agree with it, but the majority of the suppressed population of the country has this installation in brains kept and it successfully progresses in the form of long schizophrenia. Russians take offence, when they are fairly named slaves of the System, but they take offence not at the System, which pickles them in such a condition, but at those, who ... >> full
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Andrei Novikov/Chechenpress: Putin's Ideology – An Ideology Of Catastrophism
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Jule, 09, 2005 Putin's Ideology – an Ideology of Catastrophism It is surprising, how quickly the Russian authority has got used to the resource of accidents. Radio and TV air is filled with information on accidents: about falling of helicopters, about run cars, about fallen houses. Such was not at Brezhnev (and today's regime differs with it from the Brezhnev's one, which was constructed on keeping back of information). The information on accidents has replaced publicity. If to consider, that freedom of speech is measured by presence of the information about blown up, crippled, killed, dismembered – it is such, blossoming of the freedom of speech! As a matter of fact, we have taken it from democracy. In days of democracy Gleb Pavlovskiy was a director of the agency "Post factum" and, standing in jeans overalls, with a pencil behind his ear, constantly filled the society with the information on these accidents. Here there ... >> full
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