The ethnic riots in Stavropol
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posted by zaina19 on July, 2007 as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/1/2007 4:23 PM The ethnic riots in Stavropol June 26th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Dmitry Shlapentokh The ethnic riots in Stavropol By Dr. Dmitry Shlapentokh, special to Prague Watchdog Russia has recently witnessed several major outbreaks of ethnic violence, mostly between ethnic Russians and Chechens. Of most importance here are two events, in Kondopoga (September 2006) and recently in Stavropol (May-early June 2007), which indicate a serious ethnic and, implicitly, social tension in Russia, recent improvements notwithstanding. The presence of tension is also indirectly indicated by Putin’s extreme reluctance to discuss revolutions, even those in the past, such as the February and October (Bolshevik) Revolutions of 1917, which took place exactly 90 years ago. While there are some structural similarities between the revolutions of the past and the present tension, they are separated by one clear difference. Today, much more so than in the ... >> full
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Modern sports center will be built in Sochi anyway - Putin
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/1/2007 6:52 PM Jul 1 2007 3:01PM Modern sports center will be built in Sochi anyway - Putin NOVO-OGARYOVO. July 1 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will in any case carry through all its plans to build a modern sports center in Sochi. "We'll do what we have planned in Sochi anyway, and we'll use all resources, made available for this project," Putin told Russian Olympic champions in Novo-Ogaryovo on Sunday. "It is a chance for Russia to get an absolutely new winter sports center, to build sate-of-the art sports facilities for our national team and for our neighbors," the Russian president said. An Olympic center will be built in Sochi, "based on Russia's present-day capabilities and on the most advanced 21st century technology," he said. "We can take into account all recommendations by the Olympic Committee, by the Olympic family, to host the Olympic Games," Putin ... >> full
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Russia woman expelled from Estonia
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/2/2007 8:04 AM Russia woman expelled from Estonia 02.07.2007, 12.08 TALLINN, July 2 (Itar-Tass) - Another activist of the Russian youth movement Ours was expelled from Estonia, the press service of the police prefecture announced on Monday. According to the press service, a 19-year old Russian woman, Marina Poddubnaya, who had arrived in Estonia on a tourist visa was detained by police on July 1 when attempting to done a cape of the Second World War period to personify the Bronze Soldier. On the Estonian government’s decision, the monument was dismantled in late April and transferred to the Tallinn military cemetery from the garden on the Tynismaegi hill in downtown Tallinn. The Bronze Soldier was part of the monument to the Soviet liberator soldier who freed the city from the Nazi occupation. Ours movement has been holding the Vigil of Memory from May to protest the Estonian authorities’ insult ... >> full
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Experts doubt the objectivity of investigation into Kodor Gorge shelling
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/17/2007 11:47 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 16/7/2007 Experts doubt the objectivity of investigation into Kodor Gorge shelling Independent military expert Pavel Felgengauer is surprised with the fact that the investigation of the bombardment of the Kodor Gorge on March 11, 2007, conducted by UN experts, gave no results. In his opinion, the investigation of the incident by the Joint Group created for the purpose after the shelling by General-Major Kattak, Chief Military Observer of the UN Mission in Georgia, was not complete: "The fact that they failed to define from where the shelling was conducted looks rather strange. They lacked either due access or competence, since it is possible to define the direction for sure." We remind you that the published Special Report of the Investigatory Group states in fact that the experts' work conditions and the available materials could not allow coming to unequivocal conclusions about the responsibility ... >> full
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Experts doubt the objectivity of investigation into Kodor Gorge shelling
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/17/2007 11:47 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 16/7/2007 Experts doubt the objectivity of investigation into Kodor Gorge shelling Independent military expert Pavel Felgengauer is surprised with the fact that the investigation of the bombardment of the Kodor Gorge on March 11, 2007, conducted by UN experts, gave no results. In his opinion, the investigation of the incident by the Joint Group created for the purpose after the shelling by General-Major Kattak, Chief Military Observer of the UN Mission in Georgia, was not complete: "The fact that they failed to define from where the shelling was conducted looks rather strange. They lacked either due access or competence, since it is possible to define the direction for sure." We remind you that the published Special Report of the Investigatory Group states in fact that the experts' work conditions and the available materials could not allow coming to unequivocal conclusions about the responsibility ... >> full
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