Former Soviet Countries Mark Anniversary Of 1991 Putsch
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posted by zaina19 on August, 2007 as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/21/2007 5:18 PM Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Former Soviet Countries Mark Anniversary Of 1991 Putsch Russia - Tanks on New Arbate ( Kalininsky prospekt ) during putsch of 1991 - 19aug1991 Tanks on Kalininsky Prospekt in August 1991 (Courtesy Photo) August 21, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Former Soviet states this week mark the 16th anniversary of the 1991 putsch that triggered the collapse of the Soviet Union, RFE/RL's Russian Service reported. Between August 19 and 22, 1991, a group of communist hard-liners attempted to overthrow Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and roll back democratic reforms. The plotters placed Gorbachev under house arrest at his holiday home in Crimea, and sent tanks into the streets of Moscow. But thousands of Muscovites rallied to oppose the putsch. The protests were spearheaded by Boris Yeltsin, who climbed atop a tank to call for mass resistance. After the coup foundered, Gorbachev returned to Moscow to find a starkly changed balance ... >> full
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Russia Says Czechs Making 'Big Mistake' On U.S. Radar
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/21/2007 5:21 PM
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Russia Says Czechs Making 'Big Mistake' On U.S. Radar
Belgium -- Yury Baluyevsky, head of the Russian General Staff, at EU headquarters in Brussels, 11May2007
Yuri Baluyevsky (file)
(epa)
August 21, 2007 -- Russia's military chief has told a Czech delegation the country will be making a "big mistake" if it hosts elements of a U.S. missile shield on its soil.
Yuri Baluyevsky said after meeting Czech Deputy Defense Minister Martin Bartak in Moscow that Prague should delay any decision until after the election of a new U.S. administration, which might re-evaluate the missile decision.
The Czech Republic is discussing with Washington hosting a radar station that would form part of the U.S. missile shield.
Washington says the system is aimed at countering potential threats from countries like Iran, but Moscow sees the plan as a threat to its security.
(Reuters)
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/08/3824F4E7-B908-41D7-ADD5-447F5DF8D7DE.html
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OSCE not plan to set up another commission over Aug 6 incident
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posted by zaina19 on as Imperialism
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/21/2007 6:22 PM OSCE not plan to set up another commission over Aug 6 incident 20.08.2007, 20.21 TBILISI, August 20 (Itar-Tass) - The OSCE is not planning to set up an additional commission to investigate into the August 6 “rocket” incident, but it is thoroughly studying the facts collected by Georgia and a group of international experts, OSCE special envoy, former Croatian foreign minister Miomir Zuzul said. After his meeting with representatives of Georgia’s Defence Ministry and the State Ministry for Conflict Resolution on Monday, Zuzul told journalists the OSCE “is not planning to crate an additional commission for investigating the August 6 rocket incident, but it is attentively studying the facts collected by Georgia’s side and a group of international experts”. “I’ve got exhaustive information on the investigation of the incident and on the work of international experts. I’m submitting it to the OSCE chairman-in-office,” Zuzul said. Georgian ... >> full
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Russia: Are Radicals Becoming More Mainstra Georgia says Russia again violates its airspaceeam?
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/22/2007 10:56 AM Georgia says Russia again violates its airspace Publication time: Today at 17:42 Djokhar time Georgia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday a fighter jet flying from Russia violated Georgian airspace for second time this month on Tuesday, when it flew 5 km (3 miles) into Georgian territory. A Russian defense spokesman immediately denied its plane had flown into Georgian territory on Tuesday. "A Georgian anti-aircraft defense system tracked ... the violation of the Georgian state border and incursion into Georgian airspace from the Russian Federation," the Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement in English on its Web site. But Russia's Defense Ministry chief spokesman, Vyacheslav Sedov, told Reuters: "On the date mentioned by Georgia the planes of the Russian air force did not fly near to the Georgian border." Earlier this month an unexploded missile landed near a village in Georgia. Georgia accused Russia of flying into its ... >> full
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Russia: Are Radicals Becoming More Mainstream?
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/22/2007 11:00 AM Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Russia: Are Radicals Becoming More Mainstream? By Chloe Arnold Russia -- Internet video of a Russian organization calling itself National Socialism/White Power shows two men kneeling in front of a Nazi flag with their arms and legs tied up, 14Aug2007 The Internet video shows the victims kneeling in front of a Nazi flag (TASS) MOSCOW, August 22, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Police in Russia are investigating a video, posted on the Internet, that purportedly shows the execution-style killing of two men from Tajikistan and Daghestan. The brutal footage of the apparent slaying -- carried out by a previously unknown ultranationalist group -- has raised the question of how many such organizations operate in Russia with relative freedom. The video was posted on the website of a group calling itself the National Socialist Party of Rus. Hints are made in the footage of a relationship with the neo-Nazi ... >> full
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